Stuart Aronoff Email & Phone Number

Tenafly, NJ, US

Tenafly, New Jersey, United States

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Tenafly, New Jersey

Shelton, Ct.

New York, New York

* Management of AE and Sales organization * Establish and manage relationships with DMM and Buyers * Lead monthly revenue (Sales bottoms up) calls; participate in monthly Demand Meetings; lead quarterly market Reconciliation Meetings * Manage Co-op and dilution budgets * Plan, execute and lead Sales Meetings * Market week planning and execution; showroom.

• Direct strategic planning for Macy’s,Kohls,and Bealls Florida private label brands. Develop seasonal merchandising strategies, sales, margin and receipt plans for all accounts.
• Drove change in composition of assortments- leveraged success in items to explode business and drive both sales and margin performance
• Delivered significant markdown cost reductions by driving change in assortment, merchandising and pricing strategies and developing strong store partnerships

• Direct merchandise assortment and vendor matrix. Develop sales and receipt plans, ensure door specific opportunities are maximized

• Direct strategic planning and direction for dress and suit brands. Develop seasonal merchandising strategies, sales, margin and receipt plans for all accounts..
• Drove change in composition of assortments- leveraged success in key categories to drive both sales and margin performance
• Delivered significant markdown cost reductions by driving change in assortment, merchandising and pricing strategies and developing strong store partnerships.

• Develop and implement all product development, assortment and financial plans Responsible for OTB, Sales and margin results
• Drove exceptional margin improvement through repositioning resource structure, profitability goals.

• Lead development of strategic plans of total Traditional Career and Activewear businesses with emphasis on core resources and Private Brand.
• Directed assortment selection with Merchant teams in 5 operating divisions, 450 doors.
• Managed core vendor structure. Leveraged key domestic market partners, eliminated tertiary, and unproductive resources. Gained division support, built strong vendor partnerships, yielding improvement in sales, margin.

• Develop and implement all product development, assortment and financial plans Responsible for OTB, Sales and margin results
• Maintained volume in highly mature business achieving #1 by door penetrationin the Federated Corporation.
• Drove exceptional margin improvement through repositioning resource structure, profitability goals.