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Scaling the division during tenure of the category. Working closely with the founder and CEO of the company to ensure the Arhaus vision is met through each product launch. Serving as the “voice of the customer” for the brand by orchestrating tactics, execution, and communication.•Managing and developing 3 buying direct reports while leading the product development and planning teams.•Heading and executing quarterly & seasonal hindsight processes inclusive of fiscal view, seasonal view, and other product attributes. •Developing the annual, seasonal, and merchandise category and collection plans aligned with company goals, historical performance, and trend analysis. Planning sales, inventory, markdowns, style counts, productivity, and margin.

Managed Outdoor and Soft Goods categories. Developed and drove business strategies and plan. Leveraged financial metrics to monitor company sales on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis to make business recommendations. •Partnered with the Product Development Team to assort merchandise and product architecture that aligns with business needs. •Developed product mix and store allocations, strategically merchandising by lifestyle selling, region, and seasonal vs. year-round location. Worked with Regional Store and Visual Managers to implement allocations to maximize sales performance. •Ensured inventory management including order quantities, projections, lead times, store selection, distribution, in-stock levels, and management of the open-to-buy.

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Managed the non-branded and branded categories. Oversaw top-level business strategies for the Category Management Team (CMT) including sales, gross margin goals, and productivity measures. Determined product, pricing, promotional, and marketing strategies including branded and non-branded supporting collateral. Led the CMT by managing cross-functional initiatives with multiple departments including Sourcing, Marketing, Omni-Channel, Visual Merchandising, Operations, IMPACT, and the DC. Established and managed a line of quality, competitive merchandise that would increase market share while increasing gross margin dollars. Supported refinement of existing assortments based on financial analysis of performance. Strategically selected and managed vendor base to identify and develop strong vendor partners. •Developed product and brands that were commercially viable and trend right to target the customer base and maintain the brand position. •Merchandised corporate advertising vehicles including catalogs, in-store promotional events, direct mailers, radio, television, and digital including e-commerce, and social media. •Served as project manager on multiple cross-category and cross-divisional corporate initiatives.

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Managed the promise ring category and assisted the diamond fashion category. Assisted Buyer with category strategy by researching trends, filling price point, and styling voids in the assortment while identifying opportunities to offer products that were differentiated and competitively priced. Managed and maintained assortment by continuous analysis of inventory levels, MPLs, and product attributes. Negotiated vendor product qualities, manufacturing costs, diamond pricing, terms, and delivery. Recommended price changes and clearance strategy to the Buyer and Director.•Developed advertising recommendations including catalog layout mock-ups, in-store signage, e-mail blasts, and digital to present appealing stories and strong save messages. •Led all launches from PD to store training while coordinating the timing and execution between vendors, and internally with multiple departments. •Managed Customer Appreciation Events by developing price-pointed product, reviewing historical response rates, and presenting recommendations to the Merchandising and Marketing SVPs and CEO. •Took ownership of the Merchandising portion of the quarterly corporate magazine process by creating topics, writing, proofing, and presenting to upper management.

Handled the SKU level components of the category including working with vendors to receive cost sheets to ensure timeliness and accuracy, creating system SKUs, ordering samples, accessing and managing confidential information, coordinating QC audits with the Distribution Center and resolving price variances. • Performed SKU management including creating new SKUs and ongoing maintenance of existing SKU base. • Assisted in negotiation with suppliers for correct pricing and information. Resolved QC and pricing issues.• Interacted cross-functionally with vendors and multiple departments including Advertising, Marketing, Omni-Channel, Visual Merchandising, Operations, IMPACT and the Distribution Center.• Conducted inventory control management by organizing all product samples to be presented, photographed, assayed, and processed RTVs for the CMT. • Developed presentations and assisted in preparing product for the CMT to assist in product selection and assortment penetration.

Supported store and repair shop requests by sourcing loose stones internally and through the vendor community. Negotiated costs and applied retails in accordance with specific margin goals to different categories of loose stones. Created SKUs, billed and ticketed un-SKU’d and SKU’d Field Support Center and vendor stones. • Maintained a high level of customer service by prompt answering of orders, price quote requests and high volume of phone calls.• Managed the workload amongst seven Team Members and responsible for submitting stone requests and SKU information from the team to the vendors.• Created purchase orders for replacement stones, special orders, employee sales, and loss prevention issues.• Reconciled overdue memo by communicating with field VP’s, DM's and stores on a weekly basis.