Richard Gualtieri: in New York, NY
Richard Gualtieri
New York | United States
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The Levy Group
VICE PRESIDENT MEN'S SPORTSWEAR | 01/2018 - 11/2019
Leader of wholesale sales, merchandising and design teams for launch of Hickey Freeman Performance Sportswear, Golf and Dress Shirt Collections.
• Achieved $10M in sales in second year, more than doubling first year sales
• Opened major luxury dept. stores --Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor, Patrick James, more-- and 50+
better specialty stores across US, Canada
• Negotiated, secured exclusive distribution deal with Duran Group to top 1,200 US golf clubs
• Negotiated, secured exclusive distribution deal with Better Pro Golf to top 120 Canadian pro shops
• Planned, executed Spring & Fall 2019 merchandising assortment plans and Spring/Summer color palette
• Researched, implemented all key men's trends --sustainability, travel, performance-- into launch assortment.
MPG Mondetta Performance Gear
VICE PRESIDENT SALES & MERCHANDISING, WHOLESALE | 11/2015 - 12/2017
VP of $20M North American operation, managing a team of ten.
• Doubled sales to $20M over two years by exploding new channels of distribution
• Spring 2017 +30% market placements by focusing assortments, trimming excess SKUs by 45%,
reducing sample costs by 40%
• Launched Julianne Hough Collection for MPG Sport, women's active lifestyle collection in all Lord & Taylor,
Von Maur, Dillard's, Hudson's Bay, El Palacio, REI, MEC, Title Nine, Barry's Bootcamp, Equinox
• Launched MPG men's in Saks Fifth Avenue, El Palacio, Simon's, Lord & Taylor, Hudson's Bay,
MEC, REI, Barry's Bootcamp, Equinox
• Grew men's line to 15% to total from 5%, rebalancing women's to 85% of MPG portfolio
• Developed Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 SKU plans --all styles were merchandised, priced and adopted
• Developed product knowledge books, regional seminars for in-store sales associate training.
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Tommy Hilfiger
VICE PRESIDENT MEN'S MERCHANDISING, WHOLESALE | 05/2013 - 12/2013
Lead for team of six in collaboration with design, production, sales for North American men's wholesale and licensee
businesses. Optimized growth, profitability for 630 Macy's stores, 90 Hudson's Bay stores, plus licensees in Mexico,
Latin and South America. Aligned business channel objectives with European, specialty and company store teams.
• Spring 2014 +20% unit bookings over LY and trimmed duplicate SKUs by 12% by creating
pre-planned assortments by region, cluster and climate
• Conducted all senior management presentations with account CEO and senior management
• Participated in weekly coordinator calls and provided final approval on all visual directives
• Partnered in all new shop, store openings including the massive Herald Square renovation.
HMX Group
VICE PRESIDENT MEN'S MERCHANDISING, DMM RETAIL, E-COMMERCE | 01/2012 - 11/2012
VP of North American men's sportswear wholesale operations, managing a team of four.
• +2.2% margin after increasing Spring 2013 market placements 37% by focusing assortments,
maximizing business categories, opportunities and reducing excess SKUs by 82%
• Facilitated communication, collaboration with sales, design, production, marketing and store buying teams
• Directed business tracking reports for sales, margin, adoption, replenishment and inventory
• Developed, implemented seasonal strategies to exceed planned sales growths.
Façonnable USA
DIRECTOR MERCHANDISING, MARKETING, RETAIL, E-COMMERCE | 02/2011 - 01/2012
Managed all US men's, women's, denim, footwear and Internet buying teams, managing a team of twelve.
• +2.7% margin after increasing 2011 sales 26% over LY by tailoring assortments by door, balancing sales-stock ratios
• Collaborated with global merchandising, sourcing teams at Nice, France HQ to merchandise US retail boutique,
wholesale retailers, and global marketing team alongside Toth+Co ad agency to design US marketing, PR campaigns
• Developed, executed 10 in-store events --Beverly Hills store Shopping Night, Newport Beach charity fashion show,
NYC Flagship GQ 50th Anniversary charity event.
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Hudson's Bay Company
VICE PRESIDENT MEN'S FASHION DIRECTOR, MEN'S SPECIAL EVENT'S | 02/2005 - 01/2011
Promoted to VP and established men's fashion direction at L&T.
• Grew penetration to +8% to total business, by augmenting awareness of men's retail and creating 20+ collections
• Planned, organized 50+ events --created Guy's Night Out, an annual shopping night generating $50K sales at 5th Av
• Integrated fashion trend reports at color, style, classification levels into all merchant and private label buys
• Researched new resources, competition to identify business matrix opportunities for growth
• Analyzed trends through attendance of market, trade, fashion shows in Europe, US
• Selected, styled, finalized all men's advertising campaigns --direct mail, magazine, ROP
• Collaborated with Publicity Dept. on editorial merchandise and conducted all media interviews
• Directed all photo shoots to ensure theme alignment
• Published monthly fashion newsletter circulated to buying teams, stores.
Lord & Taylor
SENIOR BUYER, MERCHANDISER MEN'S CONTEMPORARY & ACTIVE COLLECTIONS, BLACK BROWN | 10/2001 - 01/2005
1826
Responsible for 48% of men's sportswear sales volume --Polo Ralph Lauren, Callaway, Black Brown 1826 subvertical.
• #1 Buyer recognition for Fall 2010 --exceeding sales, GM% targets via Black Brown 1826 launch and growth as
L&T's largest men's brand.
• 18% TTL business growth via conception and launch of Contemporary and Active collections department
• Collaborated with designer, Joseph Abboud to plan, develop, implement Black Brown 1826 at all
L&T, Hudson's Bay stores
• Launched Adidas, Calvin Klein, Diesel, G-Star Raw, Hugo Boss, Nike, Puma, Spyder, Under Amour.
Macy's East
SENIOR BUYER | 05/1997 - 09/2001
MEN'S CONTEMPORARY, POLO RALPH LAUREN, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN DESIGNER COLLECTIONS
May Department Stores
MEN'S COLLECTION BUYER, POLO RALPH LAUREN & DENIM COLLECTIONS | 07/1988 - 05/1997