Senior Manager North America

MARI TAVERAS

917-***-**** ***************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/mari-taveras-a8307322

A seasoned professional with well-rounded retail corporate experience in fast-paced work environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

J.CREW GROUP– NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Senior Manager, Sample Library J.Crew Group (J.Crew, Factory, and Madewell Brands) November 2021 – July 2024

● Led and motivated a team of 10+ associates

● Managed sample lifecycle, shipments, and inventory tracking

● Organized and maintained on-site/off-site sample archives

● Assessed sample usage to identify cost-saving opportunities

● Conducted quarterly sales of past-season samples

● Supported styling, merchandising, and PR with sample pulls and send-outs TAPESTRY INC. – NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Senior Manager, Supplies & Packaging for Coach North America May 2007 – June 2019

Supplies/Packaging

● Oversaw department and distribution vendor for supplies + packaging for stores

● Managed a $14MM budget and achieved yearly savings in top spending categories by $300K

● Streamlined stores supply and packaging ordering process reducing total cost to budget of

$100K

● Created programs and directives supporting store productivity by 25% in category sales

● Preserved life cycle of all corporate packaging inventory and shipments

● Managed corporate packaging closet and sample distribution

● Collaborated with Creative team on customer impacting supplies

● Supported VM and Production teams on store floor set initiatives and rollouts

● Restructured and implemented store opening + store closing processes Senior Manager, Store Facilities for Coach North America May 2015 – May 2018

● Managed $7.5 MM budget for store maintenance + repairs

● Supervised Store Facilities team supporting store maintenance + repair requests

● Vetted qualified vendors, negotiated vendor contracts and maintained vendor relationships Manager, Point of Sale systems (POS) for Coach North America August 2004 – May 2007

● Trained field managers on new time and attendance POS process

● Established alignment with retail finance on expenses & receivables through POS system

● Tested and validated register releases reflecting business automated improvements RALPH LAUREN – LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY

Systems Integration Consultant for Club Monaco Canada May 2002 – August 2004

● Implemented systems integration project for Club Monaco into Ralph Lauren’s operating structure

● Organized the closing (financial section) of Club Monaco’s headquarters in Toronto, Canada EARLIER CAREER

J. CREW – NEW YORK, NEW YORK

October 1989 – May 2002

● Store Operations Manager

● Sales Audit & SAP Financial Systems Manager

● Sales Lead & Cashier

EDUCATION

BMCC - New York

Associates in Business Administration

SOFTWARE SKILLS

MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Inventory Control & Management, Business Analysis, Negotiation, Purchasing, SAP, S4, AS400, Service Channel, Outlook, 2 Languages (Spanish, English)

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