Emily Young Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Accomplishments & Highlights• 17+ years of dedication and professional growth at Eileen Fisher— achieved 3 promotions, all newly created roles• Strong Internal Network— relationships across organization including Retail Management, Visuals, Buying, Operations, HR and more • Retail Experienced— track record of opening 19 retail stores during career at Eileen Fisher• Defined/ Launched Companywide Mapping— proactively created + implemented innovative solutions to define the Visual Field territories; outcome resulted in streamlined store visits, increased and consistent direction for staff and avoided overlapping efforts which decreased company spending• Proactively Created Cross Training Systems—promoted wholesale location visits for coordinators; designed training and introduced partnerships while setting expectations and ongoing objectives; strategic thinking around training opportunities at the store level, coordinator involvement in tier 1 events and seasonal product trainings. • Established Multi-layer Training—benefited 20 + visual field team members; created guidelines and expectations• Streamlined Store Visits— instituted new high-level training designed to support partnership + increase efficiency. Support driving sales by creating unique environments through the balance of corporate direction and tailored customer experiences special to each market.Experience• Oversee 63 retail stores and 55 wholesale doors for Visual Field Support• Promote retail + wholesale door success through innovative staff training and introducing new systems to increase efficiency• Spearhead visual aspects of all new store openings/renovations for retail and wholesale• Hire, lead and mentor visual team members; set performance expectations through behavioral modeling and coaching • Promote brand awareness through customer outreach, seasonal trainings, involvement in fashion shows and store line events

West Coast & Mid West

• Led/developed coordinators that supported retail doors spanning as far as Chicago• Collaborated with Visual Team Leaders to refine overall department structure to better support corporate goals and initiatives • Led and assisted in all aspects of visual store openings and renovations; led staff trainings while cross training key team members to lead process in the future• Served as a liaison between NY and West Coast

• Creatively designed fashion forward displays to fit individual store locations, while adhering to corporate directives within the growing west coast market