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Allison Kane

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Buying & Merchandising Manager

BOXFOX
Hawthorne, CA
02.2024 - Current
  • Promoted to a senior leadership role in product development, planning & buying, and site merchandising
  • Responsible for maintaining, growing and shaping the breadth of products including go-to brands, focused on aspirational, niche/boutique artisanal and in-house products that satisfies customers’ gifting needs for all reasons/seasons
  • Led end-to-end product lifecycle for seasonal curations, from trend research and line planning to launch and performance analysis
  • Ensured high profit margins (above 50%) across curations, categories, and POS
  • Maintained, nurtured and expanded vendor network to meet growth objectives
  • Developed 64 new ‘BOXFOX’ manufactured SKU’s in 2024
  • Collaborated with founders to create evergreen and seasonal ‘Ready to Ship’ collections, with every curation meeting the objectives of being a cohesive and visually appealing combination of recognizable brands and high margin manufactured products
  • Utilized strategic merchandising to sell through 100+ unwanted excess SKU’s purchased from previous years

Account Executive

BOXFOX
Hawthorne, CA
08.2023 - 01.2024
  • Managed 100+ different high touch corporate accounts, acting as their point of contact for specific gifting projects
  • Developed accurate scopes of work (SOWs) and invoices to ensure clients approval on the terms of each order as well as accurate billing
  • Curated unique and customized proposals for clients that met their business/messaging/ROI goals
  • Coordinated order workflow with the Corporate Production team, including communicating on deadlines, customization selections, packaging and shipping details

Account Coordinator

BOXFOX
Hawthorne, CA
05.2022 - 08.2023
  • Vetted new leads, scheduled calls, and managed calendars for AE, ensuring AE was abreast of daily client meetings with short briefs and callouts
  • Created a calendar of key client event dates, past order timeline, repeat opportunities to help inform strategic outreach and marketing
  • Managed all Salesforce data entry for AE’s projects
  • Served as the point of contact for Production Team on all ongoing orders, raising any red flags with AE on inventory, deadlines, etc.
  • Delivered client logos, copy, and addresses on a timely basis, fulfilling all deadlines
  • Approved, onboarded, and supported customers on our Concierge Pro Platform for smaller orders of 12+ boxes
  • Effectively communicated to clients by sending final curation photos, tracking information, and an experience survey, ensuring a positive BOXFOX experience

Creative Assets Coordinator

BOXFOX
Hawthorne, CA
04.2021 - 04.2022
  • Recommended products and curation themes based on the project during client calls
  • Maintained a working database of all products from current vendors, updating it consistently based on new established vendors, price increases, OOS/discontinued products, etc.
  • Designed a searchable database of past corporate proposals used to draw inspiration from and revise for proposals for new clients

Product Consultant (Sales Associate)

Casper
New York, NY
02.2019 - 03.2021
  • Maintained at least 90% of monthly revenue goal/conversion rate
  • Greeted inbound sales opportunities, captured leads, and managed sales pipeline through email and phone calls
  • Managed several Interior Designer accounts in Casper’s Trade Program and fulfilled orders for their clients

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts -

New York University
05.2017

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Google Suite
  • Netsuite
  • Shopify
  • Salesforce
  • Quickbooks
  • Stocky
  • Inventory Management
  • Data & Trend Analysis
  • Sales Forecasting
  • Demand Planning
  • E-commerce Merchandising
  • Vendor Relationship Management & Negotiation

Timeline

Buying & Merchandising Manager

BOXFOX
02.2024 - Current

Account Executive

BOXFOX
08.2023 - 01.2024

Account Coordinator

BOXFOX
05.2022 - 08.2023

Creative Assets Coordinator

BOXFOX
04.2021 - 04.2022

Product Consultant (Sales Associate)

Casper
02.2019 - 03.2021

Bachelor of Fine Arts -

New York University

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