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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 financial goals are met.• 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• Continuously allocate DC Inventory to maintain corporate store in-stock goals and recommend model adjustments as necessary • Propose and implement sales promotion strategy for Color of the Month that drove sales in September +27% comp sales and January +28% comp sales

(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, conversions/expansions and RTV agreements.- Decreased inventory by 6% thru monitoring sell down, RTV and clearance merchandise.- Prepared and analyzed merchandising assortment reports (daily, monthly, and ad-hoc) for departmental sales.- Collaborated with merchant to drive sales and margin through multiple marketing vehicles.- Optimized assortment thru in case presentation by utilizing incase signage and new innovative concepts to maximize space.- Proficiently executed planogram process including item placement, markups and final approvals. - Streamlined vendor costing reports to ensure an increase in efficient use of resources. - Cross functionally partnered with planning, sourcing, visual, and marketing to build the brand through open communication and team building.- Trained new associate merchants and trainees.

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 wholesale jewelry merchandise with and without gemstones to key customers.

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 vendors and management.- Managed multiple overseas vendor accounts on imported products for major moving companies throughout the US. - Set up new vendors and vendor products in order to create purchase orders providing correct wholesale costs, sale prices and delivery dates. - Worked with product sourcing, product design and executive management to create awareness of new business opportunities. - Matched up bill of ladding and pro forma invoices with purchase orders and received orders by warehouse location. - Reconciled all invoices on over shipments or shortages as well as changes in quality or specifications. - Involved in all aspects of sales account development, including evaluation of sales utilizing the customers sales data, sales forecasting, category management and promotional planning. - Maintained thorough understanding of current and future market trends which may impact the business, including competitive landscape, consumer trends, pricing practices and potential issues which may affect the marketplace.

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 according to sales trends.- Entered purchase orders and matched up vendor invoices on all incoming giftware, merchandise at all three stores in.- Maintained stocking balancing between stores based on weekly sales trends and provided detail MS excel report with recommendations to Merchandise Manager.- Provided instruction to personnel, prepared stock merchandise for physical inventory and reconciled inventory variances for all locations. - Identified slow moving merchandise and provide solutions to decrease on hand inventory. - Entered and executed all vendor price changes and vendor returns. - Tagged all merchandise and distributed to sales floor or stock inventory.- Provide detail purchase order receiving log an on hand inventory reports.- Inputted daily sales in computer system to finalize sales transactions update on hand inventory levels.- Interacted with vendors on execution of all reconciliations of invoices, credit memos, debit memos, damaged items, and stock inventory.

-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 damages or return to vendors for both locations.

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 replenishment, support of special events at individual or group of stores and emergency replenishment. - Replenished inventory using Manugistics system.- Placed all First Time Buy orders and pre –allocated to the distribution centers.- Executed Return Authorizations to the vendors at the store and DC level.- Allocated inventory to stores weekly to fill stores back to model quantity.

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 communications including training materials. - Monitored inventory levels in; 69 stores, the distribution center and the merchandise return center.- Responsible for the maintenance of approximately 4,000 sku’s, including: set up of all new items numbers, PIW’s, implementing retails and margins, price changes, processing stock balances, return to vendor and daily sales tracking.- Managed all stores individual Asset and Memo on hand budget costs and remained within the Open to buy requirements.- Provided accurate month end, year end sales and inventory report to vendors.- Assisted in selection of new merchandise and product for marketing campaigns.- Analyzed results of Memo test merchandise for potential Asset conversion.- Knowledge of diamonds and jewelry manufacturing costing.

- 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 planogram process for the brand including display of merchandise, photography of showcases and preparation of manuals.

Diamond Grading, A

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