New York, New York, United States
- Key assortment strategist for the #1 volume department. - Secured additional margin and maintained co-op funding through vendor negotiations. - Applied market knowledge to drive new product strategy initiatives and achieve sales targets - Managed Merchandising Assistant's development and growth.
- Oversaw vendor communication across 160 dropship and wholesale partners. Expertly negotiated pricing, shaped assortment strategy and advised on brand performance. - Analyzed and synthesized data for weekly, monthly and quarterly business performance reporting; developed data-driven solutions and insights. - Partnered across teams to reconcile financials, forecast inventory, develop marketing content, and conduct analysis on user behavior.
- Collaborated with design teams to develop trend-right product with the support of data analytics, consumer demographics and creative influence. - Owned overseas cold weather shoe development and responsible for Fall'19 classification growth of 20%. - Managed all costing negotiations with vendors to hit financial targets.
- Collaborated with design teams to develop trend-right product with the support of data analytics, consumer demographics and creative influence. - Owned overseas cold weather shoe development and responsible for Fall'19 classification growth of 20%. - Managed all costing negotiations with vendors to hit financial targets. - Work with both domestic and overseas vendor partners on all aspects of product life cycle from strategy to sourcing, sampling, quality, and sales in order to ensure the development of products true to the customer
- Strategic partner in relaunch of INC handbag. Supported assortment redesign and led onboarding of new vendor partners. - Managed handbag evening classification which represented 45% of assortment. - Worked with domestic and overseas vendor partners on all aspects of product life cycle.
• Instagram account with 3000+ followers and multi-weekly posts • Baked goods auctioned at charity events and sold to acquaintances • Catered Wharton Women’s “Dress for Success” event for over 200 people
- 20 – 25 hours/week - Manages a staff of students to promote the DP, 34th Street, UTB and a number of other DP products through a variety of creative campaigns - Director of management for DP brand and its product portfolio (34th Street, UTB, PennLets, Innovation Lab, and others). This includes annual readership surveys. - Supports the work of the advertising department by strategizing to increase readership and circulation for the benefit of our local advertising customers - Attends weekly business board meetings where decisions about the business department as a whole are made