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New York, New York, United States

United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Key Account sales responsibilities for Rack Room Shoes, Off Broadway, Shoe Show Inc., Academy Sports, Stage Stores and Dr. Jays resulting in a 30% increase each year over the past 2+ years. Advanced Concept responsibilities include development of new product platforms from concept to retail. Includes international travel to Busan, South Korea and China to work with our international teams located in both areas.Day to day activities include: selling, forecasting, buying, planning, product development, strategic planning and execution, with regular contact with design, marketing and product development teams.

New York City

New York City

Responsibilities for all divisions within the Foot Inc umbrella of companies: Foot Locker, Lady Foot, Footaction, Kids Foot, Champs, Eastbay and CCSIntimately involved in all aspects of key account management, from strategic product alignment, budgets and forecasting, new product creation, new product launches, footwear/apparel/accessory assortments, in-store and OOH marketing.Effectively handled all product line reviews from coordination, to set-up and execution as a function of corporate strategic initiatives.Strong focus on Corporate goals, initiatives, and P&L as primary goal in account management.

Greater New York City Area

Managed $85+ mil in footwear business for Foot Locker, Footaction and Kids Foot LockerManaged the Footaction and Just for Feet business while operating under Meldisco Inc. from 2001-2004 and then handled the Footaction transition after the Foot Inc purchase.Development of supplementary product lines including special make-up product allowing for increased product placement and margin while fulfilling retailer needs.Integral in marketing development process to help increase product placement, and ultimately sell-through.Developed distinct business plans involving product segmentation, profitability, and growth for each division of Foot Locker.Managed all aspects of the pre-line process from product strategy, apparel coordination, color integration and marketing support.

Greater New York City Area

Manage all areas of sales and marketing in the men's, women's and children's categories. Manage the product development and sales of an exclusive product line through a third party contractor (BBC International). Implemented and managed a multichannel distribution strategy within the Woolworth Corporation (now Foot Locker Inc.). Implement marketing programs encompassing all point-of-sale and gift-with-purchase programs.Distribution of the retail support budget. Analyze and review product lines to determine future product styles and assortment.

Responsible for developing and maintaining new business in the construction hardware industry. Developed and implemented large scale security projects for industrial, institutional and commercial clients. such as Merck, Bell Communications, AT&T, E.R. Squibb and Princeton University.Provided detailed training to architects and facilities personnel in all phases of building security, card access and key control.

Managed a metro New York City territory as a manufacturer’s representative for AVIA Footwear and Apparel, Ultra Wheels, Insport, Uvex, Freestyle, Ski Tote and Aspire Fitness products.Increase sales and expanded the NYC territory from $500K to over $5 mil.Implemented successful advertising, marketing and sales promotions and co-op programs for independent retailers and major accounts that include Modells Sporting Goods, Athletes Foot regional, Saks Fifth Ave and Bloomingdales.Successfully promoted and established new product lines and manufacturers into a highly competitive marketplace (Ultra Wheels, Aspire, InSport and Freestyle).Trained and managed new sales representatives and sales support staff.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

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Bs, Marketing