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London, United Kingdom

Lead and manage the buying teams for men's lower ground floor, ladies contemporary and designer floorsOverall responsibility for the fashion direction as well as topline sales and ebidta of the above businessesResponsible for budgets, space allocations, marketing, VM, and targets by brands across mens and ladies RTW and concessionsUpdated the fashion offer by adding world class brands such as Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne, Loewe, as well as up and coming brands such as Mary Katranzou, Public School, Courreges, AWAKE, and negotiating distribution in advance for the Raf Simons designed Calvin Klein CollectionAdded Gucci footwear for both men's and ladies shoe salons in fall 2016Increased womens contemporary business by 33% in 2016 by increasing mix of new and niche brands to 80 percent of the floor, new key brands include Needle and Thread, Cecile Copenhagen, Vivetta, Mira Mikati, and Rachel Comey.Head of all Liberty Collaborations domestic and worldwide, including creating and executing the LibertyxUniqlo collaboration, the largest collab to date, sold in 1000 doors worldwide and generating in excess of 600k£ im the the Liberty flagship and website. Conceived, designed, and executed the Liberty Sleepwear Collection, which generated 1.1 million pounds in store and online in it's first yearActed as Creative Director and chief fundraiser for the Liberty Fall 2016 Fashion Magazine, the biggest marketing vehicle of it's kind in the history of the businessAttend relevant runway shows in all the fashion capitals, consistently striving to seek out and bring new and exciting brands into the business and developing exclusive product with themPartner with VM and Marketing heads to insure Liberty tells the most compelling story from start to finishPartner with Managing Director and Executive Chairman on development and execution of all long and short term business plans as member of Executive Committee

London, United Kingdom

Kurt Geiger – London Head of Luxury Buying • Led the buying of men’s and ladies luxury shoe concessions in Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty, Brown Thomas, Fenwick Bond Street – Key brands budgets negotiated and managed include Prada, Tod’s, Christian Louboutin, Zanotti, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo.• Full P and L accountability including sales, stock return, margins and ebida. Partner and challenge Finance and Merchandising on seasonal and yearly OTB budgets, and the mark down strategy, sales targets and margins for the business.• Led team of 4 buyers, attended and directed buys at all major market appointments. Guided the buying teams to insure brand and product mix are in line with host store strategy while remaining profitable. Oversee trend forecasting and range building processes.• Lifted total luxury sales 15 percent on top 100 million pounds in 2011 by negotiating and adding brands Manolo Blahnik, Valentino, Isabel Marant, Alaia, Tom Ford and Charlotte Olympia.• Opened new multi-brand ladies shoe department in Harrods, conceived designer exclusive product, marketing concept and 7 day series of events to launch the department. One year later completed a similar project on Men’s shoes and accessories.

Nyc,Ny

Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY Senior Buyer, European and Advanced Footwear Collections• Financially responsible for meeting and exceeding financial goals for a complex of luxury footwear brands including Christian Louboutin, Prada, Alaia, Fendi, YSL, Gucci, Dior, Lanvin, Dolce, Valentino, and Giuseppe Zanotti, with volume of 30 million dollars for fiscal 09 and 35 for fiscal 10.• Awarded the ‘Risk taker of the Year’ by the CEO for increasing the Christian Louboutin business to become the 5th largest business in the company (15 million annually) • Sourcing new vendors, negotiating launches and exclusivity agreements with new vendors such as Versace, Balmain, and Tabitha Simmons.• Building relationships with vendor community, negotiating partnership with vendors on payment terms, rtv’s, and markdown allowances when possible.• Partnering with the planning department and the VP Footwear, responsible for seasonal plans and two year vendor forecasts. Independently responsible for monthly rolling forecast of sales, receipts, gross margin and turn by department.• Select styles in market for use in marketing vehicles, negotiate co-op from vendors. Increased vendor co-op by 22 percent for Spring 09 vs. Spring 06.

Nyc, Ny

Henri Bendel, New York, NY February 2003 – November 2005Buying and Fashion Director, Apparel, Accessories, and Lingerie• Developed and executed overall seasonal buying plans for apparel and accessories, responsible for achieving top line sales and final gross margin results.• Sourced new vendors in all categories; upgraded designer collection assortment with the additions of Collette Dinigan, Nina Ricci, Pollini, Emanuel Ungaro, Trelise Cooper, and Carlos Miele. • Brought awareness of the store to the public and trade through print and television interviews, developed international press contacts.• Managed and supported the career development process of 6 buyers and five indirect reports.

Kuwait City, Kuwait

• Developed and executed buying plans for 100,000 square foot luxury retail operation. Key businesses include Prada, Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, Fendi, Roberto Cavalli, Marni, Etro, Alexander McQueen, and Missoni. • Overall responsibility for fashion direction. Attended major runway collections in Milan, Paris, London, New York, and Australia, sourced and researched new vendors, presented seasonal trend reports to top clients and staff.