Meghan Benson Email & Phone Number

Woodstock, Ga

-Realtor at Keller Williams Realty Partners -Specialize in finding unlisted property, helping first time home buyers, and listing homes throughout the Greater Atlanta Area.

Atlanta, Ga

•Drive key development of Engineered Soft Goods portfolio across 4 different brands to ensure that each item meets market, consumer and retailer needs, and Kids II objectives•Manage consumer insight process for soft goods, including in home tests, consumer surveys, and focus groups while analyzing and reporting the results to executive team •Manage product development schedule and key milestone dates to ensure timely delivery of products •Create long term strategic business plans… Show more •Drive key development of Engineered Soft Goods portfolio across 4 different brands to ensure that each item meets market, consumer and retailer needs, and Kids II objectives•Manage consumer insight process for soft goods, including in home tests, consumer surveys, and focus groups while analyzing and reporting the results to executive team •Manage product development schedule and key milestone dates to ensure timely delivery of products •Create long term strategic business plans, and financial goals to deliver profitable category growth •Monitor product line performance, profitability, quality and consumer trends for skus worldwide•Hold training sessions to educate sales, and executive teams on product lines and key selling points•Traveled to the Kind and Jugend Global Juvenile Fair in Germany in 2011 and 2012 to represent Kids II and present product to over 150 customers and distributors from 40 countries Show less

·Utilize demand planning to forecast and remix fashion and replenishment styles based on selling·Monitor wholesale merchandise bookings by major account while securing bulk inventory and reducing excess·Partner with Merchandising, Design and Sourcing teams to develop preliminary product plans based on growth assumptions by marketing program

·Developed financial sales plans by location for an annual business volume of $40 million across 216 stores in 18 states ·Aggressively grew Michael Kors sportswear business by $1.2m from the previous fall season by opening new locations and negotiating vendor funded shop installations in existing stores·Traveled to vendor markets to purchase product assortments according to region and climate·Monitored replenishment stock and adjusted existing inventory models to assist in… Show more ·Developed financial sales plans by location for an annual business volume of $40 million across 216 stores in 18 states ·Aggressively grew Michael Kors sportswear business by $1.2m from the previous fall season by opening new locations and negotiating vendor funded shop installations in existing stores·Traveled to vendor markets to purchase product assortments according to region and climate·Monitored replenishment stock and adjusted existing inventory models to assist in meeting sales and margin plans·Partnered with buyer to react to sales trends through merchandise re-orders and transfers Show less

·Achieved $1.4million in growth over previous year in hosiery department by aggressively identifying location stock opportunities ·Responsible for purchase of $1.9million beach shoe buy for 119 stores for Spring 2008 including creation of product assortments and color/size analysis·Planned and setup localized key item programs and table assortments through analysis of historical performance and utilizing growth strategies

·Prepared vendor performance reports to assist Planner in pre-market analysis ·Created replenishment builds, volume cluster groups and allocated orders for 141 stores

·Assisted buyer with financial planning and purchasing for $22.5m collection business·Managed advertising, sales promotion, markdowns and order allocation for 81 stores