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Bentonville, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Achievements• Developed new juvenile folding furniture assortment that led to +36% growth for the assortment +L52W• Onboarded 3 new brands to be a part of the online assortment for the Folding Furniture Category• Constructed best practices content guides to distribute to supplier partners that helped increase content quality +500bps• Brought spotlight to trend forward folding assortment for site campaign features for FY24 beginning May 2023

I operated my own plus size apparel website. I have always had a love for apparel and wanted to provide myself an insider view to retail buying. I was a regular at a few popular markets in San Antonio, TX. My business gave me experience in supplier management, cost negotiations, website optimization, and social media ad marketing.

San Antonio , Tx, Us

Inventory Manager-Imports 02/2019 – 07/2020Managed inventory ordering and allocation processes end to end. Analyzed inventory demand reports to calculate stock percentages to maintain ideal inventory levels. Provide communication to stores in relation to inventory levels, price changes, RTV’s and special orders. Maintained communication with import suppliers concerning open orders, frame production times, shipping methods, and merchandise inspections. Managed rebate collection for fulfillment on inventory receipts month after month. Scored and facilitated supplier meetings to provide feedback on shipping times, item quality inspection opportunities and improving factory manufacturing capacities.

San Antonio , Tx, Us

Assisted the Lens & Frame inventory managers with product tracking, orders & allocations. Corresponded with vendors for issues with new orders, critical skus and discrepancies. Maintained the OTB for lenses planner and inventory manager. Partnered with the distribution centers on verifying frame product receipts and deliveries to labs and manufacturing. Assisted inventory management team with Markdown, RTV communications to stores.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Visual Merchandise LeadDirected merchandising efforts for apparel and home decor departments to excite the customer. Curated compelling visual stories to capture customer attention and bring awareness to newness. Utilized sales performance, trend forecasting, and seasonal impacts to plan visual merchandising priorities. Communicated style trends and store promotions to all store associates to keep key seasonal initiatives top of mind as they interacted with customers.Achievements:• Boosted sales 123% for new brand, Knox Rose, by increasing selling space and creating mannequin presentation on sales floor.• Increased traffic for local college and state sports teams, by integrating accessories and non-license apparel to build baskets resulting in sales trending positive month over month• Developed 8 personnel in executing merchandise presentation programs, inventory control, pricing, instore marketing, and sales floor maintenance.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Assistant Store ManagerDay to day activities included sales target planning, and performance management for team of 7. Analyzed sales metrics to accurately forecast targets for the week. Organized shipment processing, and visual merchandising execution in coordination with weekly marketing activities. Processed weekly payroll reporting and scheduling. Achievements:• Built Top 10 top store for plus division utilizing the strategic partnership with sister stores to advertise inclusive size store model available in the region.• Drove +20% increase in markdown completion scores through efficient workload planning and reassigning store priorities based on associate availability. • Boosted loyalty rewards membership sales +18.4% Q3 in alignment with overall sales targets, leading to improvement in repeat customer rates.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Assisted online store with customer inquiries while deescalating customer issues. Audited online purchases to verify customer bank and credit accounts. Updated customer reward card information, while acting as a store support for reward point questions.

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Managed sensitive student data send to fulfil applicant requirements.Created new student flies using Excel and Banner WedAllocated and managed department funds for transcript request for military students.

Dublin, Ca, Us

Learned Ross business model: Selling, Buying, Loss prevention, Store ManagementExecuted store directives in: coaching, training, managing store associates and demonstrated selling strategiesCash office: count/assign tills, verify deposits, and verify withdraws.

New York, Ny, Us

Supervised workload activities for 8 personnel in sales promotion signing and price changes. worked cross functionally to align on planning weekly marketing initiatives, workload efficiency and store pricing audits.Achievements:• Ensured consistency and maximized customer service metrics by assisting with team training initiatives.

New York, Ny, Us

Supervised 3 personnel in merchandise placement, stock management, utilized Plan-O-Grams for efficient merchandising, and generated Markdown, RTV, and Store-to-Store transfer reports.Achievements:• Coached associates regarding effective product placement strategies.