Mario Hollands: Assistant Buyer in San Francisco, CA

Help develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize sales & profits for Pottery Barn Outlet. Identify opportunities and recommend new products & concepts for the Outlet division. Execute SKU creation and SKU updates for all outlet brand skus. Investigate and respond to field issues. Coordinate communication strategies with Store Operations. Provide appropriate merchandising information for Store Web. Lead the social media accounts for the Outlet division and contribute to email marketing.

Coordinated all aspects of sample receiving and archiving to ensure efficiency in process to support the merchant team. Maintained the organizational system of the Sample Library by delivery and new samples for review. Assists merchandise coordinator in ensuring all products are accurate and ready for advance of merchant meetings or on an as needed basis, and coordinated all logistics for internal sample sales

As a professional baseball player, I played for seven year in the Phillies organization, over two years of that time was spent playing in the major leagues. Nike and Adidas sponsored athlete during career

As a production intern, I was responsible for conducting quality control inspections and communicating with factories, sourcing materials and trims, creating and maintaining production and inventory spreadsheets, and working closely with product development teams.