Monique Wheeler
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant, Global Merchandsing
Calvin Klein
New York, NY
02.2024 - Current
- Ownership of style entry and maintenance in Centric PLM, prioritizing accuracy across all four product lines for women's cut and sew knits: 60% TTL Women's Apparel , 2.2M U, $86.4M (Full Price, Outlet, Wholesale, Off Price)
- Assist Sr. Merchandise Manager in all milestone meeting presentations and preparations, including seasonal collection previews, design sketch reviews, line pricing, costing reviews, and internal market appointments
- Develop and present a Visual Assortment Matrix to more efficiently capture pricing tiers, fabric-platforming opportunities, and fit offerings during the global collection preview
- Monitor any opportunities, risks, and best practices to drive market share, present findings, analyze season over season, and create pricing strategies that align with brand positioning to ensure the dissemination of product knowledge to regional teams
- Partner with leadership and Merchandise Planning to develop pre-season assortment visions and investment strategies focused on seasonal key priorities and needs from the global teams
- Facilitate SKU finalization, manage global late style add requests, and assist in maintaining the Women's Apparel global change log
- Aggregate global sales data, store feedback, and hindsight findings to design during sketch workshopping to ensure alignment across customer needs, leadership vision, and margin profitability
Buying Coordinator
Calvin Klein
New York, NY
05.2022 - 02.2024
- Evaluate trends in the market and work alongside merchandising team to create a Shorts assortment capable of supporting the quarterly departmental sales growth goal of + 27%
- Developed a new hot/cold door allocation strategy in collaboration with inventory planning to increase product sell-through and maximize profitability across NA doors
- Manage and monitor weekly inventory purchase order movements and incoming receipt flows for Shorts and Skirts in order to reconcile monthly receipts passed to cross functional planning team for OTB
- Analyze and distribute weekly Shorts sales performance and present POS proposals to leadership to drive departmental sales
Retail Merchandise and Visual Presentation Intern
Calvin Klein
New York, NY
06.2021 - 08.2021
- PVH Corp. Future of Retail Intern Competition Semi-Finalist
- Pitched the development of a Curvy Jean to Senior leadership and when implemented drove an incremental $279k in sales; ranking in top 10 Denim styles STD (FAHO23)
- Delivered feedback on competitor activity, policies, and best practices to streamline internal operating model to Retail SVP
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI05.2022
Skills
- Centric PLM, Miro, Visulon, Island Pacific, ACS and 7th Online Software Systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Additional Internships
Brag USA
NEW YORK SUMMER 2020
Hour Detroit Magazine
DETROIT SUMMER 2019
Timeline
Assistant, Global Merchandsing
Calvin Klein
02.2024 - Current
Buying Coordinator
Calvin Klein
05.2022 - 02.2024
Retail Merchandise and Visual Presentation Intern
Calvin Klein
06.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor