Merchandise Buyer/Planner

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

●Industry Proficiencies:Strategic Planning, Omni Allocations, Merchandise Planning/Buying, Product Development

●Systems: Looker, Microstrategy, RFS, Cognos, CMS, JDA, SAS Planning,Amazon Vendor Central

●Software: Microsoft Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator, Quickbooks, Shopify Plus, Google Analytics

EDUCATION

LIM College NEW YORK, NY FALL 2014

Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship & Fashion Management

POLE ESG PARIS, FR SPRING 2014

International Business Study Abroad

Johnson and Wales University MIAMI, FL FALL 2012

Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising and Retail Marketing

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Xcel Brands NEW YORK, NY AUG 2019

Associate Planner

●Work in conjunction with VP to develop seasonal sales, receipt booking budgets, and flow by month.

●Create and issue weekly reporting (retail sales, style selling) to assess sales, margin and inventory projections

●Collaborate in strategically managing the Planning Processes to meet volume, profit and inventory objectives.

●Operated independently to prepare and present product hindsight reports and market preparation

●Monitoring performance to sales on digital ecommerce including Amazon; analyzing Paid Search, Paid Social, SEO, affiliate

●Performs independent analysis and recommends courses of action to drive profitability in a detailed-oriented mannered

Hudson Bay Company- Saks Off 5th NEW YORK, NY AUG 2018- AUG 2019

Assistant Planner

●Support planner and merchant office in topside financial plans, pre-season, and in season management for stores and ecommerce

●Analyze key item trends and adjust forecasts, receipts, and inventory levels as needed to drive business

●Executed driving year over year growth of the SLG’s and belts category for the Handbags department, through partnerships with buying and store teams

●Operated the operational functions of allocations and execution of replenishment

●Effectively managed overall department daily Sales $, GM% and Inventory Turns, in conjunction with OTB forecasting

●Partner with buying team with vendor performance management, inventory management and merchandise distribution

Hudson Bay Company- Saks Off 5th /Gilt NEW YORK, NY FEB 2018- AUG 2018

Merchant Development Program Trainee

●Develop in-season management processes by actively monitoring contemporary shoe dept and luxury selloff business

●Support Planner and buying team for monthly Open to Buy and seasonal market prep

●Forecast overall department Sales $, GM% and Inventory Turns that fit the brand targets

●Partner with buyers and planners with vendor performance management, inventory management and merchandise distribution

●Omni allocate orders by analyzing sales performance by door, by brand to effectively drive comp sales growth

Gilt Groupe NEW YORK, NY NOV 2015- JAN 2018

Merchandising Assistant

●Perform the administrative, product and technical tasks pertaining to luxury/vintage brands and buys

●Conduct daily sale prep to ensure editorials/copy and upload of product was done prior to event launch

●Effectively communicate internally and externally to track and manage event dates, open receipts, and OTB

●Responsible for full life cycle of purchase orders, this includes writing, submitting changes/cancellations, and pricing

●Generate and analyze selling recaps, including monthly brand recaps in preparation of OTB

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Fashconnects NEW JERSEY MAR 2020-PRESENT

Founder

●Launch and executed marketing strategies for digital platform, that has brought over 200 fashion professionals together

●Strategically reached out to speakers and partners to interview on IG Live series, including fashion industry experts

●Create content calendar to promote a collaborative and nurturing space for fashion professionals in the industry

Chantal Joseph

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