Tricia Hodges

• Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
• Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.

• Reviewed clients profile, requests, product keep and return rate, as well as curated a 200 word typed note describing matchable wardrobe options within 15 minutes. Styled over 5000 clients working part time.
• Connected and communicated virtually with clients via notes to identify wardrobe gaps. Created and evolved clients style to help make them feel great about themselves.

District Merchandise Manager of 13 brands within 8 stores in San Francisco, East Bay and South Bay Districts, Northern California. Responsible for 45% of total regional private brand sales volume.

• Analyzed sales trends by month, stores, departments and categories. Implemented analyzed sales information in data tracking forms to observe business trends and needs.
• Organized and led cross-functional teams in executing high-impact projects with tight deadlines.

• Managed and analyzed merchandise inventory levels including $47M in sales, receipt flow, merchandise turn and profits for 10 stores.
• Analyzed and forecasted markdowns based on sales trend, resulting in gross margin improvement of 15% between 2004-2005.
• Identified and exploited major growth opportunities in vendor structure.