Responsible for merchandising Ready To Wear department for flagship location
Provide customer service at all times
Partner with Operations Manager on Markdowns, RTVs, Stockroom needs, and Transfers
-40+ Merchandising associates to manage
-Lead teams in merchandising updates and floor moves
-Work with Store Design and Construction teams to ensure smooth transition of renovation of total RTW division
-Partner with vender community to ensure support for big event days. Explain the benefits to vender merchandising support in store, draw up contracts and interview candidates.
-Educate team on store numbers and top selling skis, work with selling partners to ensure standards.
-Weekly and Monthly meetings with buying team for each department. Having a voice in new brand selection and needs to ensure we make plan.
-React to business needs with a sensor of urgency, communicate changes immediately to touch all involved.
Logistics Manager
Bloomingdales
New York, NY, USA
10.2013 - 01.2018
-Responsible for portion of ready to wear division
-Merchandising and Operations for the area including markdowns, inventory control, merchandising setup
-Have team of 20
-Partnership with Sales Managers, Vendors, and Central partners
Senior Visual Merchandising Manager
Forever 21
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
11.2008 - 10.2013
Institute new store layouts and visual display designs quickly and efficiently to meet company specific demands
Provide customer service and styling assistance including personal shopping
Corporate Aspects
Design new concepts for corporate floor sets
Merchandise with corporate teams that set standards for company floor sets
Work with Visual Expansion Team as a shop lead nationally and internationally at over 15 store openings, including Times Square and Vienna, Austria
Assist the field merchandising district manager with numerous responsibilities
Training
Act as traveling training manager within the district
Create visual boards to convey new concepts to team members
Inform district regarding add on options incorporating best practices from stores under my supervision
Management
Manage and oversee daily operation of locations in Dutchess, Westchester and Orange counties
Work with a sense of urgency to understand the needs of the store concerning visuals and operations
Responsible for training and supervising merchandising staff
Associate Community Leader / Temporary Community Leader / Skills Trainer / Reginal Training Partner at Maple Street Biscuit Company / Cracker BarrelAssociate Community Leader / Temporary Community Leader / Skills Trainer / Reginal Training Partner at Maple Street Biscuit Company / Cracker Barrel
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