Heather Lee: Retail Buyer in Los Angeles, CA

• Create branded and non-branded pet product merchandise assortments (apparel, food, services) for four stores across southern California. • Collaborate with Creative Director on forecasting annual sales and Open-to-Buy budgeting for every pet division which includes apparel, bedding, food, services, supplements and other needed essentials for all locations. Incorporating the management of 20-40 vendors and over 1,000 different skus • In charge of final decision-making such as product selection, cost and term negotiations, and merchandise distributions, while identifying new business opportunities to gain and develop new product into the current assortment • Responsible for controlling budget within inventory levels, and category levels to stay within strategic plans • Responsible for all merchandising directives for the four locations, including monthly window and floor merchandising moves, along with creating monthly store promotions

• Created branded and non-branded merchandise assortments for 55 stores across areas in the Midwest, catering to the junior fashion market and action sports lifestyle target market • Worked closely with the Senior Women’s Buyer and Shoe Buyer on forecasting annual sales and Open-to-Buy budgeting for the Accessories, Swimwear and Fashion Footwear divisions, which incorporates the management of 20-40 brands and over 1,000 different skus for each season • Played an active role in crucial decision-making such as product selection, cost and term negotiations, and merchandise distributions, all the while identifying new business opportunities to gain and develop new product into the assortment plans. • Responsible for controlling budget within my categories, inventory levels, and category levels to stay within plans • Strengthened internal partner relationships between the Merchant and the Web Marketing team by building an operational structure with providing web merchandising ideas a