Kravet Inc. is the largest distributor of furnishings to the interior design trade in the world. In my role I oversee all merchandising and product development for the CuratedKravet brand and for Donghia lighting, mirrors and accessories.

Oversee all merchandising and product development for all categories of Kravet’s CuratedKravet division.

Oversee merchandising and business development for all categories of home and design, electronics, kids and pets.

One Kings Lane is the leader in online retail home furnishings and is the second most visited website for luxury home furnishings in the world. In this position I managed relationships in the luxury, mid-tier and moderate sectors in the furniture category working on high volume assortment strategies with key vendors like Ralph Lauren, Baker, Century, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, McGuire, Pearson and countless others.

• Responsible for all merchandise planning, buying, allocating and inventory control for all Jonathan Adler retail stores, web and wholesale divisions• Responsible for inventory management in all areas including conducting semi-annual inventory accounts and presenting results to Controller and outside auditors• Work with President and CEO to determine overall product assortment to execute merchandise buys for all divisions• Review merchandise selling by store and classification, determine markdowns and communicate to stores for execution• Partner with President, Sourcing and Production Team and Product Designers to determine departments in need of further development• Manage and oversee OTB monthly plan and forecast for all 16 retail stores, eCommerce, and wholesale• Monitored merchandise performance within departments to ensure corporate objectives and benchmarks were being met and maintained• Provide ad-hoc analysis across all company divisions• Responsible for all buys of out-vendor merchandise for all retail stores and eCommerce• Created opening merchandise assortments for all new stores• Regularly visited all stores to ensure selling space was being used productively and to analyze geographic effects on inventory• Created merchandise assortment for new international company division – Jonathan Adler UK, Ltd., including first European retail store, web division and wholesale distribution center

Founder and Chief Merchandising Officer of award winning gift and home accessories store. Oversaw all merchandise planning and buys for all divisions - furnishings, decorative accessories, lighting, general gift, tabletop, baby, stationery, home fragrance, women's handbags, jewelry and accessories and botanicals. Managed vendor relationships in excess of 200 across all categories to form strategic partnerships to maximize growth and revenue opportunities in a small market, leading to sales in excess of $1M after year three. Regularly awarded "Best Gift Shop in the Mississippi Delta." Frequent invited speaker to local, state and national organizations and regularly appeared on local CBS affiliate newscasts for lifestyle, decorating and entertaining segments.

Invited guest lecturer for small retail business owners on operations and merchandising.

General Manager of upscale women's and men's clothing store. Buyer for women's accessories, contemporary, cruise, denim, handbags, shoes and after five. Worked closely with VP of Merchandising to develop strategy of implementing contemporary, denim, outerwear and trend driven apparel and accessories in merchandise mix previously driven primarily by misses apparel, which in turn increased annual revenue exponentially and became highest revenue generating cagetories.