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Merchandising professional with 10 years of experience. Seeks opportunities to improve sales and demonstrate value by filling assortment gaps and meeting customer’s needs through product assortment analysis and identifying sales and market trends. Enjoys building effective partnerships with vendors to drive sales, develop promotional campaigns and meet margin goals.

Strategized with store personnel on product inquiries, stock levels and ad hoc requests to optimize merchandise assortment. Entered purchase orders into SAP and monitored the delivery process to minimize supply chain disruptions. Provided sales trend reporting on stores and product on a weekly and monthly basis, as well as ad hoc to Buyer and VP of Merchandising to ensure sales goals were on track.

Category Manager II

Evaluated assortment mix, stock position and selling trends when purchasing inventory. Worked closely with planning team to ensure inventory brands were meeting weeks of supply, margin and product turn expectations. Negotiated vendor coop advertising and partnered with cross-functional teams to implement campaigns. Developed and executed promotional events and negotiated cost concessions to maintain profit margins. 

Buyer - Category Manager

Worked closely with vendors on pricing updates, sales promotions, website creative and brand store maintenance. Assisted with coordination and execution of brand and category marketing campaigns. Partnered with the site merchandising and photography teams to develop lifestyle images for seasonal campaigns.

Assistant Buyer - Merchandise Manager

Set-up and maintained pricing, colors, minimum order quantities and vendor information for new and existing styles. Partnered with Buyers to determine private label categories to develop and grow. Worked with creative department on artwork designs for packaging development. Audited catalog drafts to ensure correct pricing, copy and images. Booked shipments with freight forwarders and monitored them to ensure on time delivery.

Product Development Assistant - Coordinator

Helped launch and onboard new brands and supported their development and assortment growth. Assisted with writing and entering purchase orders into JDE. Partnered with the AP department and warehouse personnel to correct pricing, SKU discrepancies, invoicing and purchase order issues. 

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Nieve Lopez

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

University of Colorado at Denver