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Recognized as a vibrant and hands-on problem solver who meets challenges with creativity, and harmonizes with others embodying a positive and energetic approach, with a strong understanding of design and merchandising, and an excellent taste level.


Assistant Buyer/ Planner, Boys and Girls Branded Sportswear
Dec 2016- Current
• Utilizing sales data to analyze and steer a business in correct direction.
• Analyzed cost and set retail prices to maximize sales.
• Reviewsalesperformanceweeklytoidentifyre-orderormarkdownopportunities.
• Maintaining OTB department and store goals.
• Created purchase orders to vendors with detailed specifications for Dillard’s
consumer needs.
• Identified opportunities to drive overall growth and profitability.
• Engaged with peers, vendors and management team in a positive manner, creating
strong business partners.
• Responsible for digital marketing collateral such as store signs, flyers and email
campaigns.
• Regional store visit to review floor merchandise plan.
• Developed trend call out tools for associates to use at a store level.
• Managed logistics to ensure PO’s were receive to DC by end ship date.

Buying/ Planning Assistant 


Global Product Marketing Manager/Core and Travel Product Line
Mar 2016- Dec 2016
• Developed product positioning and messaging that differentiates Incase product from competitors.
• Created seasonal brief, launching TRACTO and EO Travel line.
• Strategized marketing plans for each product line through market research, competitive
analysis, pricing, and business planning.
• Managed cross-function product creation calendar, ensuring that teams are meeting proper deadlines
• Established packaging process, creating copy/features/benefits, reviewing dielines,
ensuring packaging was compliant in ten different languages.
• Created sale tools, launch materials, customer presentations and sales training materials.
• Liaison between sales, design, and sourcing teams in the process of moving all sales/
production orders forward
• Build and executed social media strategy through competitive research, by identifying
influencers and brand ambassadors

Product Marketing

•	Managed full lifecycle line product creation process, generating 17 million dollars in revenue in 2015.
•	Men’s and Women’s Training cross category lead for team weekly team meetings. 
•	Created competitor-analysis for each category/classification ensuring a parallel to the current market trends.
•	Managed Matrix One Software Database; responsible for preliminary costing, color ways, size scaling, fabric technologies, available delivery dates, forecasts, and margin targets.
•	Primarily responsible for updating and communicating to global regions: Class Charts, Directed Assortments and Key looks.
•	Extensive knowledge of field-testing and cross analysis of garments/fabrics technical ability to ensure multi-functional purpose across the line.
•	Extensive knowledge of relevant training activities and end use of related of training gear. Knowledge of and experience with raw materials and product construction of sewn products. 
•	Presenting product knowledge and details to key accounts, marketing and sales. 
•	Re-launched Men’s and Women’s Training Fall 2016.
•	Increased style productivity by 23 percent.

Men’s and Women’s Training Line/Global Associate Product Line Merchandiser

•	Stepped in to fill Product Line Manager roll for 10 months, managing a 32 million dollar business, increasing seasonal sales by 20 percent.
•	Exceeding Total Margin goals at 72 percent.
•	Created valuable consumer insights including value specific shopping habits and opportunities from all Oakley regions in order to build out a ranged plan to support seasonal revenue goals.
•	Strong ability in product creation process and cross-functional leadership.
•	Created the global line plan for the category and briefed design team directionally on needs of company directive.
•	Utilized and optimized merchant planning tools including line planning and margins.
•	Preparing and presenting information to key buyers and management teams to effectively translate information cross-culturally throughout business positions.
•	Responsible for all seasonal data integrity within Matrix 1 along with Illustrator class charts and merchandising Chart files.
•	Insured alignment between sales, product, marketing and supply chain.
•	Created seasonal line, provide insight on new business opportunities, pricing strategies and forecasts coinciding with historical data specialist.
•	Strong understanding of the blank purchase order process. 
•	Experienced in fittings apparel garments and design reviews.

Outlet and SMU/Global Associate Product Line Merchandiser

•	Responsible member of key territory marketing and sales planning, account planning, merchandising, and trade shows/events.
•	Assisted full cycle of AP/AR activities. Processed vendor invoices and purchase orders, verify pricing, contract terms, SAP transition and finalizing of support documentation. 
•	Assistance with buyer showroom presentation prep and buying strategies.
•	Helped establish key account relationships.

Merchandising Showroom Intern

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