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Vice President Merchandising 

Executive

<p>Successful Merchandising, Planning, and Operations Executive with extensive experience in revenue/profit growth, sales, project management, and new business development. Strong competency in building vendor relationships with a proven track record in process improvement and workflow management. Data-driven professional with demonstrated successes using multi-channel strategies to deliver high returns to key stakeholders. Experience spans a wide variety of retail and wholesale including but not limited to Department Store format to boutique format across a broad customer base.</p>

Introduced company's first ever open to buy approach, bringing in measurements of key goals such as
inventory turn and closing stocks
●   Overhauled data forecasting platform reaching production status of an improved business tool within
three months
●   Established key analytics to bring enhanced visibility to inventory holdings, securing formality and a better understanding of market variables
●   Hired a Senior Director of Inventory Planning to coach and guide inventory planning team

VP Merchandising and Inventory Planning

●   Institutionalized the merchandising function as a strategic arm of the business
●   Led operational changes on web platforms enhancing ranking functionality and improved information on
product pages yielding higher conversion rates
●   Grew inclusive sizes such as petites and extended Missy sizes through strategic initiatives
●   Introduced weekly sale reviews, return analyses, and customer review process to improve revenue
growth, customer retention, and create KPIs for company-wide visibility
●   Directed strategic assortment planning to support print, web, and retail stores
●   Created company's first planning manager role to manage planning cycle and foot merchandising
strategies to company financial KPIs
●   Grew team from five individual contributors to 20 senior leaders and individual contributors
●   Introduced new categories such as special occasion, resort, and weekend wear to expand in to the reaches
of the customers closet

VP Merchandising

●   Doubled sales volume annually across Women's division
●   Managed negotiations for over 800 new and existing vendors, establishing workflows and processes to improve relationships
●   Built the largest contemporary selection of apparel across the country, if not the globe
●   Hired and led Site Merchandiser focusing on improving SEO and customer experiences across online
platform


●   Steered process improvement measures, enhancing functionality and efficiency on key site functions
including pricing, internal platform search, etc.

Divisional Manager Womens Apparel Intimates and Kids

General Manager

Category Manager

●   Hired and directed a team of 20 for Australia's largest full price department store
●   Developed profit driving Women's strategy spanning contemporary to classics incorporating inclusive
and specialty lines such as plus and petites
●   Directed seasonal strategy for over 50 brands, driving margin growth through negotiations along with responsibility for markdown management
●   Single handedly rebuilt brand offer across 30 international and national exclusive premium designers
(Balmain, Givenchy, Philosophy, Moschino, etc.) to reach nationally recognized status
●   Orchestrated private events and exclusive showings for top Australian clients while hosting special guests
such as Calvin Klein's Francisco Costa
●   Managed private brand developers for six brands in addition to branded buyers

Buyer Womens and Juniors Apparel

Australia
●   Managed top ten Australian wholesale accounts providing individualized guidance yielding 10% profit
improvement
●   Developed company buying calendar, improving efficiencies supporting design, sales, and supply chain
●   Established new supplier relationships with international suppliers in East Asia for quality improvement
●   Collaborated with renowned artists to create prints and graphics for seasonal assortments

Divisional Manager

Australia
●   Steered product development and triple digit revenue growth across Women's division including apparel,
technical product, Kids', and accessories
●   Launched global swim division based out of Torquay, requiring newly established team, vendors, and strong collaboration with Rip Curl entities across the globe
●   Introduced new marketing direction of seasonal wholesale catalogues, providing traction and yielding
positive growth through all channels
●   Provided special support to key wholesale accounts country-wide, ensuring increased penetration of open
to buy dollars
●   Led market research efforts to improve brand-fit and support target customer initiatives

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Anne DeSpain: Vice President Merchandising  in Park City, Utah