RYAN BURGE: Business Development Manager / Merchant in San Francisco, CA

Managed annual receipts in excess of $80M for Youth and Snow Sports Apparel categories across The North Face's store and ecommerce channels for the United States and Canada. • Achieved positive comp growth YoY across all areas of focus, while meeting margin and inventory productivity targets. • Created strategic store and ecom assortments with focus on driving brand engagement. • Collaborated cross-functionally with planning, sourcing, design, visual, marketing, training, and product departments to cultivate aligned output and best possible consumer experiences.

• Managed purchase orders, inventory tracking, reporting, and item set up for 1000+ SKUs • Responsible for website merchandising across multiple apparel and hard goods categories. • Created and analyzed, weekly, monthly, and seasonal selling reports to make both in-season and future business shifts and recommendations. • Designed brand-experiential technical equipment destination shops in The North Face's redesign doors and flagship locations.