Adam Rutledge: Director of Customer Success in Ladera Ranch, CA

BUSINESS LEAD – JAPAN | PAYLESS SHOESOURCE | OCTOBER 2005 – AUGUST 2006 • Responsible for end-to-end merchandising activities including buying, merchandise planning, assortment planning and pricing for Japan market • Led development of new technology platform with 3rd party consulting firm ASSOCIATE BUYER – LATIN AMERICA & JAPAN | PAYLESS SHOESOURCE | JULY 2004 – OCTOBER 2005 • Responsible for definition of product assortment offerings for two international markets including product selection, purchase order management, OTB and gross margin MERCHANDISE PLANNER – LATIN AMERICA | PAYLESS SHOESOURCE | JANUARY 2003 – JULY 2004 • Responsible for pre-season planning and in-season forecasting across four (4) regional markets including sales, inventory, receipts, gross margin, OTB, markdowns and price optimization • Defined and executed in-market competitive pricing process and solution to ensure prices were set in line with market expectations and financial objectives ASSORTMENT PLANNER | PAYLESS SHOESOURCE | NOVEMBER 2001 – JANUARY 2003 • Developed the product assortment offerings for store within a store concept across all categories with responsibility for sales and gross margin; acted as point of contact for partner organization ALLOCATION ANALYST | PAYLESS SHOESOURCE | JANUARY 2001 – NOVEMBER 2001 • Responsible for distributing products to over 5,000 selling locations within North America