Manage sales of Home Décor, Books & Paper in the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx Territories.

Manage wholesale sales of Home Decor, Womens Accessories, Childrens & Novelty gifts and Designer products in the Manhattan and Bronx territory. Maintian, service and grow independent stores/boutiques, Museums & Gift shops. Work directly with Interior Decorators and Designers. Seek out new locations for placement of Two's products. Schedule appointments including exit appointments. Create catalogs focusing on items geared to specific accounts.

Responsible for the direct outreach to boutiques and specialty stores nationwide. Generate and increase sales exclusively to independent accounts. Work with existing sales team on desired accounts, distribution and strategy, insuring overall inspiration is reflected per account.Travel all territories to promote product and capture new accounts. Merchandise collection. Collaborate with designers on future collections. Develop plans for growth opportunities.Develop business and product strategies to grow business.Strategize with design team on merchandising, product development/assortment, including new/existing last development, leathers, hardware.Partner with marketing director to successfully promote the brand.Report to sales manager on day to day activities, trips and schedules.Communicate with warehouse on shipping updates.Organize and attend trade shows.Collaborate with sales manager on product for boutique. Analyze stock levels for reorder purposes, swaps.

Responsible for the launch of couture footwear line. Handle all footwear accounts. Form business partnerships with both domestic and international clients.Develop relationships with all clients. Work with specialty stores, department stores and RTW buyers. Develop an understanding of their business to ascertain proper exposure in RTW departments. Follow up on all orders and production with the factory. Work with management and factory on pricing to assure a suitable margin is in place. Issue charge-backs to factory when needed.Forecast sales and growth opportunities. Developed an excel template to project costing, profitability, budgets/expenses, and delivery schedules. Utilize excel spreadsheets to analyze margin, sales, sell-thru performance. Create seasonal line sheets and po forms. Strategize with design team on merchandising, product development/assortment.Plan trunk shows and promotional events with the RTW division.Organize and attend trade shows.

Responsible for the sales and growth of 2 footwear lines. Handle daily operations in the showroom. Secure and place orders. Project & achieve sales goals. Develop strategies for new business opportunities. Develop excel spreadsheets focusing on sell-thru performance, profitability, sales volume, allowances and deliveries. Collaborate with the designer to create collections suitable for the US market. Forecast trends. Price and merchandise collections to remain competitive in the market place.Work with the factories regarding production, fit and quality issues. .Attend trade shows. Schedule appointments. Organize in-store events, seminars and selling days. Travel all territories to capture potential/new accounts.Partner with accountant regarding Receivables and Payables utilizing QuickBooks.Work with press on inspiration of achcollection. Designed &distributed Look Book.Train intern in the understanding of the business and give leadership and guidance.

Responsible for merchandising and buying for the new Women’s Footwear Division. Volume of approximately $1 million.Accountable for the growth of the women’s division through increased vendor structure and sales. Source new markets.Analyze weekly sales by vendor and classification. Forecast seasonal sales, MD’s and gross margin based on history and present trends for future projections.Responsible for merchandising selling floor to meet store standards. Present seasonal buys to selling staff to insure required knowledge of merchandise. Organize in store vendor seminars.

Responsible for buying and managing 5 women's salon shoes.Volume of approximately $10.0 million.Forecast seasonal sales, markdowns, gross margin and receipts based on current business trends and future business projections.Analyze weekly sales and growth opportunities by classification, vendor, and detail selling utilizing excel documents. Presented seasonal buys by classification and analysis to Upper Mgmnt. Presented collections to Floor Manager and Selling Staff using storyboards organized by vendor and classification. Organized selling seminars and vendor selling days. Source domestic and foreign markets for innovative collections corresponding to fashion trends. Responsible for selecting trend driven merchandise for BG Magazine, negotiated vendor participation and ensured adequate floor stock levels.Responsible for monthly floor moves / merchandising the selling floor to meet vendor and store standards. Promoted from Assistant Buyer to Buyer