Experience

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  Partners Village Store

  • Westport, MA

  • Entrepreneur-Owner

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Westport, MA

    Small Business Owner - local full service emporium . Operation includes home decor, full cafe,national and local book selection,women's clothing, toys, stationary , men's collection.

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  RiverRunMonogram

  • Owner-Creative Director

    • Jul 2012 - Present

    Home Decor-Lifestyle brand that produces high end personalized gifts and home decor. Wholesale, retail and e-commerce.

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  Lord & Taylor

  • SVP Merchandising and Sales

    • Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

    Merchant responsible for partnership and accountability with Lord & Taylor's four celebrity designers. Scope encompassed proprietary collections spanning from men's to women's sportswear. Managed vertical and wholesale businesses for CDS brands. Functional interface with senior management in production, finance and logistics.

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  Liz Clairborne- Sigrid Olsen

  • President

    • Apr 2006 - Apr 2007

    Inspired and managed global team of designers, merchants, manufacturing, sales, marketing and finance. Responsible for leading transformational global move to Hong Kong. Lead the charge for speed to market while maintaining integrity, quality and sensibility to women's sportswear line. Responsible for wholesale, retail and ecommerce deliverable.

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  Liz Claiborne-DKNY

  • President

    • 2004 - 2006

    Responsible for women's and men's $250M wholesale, retail and ecommerce business. Key merchant who implemented an organizational change which defined management teams, focused on top line sales and bottom line results. Implemented and achieved margin goals, direct operational profits and deliverables two years in a row. Spearheaded new calendar and monthly injections. Grew replenishment business to over 20% creating direct bottom line profits. Successfully launched petites and luxe lines. Accountable to parent licensor ensuring brand integrity.

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  Liz Clairborne- Kenneth Cole

  • President

    • 2003 - 2005

    Branded, established and launched Kenneth Cole women's sportswear from $0 to over $50M in a five year time line. Instrumented merchant and sales leader with wholesale, retail and licensing responsibility. Hired, trained and mentored entire team: sales, design, merchants, operations, marketing and finance. Responsible for daily interaction with founder and licensor. Grew and established classification businesses based upon trend and fashion cycles. Launched both women's and petite sportswear. Agent of change.

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  Liz Clairborne- Kenneth Cole New York

  • Vice President

    • 2000 - 2002

    Launched new 'modern' zone apparel line in the better zone. Responsible for sales, planning, projections, merchandising, operations and end of season negotiations. Created classification drivers, key price point matrix and established a proven fit. Established strong leadership established between sales, design and merchants.

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  Calvin Klein

  • VP Sales

    • 1995 - 2000