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Gaby Dobson

Bentonville,AR

Summary

Accomplished retail buying, sourcing, and operations professional with 20+ years of experience. Proven track record of generating sales, profit growth, and managing cross-functional teams.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Omni Merchant-Pets

Walmart
01.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for managing a multimillion dollar business with P&L responsibility.
  • Led cross-functional team with three direct reports.
  • Developed robust relationships with suppliers.
  • Analyze performance and understand trends to build a merchandising strategy for the business.
  • Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.
  • Determined lowest possible cost, factoring in quality, and reliability and negotiated favorable contracts.

Sr. Manager II Merchandise Activity Planning

Walmart
10.2019 - 01.2020
  • Provide strategic direction on corporate meetings related to merchandising. Manage work processes to leverage cross-functional teams.
  • Effectively communicate in order to achieve leadership support and influence large groups of cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Drive clear understanding of meeting performance by defining KPI's and how they will be measured and monitored
  • Provide data-driven analysis and insights to help drive corporate meeting strategy and performance.

Sr. Buyer Fine Jewelry

Walmart
07.2014 - 10.2019
  • Responsible for managing fine jewelry category for Walmart U.S. Utilized expertise to grow sales and profit
  • Successfully lanunched new private label umbrella brand for total fine jewelry business.
  • Collaborated with Private Brand team and Implemented new quality standards. Standardized component costing to increase profit rate two years in a row.


Buyer Diamond Bridal

Zale Corporation
07.2012 - 07.2014
  • Responsible for product development, merchandising, and managing multi-million dollar bridal categories for Zale North America.
  • Successfully launched new exclusive Celebration brand. Managed product development process and in-store execution of collections.
  • Conducted a thorough analysis of core assortment in bridal and bands. Collaborated with inventory and modular teams to improve inventory and planograms. Resulting in the growth of core assortment of +500 bps.

Buyer Fine Jewelry

Sears Holdings Company & Ultra Stores Inc.
03.2005 - 03.2012
  • Responsible for buying and managing silver and gold fine jewelry categories.
  • Built long-term supplier relationships with vendors to establish quality and competitive pricing. Successfully created and launched five new exclusive brands.
  • Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.


Education

Associate of Arts - Business

Brandman University
06.2027

Skills

  • Product Procurement
  • Competitive Sourcing
  • Supplier Negotiations
  • Vendor Negotiations
  • Trend Assessment

Timeline

Sr. Omni Merchant-Pets

Walmart
01.2020 - Current

Sr. Manager II Merchandise Activity Planning

Walmart
10.2019 - 01.2020

Sr. Buyer Fine Jewelry

Walmart
07.2014 - 10.2019

Buyer Diamond Bridal

Zale Corporation
07.2012 - 07.2014

Buyer Fine Jewelry

Sears Holdings Company & Ultra Stores Inc.
03.2005 - 03.2012

Associate of Arts - Business

Brandman University

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