Heather Wilson
Buying Manager at French Cuff Boutique- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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French Cuff Boutique
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United States
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Buying Manager
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Apr 2019 - Present
A luxury women's clothing store with 3 store locations. As the Manager of Buying, I control the inflow of product ,create pricing strategies, build strong relationships with our vendors, manage inventory and logistics, maintain strong margins, analyze KPI's and sales trends and I am responsible for managing Buying Team which includes Assistant Buyer and Inventory Coordinator. - Trusted with a high level budget to develop product assortments across 11 different categories to produce high level sales -Negotiate deals with vendors to cut product and shipping costs and negotiate payment terms-Responsible for Private Label Development, execution, quality control and gross margin enhancement -Communicate business needs/product knowledge information with internal cross-functional partners, including Marketing and Sales-Collect and analyze sales performance reports and data to identify hits, misses, and associated actions. Utilize learnings to inform in-season and future season actions, strategies, and assortments. -Prepared weekly sales reports to present to owner, store managers and marketing team -Voted Employee of the Quarter- Q4 2019 and Employee of the Quarter Q2 2020
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Buyer
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Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
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Southern Grace
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United States
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Wholesale
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1 - 100 Employee
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Key Account Executive
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Sep 2016 - Apr 2019
A women's and children's wholesale clothing company where I managed the Top 50 Accounts in the company to increase revenue and build strong lasting relationships. -Landed big box retailers in 2018 by consistently pursuing these customers, which closed my sales at $2.3m -Collaborated with overseas manufacturers on creating custom clothing and accessories for my accounts, analyzed fabrics and samples -Traveled to trade shows throughout the U.S. to identify prospective customers and develop/maintain strong relationships with buyers -Visited accounts to ensure proper merchandising displays and inventory management
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AlphaShark Trading
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Personal Executive Assistant
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Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Act as a first point of contact by representing the CEO in a positive manner. Monitor, manage and update daily Instagram, Youtube, Twitter and Yelp accounts for CEO who appears on CNBC and Fox Business. Contributed to converting online audience into subscription members. Maintain CEO’s calendar -- plan and schedule meetings, teleconferences, travel and volunteer events. Act as a first point of contact by representing the CEO in a positive manner. Monitor, manage and update daily Instagram, Youtube, Twitter and Yelp accounts for CEO who appears on CNBC and Fox Business. Contributed to converting online audience into subscription members. Maintain CEO’s calendar -- plan and schedule meetings, teleconferences, travel and volunteer events.
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College Fashionista
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Social Media/Blogger Internship
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Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
Demonstrated excellent writing and photography skills while writing articles for the What To Wear column of the website Assisted CollegeFashionista.com with their social media marketing strategies and promotion of articles Demonstrated excellent writing and photography skills while writing articles for the What To Wear column of the website Assisted CollegeFashionista.com with their social media marketing strategies and promotion of articles
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Education
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Texas State University
Bachelor's Degree, Marketing -
Teen Vogue Fashion University
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Galveston College
Associate's Degree, Business Administration and Management, General