Katie Boone

• Manage the footwear business for Stores and DTC.
• Forecast purchasing trends and improved merchandising strategies.
• Onboarded 10 new vendors with appropriate payment terms that best fits the business.
• Developed a new strategy for 205 of our top performing stores by narrowing down the assortment.

• Managed 15 Footwear Divisions for our international wholesale partners in 12 countries. Areas consist of Europe, Japan, and Latin America including Chile and Brazil.
• Increased my lifestyle bookings by 40% to LY by covering market needs and trend relevant product in my assortments.
• Introduced new outsoles to achieve a 115% growth from 2022 within seasonal boots.
• Developed special make up product for QVC Germany and UK to feature as a TSV.
• Analyzed key account selling reports to determine opportunities and identify risks.
• Managed our international collaborations in partner with the product team - Rollings Stones, Snoop Dogg, DVF.

• Collaborated with internal teams such as product development, design, and production to create monthly seasonal assortments to meet customer needs based on sales history, brand initiatives, and future trends.
• Generated weekly reports to identify key learnings to quickly react to the business.
• Managed the OTB for my respective categories by forecasting sales metrics to fill in receipts.
• Worked closely with the planning team to drive seasonal strategies and ensure financial plans were met.
• Found opportunities to grow my categories which made up 70% of the total footwear business.
• Partnered closely with Marketing and Acquisition to identify KPIs and customer retention.
• Led key milestone meetings such as Monthly Hindsight, Line Plan Review, and Collection Review.

• Managed the PO process (order entry, maintenance, tracking, & receiving).

• Onboarded 20 new vendors while reducing the cost of merchandise by 15% and increasing profit margin by 25%.
• Succeeded in maintaining inventory of over 1K SKUS by identifying markdowns, promotions, reshoots, and republishes.
• Curated brand ambassador collections for Just Fab based on their personal style and brand right product.
• Attended trade shows, performed competitor analysis, maintained knowledge of target customers.