• Presided in lead merchant role for company, with responsibility for $1 billion dollars in annual sales, overseeing merchandising and design for product categories, including jewelry, fashion accessories and seasonal events. Provided leadership and direction during line development process and ensured product assortment was trend right, innovative, and brand appropriate for company. Provided support for direct report VPs to effectively train, coach and develop teams, delivering exceptional talent for company.• Gained additional responsibility for merchandise concessions’ business in 2020, leading effort to deliver curated assortments to 20 retail partners, including Walmart, CVS, and European partners such as Asda and Casino. Built merchandise team from five executives to 26 executives in 18-month period to support rapid growth.• Launched and developed new brand products, resulting in $50 million annually.

• Achieved record-breaking sales year in ear piercing, from $102 million in volume in 2014 to $300 million by 2021 with +8% to LY, by delivering on several key initiatives, which included increasing penetration of newness in category. • Brought strategic approach to creating winning assortment strategies that achieved maximum sales and profit by 8% for the jewelry division through both brick and mortar and digital channels.

• Developed and led planning and replenishment divisions. Managed allocation of inventory for 100 locations across 27 states, performing strategic analysis of business by store, by region and by lifestyle to develop key growth initiatives and buying recommendations.• Collaborated on and built the integration of company systems conversion during 2010. Simultaneously launched new allocation tool, planning, and replenishment system, while managing to improve company’s sales trend from spring to fall season 2010, reversing -4% trend for spring to 4% trend during fourth quarter.• Partnered with the president of company to set short-term as well as long-range goals. Established annual sales targets by 3% for all locations and made recommendations on renewals or kick-outs of lease agreements based on sales and profits of expiring locations. Set opening inventory plans for all new and relocated stores. Worked with store construction and design on layouts and capacity plans for new locations.

Led $300 million dollar planning and distribution division, managing all sales plans by location and ensuring receipts and inventory levels were appropriately balanced across 210 stores.

Managed and led $80 million dollar merchandising division, managing all sales initiatives and marketing strategies, as well as building compelling assortments. Developed strategic partnerships within young men’s and men’s pant market to create opportunities that had significant long-term business benefits, including comp stores sales growth, as well as increasing profitability.

Managed financial plans for sales totaling $160 million dollars. Directed strategic location initiatives and objectives, providing sales targets and inventory levels for 100 stores.

Gained progressively larger roles / responsibilities over time from executive trainee to buyer. Categories of responsibilities included Fashion Jewelry, Accessories, Footwear and Kid's Apparel.