Whitney Reichert

• Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
• Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
• Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.

• Maximized sales and profit margin growth in assigned key accounts through the development and implementation of effective merchandising plans and optimized distribution.
• Provided direction on product assortment, account needs, promotional and marketing opportunities and point of sale presentation based on account knowledge and competitive challenges.
• Hired, trained and managed team of sales administrators
• Collaborated with internal partners across multiple departments to analyze market conditions and trends to support merchandising and product pricing decisions.
• Created internal task force after identifying need for process standardization within department
• Managed book of business worth $5M across 15 accounts.

Women's Trend Department Manger - overseeing over 7M in sales and 30+ employees across multiple departments

• Seasonally hired and trained 20+ salespeople while managing regular team of ~30 salespeople
• Developed empowering employee culture focused on equipping employees to independently meet customer needs.
• Created a customer-obsessed mentality within the team to ensure each salesperson felt empowered to do what was right for every customer.
• Evaluated suppliers to assess quality, timeliness and compliance of deliveries, maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational efficiency.

• Partnered with merchandising team to plan and execute floor moves, merchandise placement and overall sales set-up.
• Coached 20+ sales associates in product specifications, sales incentives and selling techniques, increasing customer satisfaction ratings.
• Worked actively with management team to create daily and weekly sales plans based on weekly sales trends.
• Selected for internal management program based on performance.