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•	Managed 120 store business, grossing $130 million in annual sales.
•	Delivered 10% sales growth and 2 point gross margin gain in 2014 fiscal year.
•	Accountable for Cotton On brand, managing trade decisions including price architecture, markdown strategy, promotions, product flow and product levels.
•	Extensive market analysis / competitive shopping to evolve product with current trends.
•	Managed head office supply chain team of Merchandise Analysts and Allocators.
•	Partnered with planning team developing and signing off annual, seasonal and weekly financial plans; completed and communicated weekly/monthly reforecasts.
•	Developed preseason promotional strategy; reviewed weekly with cross functional team. 
•	Partnered with retail and visual merchandising teams ensuring synergy of sales and inventory needs with customer experience standards.
•	Partnered with marketing team ensuring timing and seasonal relevance of in-store and lease line marketing.
•	Extensive written and oral communication with all levels of management.
•	Knowledge and experience in all components of country P&L.

Merchandise Manager

•	Managed daily and weekly trade for company owned international markets, liaising with business managers and store teams to execute strategies. 
•	Responsible for budgeting and re-plans for all company owned international markets.
•	Represented international business at weekly trade meeting, presenting business recap and future strategies to executive committee.
•	Managed international planning and allocation team.
•	Worked with GM of international providing guidance to joint venture and franchise partners.
•	Aligned and guided cross functional international store opening team.

Planning Manager

•	Developed and drove comprehensive merchandise plan strategies for three unique international divisions.
•	Owned pre-season and in-season planning process that included category, location and assortment planning.
•	Identified key business drivers, prepared and carried out action plans to maximize them.
•	Developed and maintained OTB with weekly updates and re-forecasts.
•	Built markdown plans and promotional strategies to maximize profit and minimize inventory risk.
•	Developed sku assortment plans including GBB, store group and allocation parameters.
•	Managed store planning and allocation team.

Merchandise Planner

•	Developed seasonal financial plans, presented them to management, accountable for them in season.
•	Presented weekly sales, margin and turn results; forecasted and published future projections.
•	Analyzed history and extensive industry trends; planned and bought product assortment accordingly. 
•	Planned and executed markdowns to maximize margin and turn.
•	Active in all phases of advertising including budgets, co-op procurement, layouts, style outs, proofing and competition. 
•	Presented at monthly management best seller meetings.
•	Handled tough negotiations, both internal and with vendor community.

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