Larisa McBride: Buyer in San Francisco, CA

• Manages OTB for +100 Vendor Accounts in Young Contemporary Women’s Fashion. • Responsible for Bottoms Assortment, Halloween, and Private Label Festival brand Club Exx. • Sets cost & retails, develops MD/exit strategies, executes promos and acquires new vendors. • Develops merchandise marketing strategies for mailers, holidays, promos and festival events. • Manages Assistant Buyers, Merchandise Coordinators, Designers, and interns while working cross-functionally with site merchants, copy, photo, production, and planning teams to generate $15+ Million annually. • Maintains visual line lists, completes hindsight recaps, manages OTB, weekly selling reports, reorders, markdown strategies, and cost negotiations. • Develops mood boards, concepts, and line plans for design team - oversees all fittings & product development. • Forecasts trends for all seasons and bases development/seasonal buys on foresight. • Communicates vendor scorecards and sales recaps to negotiate better terms and discounts. • Responsible for RTV's, filling ATS, price changes, and all other strategic merchandising execution.

• Managed linens department which generated $50 Million in annual volume. • Sourced products from vendors and developed private label merchandise with the product development team. • Managed cross-functional partnerships with inventory, catalog, site merchandising, and visual teams. • Merchandised all linens perimeters, features, and set tables for 240+ stores—as well as online. • Nominated for “Catch the Spirit” Award for exhibiting exemplary company standards and values.