Fashion

Seasoned sales professional with wholesale and buying background in multiple categories: fashion accessories, menswear, and footwear.

•	Manage largest territory of 26 states consisting of Von Maur, DSW closeout account, and specialty stores.
•	Attend major trade shows to identify new accounts, while selling in the line to existing specialty accounts.
•	Coordinate marketing efforts to support trunk shows, in-store events, and launch of Von Maur dot com.
•	Assist in determining seasonal assortment and identify U.S. focus assortment to maximize domestic sales.
•	Analyze style and door selling to react to in-season changes and ensure assortment reflects market trends.
•	Represent Ted Baker brand while traveling stores to present product knowledge seminars and sales training

Account Executive

•	Determine seasonal assortment and buy quantity at the lot/color level for 1100 stores
o	Increase sales; 2014 YTD +9% PLAN and +16% to LY
•	Partner with Planner to manage $40M in cost receipts to exceed sales plan
•	Improve margin by determining pricing strategy while maintaining vendor pricing ladder
•	Select big buy items for featured marketing and ensure proper inventory to support ad
•	Ensure stores are sized and set accurately by working with allocation team
•	Partner with ECOMM Assistant Buyer to maintain consistency through online and store assortments
•	Determine marketing offers and styles to be featured in-season and communicate offer during style-out

Assistant Buyer

•	Directly responsible for growing the Fossil men’s accessory category for Specialty accounts
•	Analyze style and door retail selling to seasonally update core assortments, rollout seasonal newness, and ensure each account’s assortments have healthy turn and sell-thru
•	Represented major portfolio fashion watch brands to key accounts, i.e. Michael Kors, Burberry, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Emporio Armani, Michele, Diesel, etc.
•	Prepare for, and attend, market meetings to show product, analyze business, and plan seasonal strategy
•	Manage co-op budgets to seasonally plan advertising, markdown assistance, and POS assistance
•	Collaborate with buyers to grow business by launching new product categories and tell a Fossil brand story

Associate Account Executive

•	Gained the fundamental skills required to run multiple brands and multiple divisions for Military accounts
•	Directly responsible for managing and growing Military ECOMM business to exceed plan projections
•	Assisted AE and AAE’s with NYC market prep, including: financials, retail selling analysis, seasonal newness projections, writing newness orders per account, and updating assortments
•	Acquired important analytical skills as well as build strong relationships with buyers and brand teams

Sales Coordinator

•	Assisted in the daily operation of the store including; scheduling, inventory, payroll, training, day to day reporting and exceeding sales plan; +15% comp sales year over year
•	Managed and coached a staff of 25 associates to reach and exceed their individual sales goal
•	Responsible for scheduling, recruiting, on-boarding and follow-up of new associates to become functioning members of the service team

Operations Manager/Assistant Manager

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Chase White

Texas Tech University