Misty Thrash Whitelaw Email & Phone Number

United States

Irving, Texas

• Execute and communicate strategic merchandise plans for Color fashion department that support the financial objectives of the brand. With the main objective of ensuring that sales, margin, turn, ROI, and other.
• Perform pre-season planning and in-season forecasting at the department/subclass level to support financial strategies
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities to increase sales, improve margins and maximize inventory
• Reconcile Open-to-Buy on a weekly basis to update current and future sales, margin, receipts and inventory targets
• Determine corrective measure to exit overstock or unproductive inventory through stock balancing, RTV, price changes, promotions and clearance strategies.
• Execute seasonal replenishment strategies by sku, subclass, and vendor to forecast merchandise order needs

(Canada Bridal & Diamond Anniversary Bands)

- Managed merchandise set-up process of over 200 skus and assisted with merchandise selection.- Administered retails and achieved over 5% plan margin rates for all merchandise in accordance with merchant/categorical/corporate guidelines. - Provided vendor sales analysis for meetings and monthly sales recaps as well as product specifications.

Dallas, Texas

Provided detailed presentations on merchandise including: images, wholesale costs, current metal prices, stone costs and on hand inventory levels to retail market customers.- Entered and generated all wholesale purchase orders request from customers.- Shipped all sample request, including creating the memo invoice and reconciling returns. - Selling.

Edmond, Oklahoma

- Responsible for accurately managing the day to day inventory levels of merchandise.- Established and maintained a 6 month supply chain on core items and initiated stocked balances from east, central and west coast of the US on warehouse inventory. - Created and updated detailed MS excel reports, analyzed data, and effectively communicated with all.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

- Assisted and supported the Merchandise Manager in all areas relating to inventory control and receiving.- Initiated the entering of purchase orders into the computer prior to delivery, in order to maintain an accurate and consistent control of receipts.- Developed an analytical reporting system in MS excel to simplify replenishment of core items.

-Receive and tag Giftware merchandise at Downtown office and Penn Square locations.-Key all open orders for all three locations into ACS computer system.-Transfer merchandise between store locations.-Receive and tag Pandora merchandise at the Penn Square location.-Assist in Penn Square store office with sales entry and cash count.-Process returns on.

Managed the inventory of GPS receivers, Converter boxes, and TV’s for approximately 4,470 company operated stores, almost 1300 dealer outlets throughout the U.S.; and approximately 200 stores in Mexico.- Worked with the merchandising and operations department to support all inventory management at a store level and the three distribution centers for: auto.

Irving, Texas

Approved and released all special orders and provided internal customer service in response to requests for detailed product information.- Entered all stock and drop ship purchase orders to be faxed or received via EDI for vendors.- Maintained detailed purchase order logs to monitor the financial impact of open orders.- Executed all store and vendor.

- Proficiently used Auto CAD to merchandise all store floor plans and maintained accurate floor plan library for the Brand.- Assisted in the design and development of all interior visual materials for jewelry showcases.- Provided visual presentations to assist in set up of special promotions, holiday decorations, and new product placement.- Mastered the.

Diamond Grading, A

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