Tammy Pillow Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Manage the timely & accurate processing of customer orders, working closely with sales, art, licensing, and production teams for a multi-national leader in fashion accessories for men, women, and children.
• Provide support to the sales team by working directly with customers to ensure orders are efficiently processed; manage customer sample requests, create presentations, support sell-throughs, and seize sales.
• Collaborate with product development and purchasing teams to ensure adequate inventory of merchandise including headwear, leather goods, bags, cold weather accessories, and belts are purchased to fulfill customer orders.
• Work with overseas manufacturing licensees to ensure timeliness of shipping product, and subsequently work with warehouse team to ensure product is accurately received, ticketed, and packed to the customers.
• Coordinate drop ship shipments from manufacturers to some retail customers and to DSV for Ecommerce orders.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with customers: Sam’s Club, Hot Topic, Burlington, Fred Meyer, Fila, and Spencer’s.

Springfield, Missouri Area

• Assisted Merchandiser in sourcing, selection and vendor negotiations for product to achieve the merchandising plan at North America’s premier outdoor destination retail company providing customers with unmatched.
• Selected and developed product pursuant to the Company’s strategic plan; conducted vendor negotiations.
• Determined assortment to be offered in each business and recommend pricing by location based on various factors including awareness of competition.
• Oversaw Home Décor & Gifts presentation in all channels of distribution including retail, online and drop ship channels
• Planned promotions, ads, and catalogs for all channels of distribution, coordinated Incentive program product offerings, and provided product information as needed.
• Monitored and provided assistance as needed on discontinued product, overstocks, outlet needs, inventory aging etc.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Recruited to manage the Allison Daley line for 100% of Dillard's stores nationwide, achieving annual U.S. sales of $50 million for a world-class Canadian women's clothing manufacturer and supplier with annual global.
• Successfully met revenue and gross margin goals in a diverse marketplace by collaborating with the design team to bring personalized brand offerings to market and cater to a variety of fashion culture and geographical.
• Provided weekly and monthly sales analysis to identify areas of opportunity broken down into the following categories: Best Sellers, Class Selling, Year-to-Year Comparison by Door, Key Items, Top 50 Doors, and Sales to.
• Selected and approved all advertising and marketing images submitted to Dillard's; developed seasonal exit strategies and markdowns to maintain sales and profit objectives.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Led localized sales initiatives for the Millennial category, including Juniors, Impulse, Active, Coats, Swim, and Children's for a leading department store retailer of apparel, accessories, beauty, jewelry, shoes, and.
• Generated $23 million in annual revenue by developing strategies to deliver maximum sales, profit, and turn through rigorous analysis and identification of localization opportunities within a district of nine stores.
• Grew Children's Polo Ralph Lauren sales volume to $1 million at the St. Louis Galleria store - ranked 20th companywide; increased Coats sales by 17% district-wide in 2013 by implementing strategic assortment and vendor.
• Increased sales and profit by conducting meetings with Store Executives on a weekly basis to drive "My Macy's" sales initiatives, delivering localized, seasonal assortments of apparel by department based on historical.
• Identified market share opportunities and distortions based on demographic factors; analyzed space productivity by determining specific department strengths and liabilities.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Recruited to manage merchandise assortments and vendor relationships to drive profit across a region of 51 stores for an American retailer of designer apparel, shoes, handbags, and home goods operating over 290 stores.
• Built a private-label brand with annual sales over $50 million while serving as a Corporate Buyer by leveraging strategic business alliances to develop merchandise sold across all Dillard's stores nationwide while.
• Developed and executed successful merchandising strategies for the following product segments: Juniors, Separates, Plus-Size and Sportswear; negotiated with vendors on costing, discounts, delivery, and replenishment.

St. Louis, Missouri

• Recruited to develop apparel assortment for private label offerings in Girls 4-16 Dresses, Swimwear, and Outerwear for the May Merchandising Company (Now Macy's), a leading department store retailer of apparel.
• Strategically initiated large, private label buys to optimize unit pricing; visited overseas manufacturers to place orders and manage logistics; recommended product sets based on prior year and prior season sales.