Highly-motivated Merchandise Assistant with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Merchandise Assistant
Macy's
08.2022 - Current
Independently manage sample turn in log, turn in calendar and turn in process.
Pull and analyze weekly reports recap and review what's working to understand overall business opportunities.
Requesting monthly samples from vendors, creating barcodes and tracking sample status.
Manage all style maintenance requests and make necessary updates for style merges, class updates and VDF flags.
Support PM in Return to Vendor process.
Participate in projects such as competitive shopping and brand analysis.
Sort through monthly reviews to find better design opportunities.
Assist in creating size charts to attach to new products.
Independently lead product approval process including attaching features and benefits and cross checking all product information.
Run POP Difference Report each week and execute needed markups.
Create monthly saved sets for new products and elevated hero looks.
Pull Issues Tracking System report weekly and assist in solving product issues.
Manage weekly On Hand Not Live Report and take necessary action to ensure all on hand products are live.
Awarded Irreplaceable Behavior for consistent 0% On Hand Not Live.
Merchandise Assistant
Bare Necessities
09.2021 - 07.2022
Key and edit PO's, by extending dates, update cost/retail and units
Take full markdowns/color markdowns, turn styles on and off replenishment
Run replenishment orders alongside the buyer for a specific area
Review the bankbook multiple times a week to close out finished PO's
EDI PO's to be sent out to vendors
Run vendor SKU selling reports for all areas and send out to vendors weekly
Go through product activation EOD emails, put styles on final sale
Create vendor relationships by requesting UPC's, images, and working through PO issues to come to a successful resolution
Create orders based off of line sheets and create Style Out PowerPoint's showcasing styles that have been bought
Attend market meetings alongside buyer
Assist with preparing weekly business reports
Brainstorm ideas to drive traffic to our social media/website.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Textiles, Fashion Merchandising And Design
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
05.2021
Skills
Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Retail1
PDF
Affinity
Merchandising
Microsoft Office
Additional Information
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Member and Recruitment Counselor
Completed coursework in Fashion Retailing, Fashion Merchandise Buying and Textile Markets
Timeline
Merchandise Assistant
Macy's
08.2022 - Current
Merchandise Assistant
Bare Necessities
09.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Textiles, Fashion Merchandising And Design