Dan Gallagher Georgetown, KY. *****

443-***-****

ad4k7m@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

High performing Merchant with a demonstrated history of success in the retail industry. Skilled in Trend Analysis, Financial, Merchandise & Assortment Planning, Management, Retail Ecommerce, Visual Merchandising & Retail Buying.

Aspirational Leader & Trainer Merchandise Planning Omnichannel Retail/Ecommerce

Metric Driven Vendor Partnerships Skilled Strategist

Project Management Sales Forecasting Product Life Cycle Management

Assortment Planning Visual Merchandising Negotiations

Experience

Divisional Merchandise Manager • Galls LLC 8/2023- Present

Hire, teach, train, mentor & develop entire merchant staff

Present & track performance goals based on company budget goals & KPIs such as sales, gross margin $ & inventory by Category, Sub Category & Merchant

Provide vision to help navigate through the changing environment in Law Enforcement (LE), Military (USP Stores) & E-commerce.

Established Category Line reviews & assortment rationalization to reduce unproductive inventory & improved inventory to sales performance.

Attend trade shows.

Grow current vendor relations while actively seeking new vendors to help grow the business.

Created a calendar to track promotional activity & metrics to define success.

Sr. Buyer/Corporate Planner • ESCO/Shoe City 6/2001- 6/2023

Perform leadership of all functions within assigned departments including assortment planning, visual merchandising, SMU creation, sales forecasting

OTB Planning for the entire enterprise.

Teach, train & develop junior merchants assigned to me.

Provide strategic vision to navigate through the changing retail environment, while focusing on inventory controls & margin rate growth.

Responsible for both long- and short-term forecasting for basics/fashion styles and replenishment at department, class, and style level.

Attend trade shows for buying needs and perform market research on new trends.

Establish & grow vendor relations and for the company within assigned departments.

Established QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews)

Director of College Recruitment • NEMS Lacrosse Club (Volunteer) 11/2017 -Present

Lead recruitment efforts for young prospective collegiate athletes.

Foster relationships with college coaches nationwide.

Successfully helped 90% of eligible athletes continue their lacrosse careers at the next level

Director of Merchandise Planning & Control • Dollar Tree Stores 2/1996 – 5/2001

Recruited to establish buying controls from the ground up.

Created budgets for the year as well as for 4 buying trips to South East Asia while providing leadership on 2 of those trips per year.

Store base grew from 650 stores to over 1,200 & overall revenue to over $1 billion.

Key contributor in establishing a POS system along with a data warehouse to track sales down to the style level along with the creation on a new merchandise hierarchy.

Team member tasked with helping move old corporate headquarters and distribution center.

Education

Temple University