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Portland, Oregon, Us

Promoted to Product Line Manager of Performance footwear line, drove project plans and managed projects from conception to commercialization including performance, design and margin impact, direct forecasting and pricing leading to increased revenue.- Drove and enabled the product vision for Performance footwear through seasonal and 3 year line plans, financial plans that support my categories, and seasonal product briefs to design resulting in 24.25% growth- Won the "Best Road to Trail" Sneaker Award from Women's Health Magazine- Increased style productivity by through a more focused product offering- Shifted product strategy to focus on year–round assortment instead of seasonal specific styles- Managed two interns for leading to full time employment- Previously managed Performance Fishing Gear, Seasonal Core and Youth footwear lines

Portland, Oregon, Us

Was promoted to Merchandise Coordinator after 4 months, Continued to handle responsibilities from Operations specialist position, acted as main point of contact for Merchandising team, responsible for accuracy of PDM for all regions including samples, pricing and forecasts.- Created weekly meetings with PLMs to ensure accuracy of PDM and provide data analysis- Maintained shipping, receiving and cataloging of footwear samples- Constructed and maintained Hangtag and Technology matrices as well as creation of box end labels

Portland, Oregon, Us

Support the Product Creation team including Design, Development and Merchandising. Managed product data management (PDM) for Columbia. Responsible for creating, pricing, inputting and managing all footwear line plans, line maps, and data analysis. Merchandise and manage footwear showrooms, samples for First Adopt, Final Adopt and sales meeting.- Create and produce merchandise catalog placements for Fall 2016: work closely with Columbia executives, directors, and PLM’s to properly shoot, describe, and display merchandise.- Provide oversight of aesthetic and functional display of merchandise- Managed and tracked Columbia and Sorel SMU’s orders daily/weekly maximizing MSRP and dealer price

Beaverton, Or, Us

Began as Seasonal Athlete, promoted after two months to Visual Merchandising Athlete. Execute and maintain visual merchandising and selling floor standard. Deliver a premium consumer experience. - Planned and executed floor plans for Flow 1 of Q3 Basketball and Q4 leading in to Q1 Global Football leading to sales over $184,000 and $158,000 for Basketball and Global Football from Q3 to Q1- Implemented product presentation plans according to directive- Established clear visual displays to merchandise key category and product stories - Managed customer feedback through Product Sales Reports, identifying business opportunities resulting in 82% quarterly sell through in Performance categories- Developed and maintained outstanding product knowledge resulting in spotting trends and quickly acting on them - Trained, on-boarded and presented to “Rookie Camps” for new Nike Company Store employees- Drove marketing campaign (Movember) increasing Men’s health awareness at Nike Company Store raising $1,000 at the Nike Company Store that contributed to the $80,000 raised at the Nike World Headquarters- Presented to over 500 people to generate interest and donations for Movember Fun

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Fitness And Nutrition, Merchandise Management, Business And Entrepreneurship

Kinesiology