Sofia Vondrak
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Experience
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Wantable
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United States
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Retail
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100 - 200 Employee
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Assistant Buyer - Mens Active and Lifestyle
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Jun 2023 - Present
Austin, Texas, United States • Drive overall strategic vision and seasonal assortment for Mens while assistant still with Tops and Sweaters • Main point of contact for Mens, including placing buys, assortment planning, planning targets, KPI’s and maintain vendor relationships • Analyze business such as color, size and attribute selling to provide detailed information to assist the buying team in responding to trends and needs • Partner with planning team to construct and manage seasonal financial targets •… Show more • Drive overall strategic vision and seasonal assortment for Mens while assistant still with Tops and Sweaters • Main point of contact for Mens, including placing buys, assortment planning, planning targets, KPI’s and maintain vendor relationships • Analyze business such as color, size and attribute selling to provide detailed information to assist the buying team in responding to trends and needs • Partner with planning team to construct and manage seasonal financial targets • Utilize best and worst seller report to represent swap or RTV possibilities and complete the entire process from start to finish • Attend trade shows, market weeks and vendor showrooms to ensure the mix of styles is at the forefront of market trends to maintain competitive advantage over our competitors • Hindsight seasonal vendor, product and financial results by product category at the macro level and analyze product performance • Build and send monthly sales reports to key vendor partners
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Assistant Merchant
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Jun 2021 - Oct 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States - Creating buy plans for reorders based on inventory need and high performance for Women’s Denim, Bottoms, Jackets and Shorts assortments - Analyzing data after running monthly and quarterly selling reports to understand performance of product and customer voice - Issuing all PO’s for designated category, updating PO’s and PO log for accurate tracking for the Open to Buy - Set up all product for category, entry of product specs, accurate attribution, following up with vendors on… Show more - Creating buy plans for reorders based on inventory need and high performance for Women’s Denim, Bottoms, Jackets and Shorts assortments - Analyzing data after running monthly and quarterly selling reports to understand performance of product and customer voice - Issuing all PO’s for designated category, updating PO’s and PO log for accurate tracking for the Open to Buy - Set up all product for category, entry of product specs, accurate attribution, following up with vendors on outstanding product information and tracking - Analyze business such as color, size, and attribute selling to provide detailed information in order to assist buying teams - Work cross functionally with internal teams (stylists, marketing, vendor ops) and external teams for sample tracking, product details and requests for information - Ability to multi task, adapt and effectively manage changing situations in a fast paced environment - Prepare go to market strategies to increase sales - Act as single point of contact for vendors and clients regarding performance products
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Stylist
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May 2020 - May 2021
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States o Analyzing data to create personalized styles for customers o User-centric approach to problem solving to both build relationships and provide customers with styles that best serve their needs o Monitoring benchmarks for measuring daily productivity and effectiveness o Advocating for customer needs as well as advocating for the company o Monitoring community engagement and performing outreach to help drive style direction within available inventory o Ability to multi-task… Show more o Analyzing data to create personalized styles for customers o User-centric approach to problem solving to both build relationships and provide customers with styles that best serve their needs o Monitoring benchmarks for measuring daily productivity and effectiveness o Advocating for customer needs as well as advocating for the company o Monitoring community engagement and performing outreach to help drive style direction within available inventory o Ability to multi-task, adapt to and effectively manage changing situations in a fast paced environment
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Spring City Aviation, Inc.
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United States
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Airlines and Aviation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Private Pilot
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Jun 2021 - Present
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Winston Retail
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United States
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Retail
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500 - 600 Employee
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Merchandise Coordinator
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Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States o Strong execution and implementation of merchandise planning o Creating strategic planograms for visual merchandising to maximize sales o Voicing goals and ideas to management o Ability to adapt and effectively manage changing situations o Negotiating for project needs that deliver the best end result within scope
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MoonLab Productions
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United States
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing and Event Production Intern
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Santa Monica, California • Researching industry and marketing trends to implement into the design of current and future events • Conduct analysis from event data, gathered in consumer behavior and flow • Providing on-site event support with the production team to oversee and participate in all aspects of event load in, duration and strike • Support Production team on vendor research, vendor outreach, and event data collection
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Anthropologie
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United States
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales Associate
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Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
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TEKsystems
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Recruiter/Sales Intern
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
Madison, Wisconsin Area - Source and interview qualified candidates for sales and IT groups along with various product development teams - Work with hiring groups to create and refine hiring goals and objectives - Manage relationships to maintain candidate flow - Evaluate candidates compatibility with specific job requirements ensuring the correct fit prior to submitting a client
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BioFit Engineered Products
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United States
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Furniture
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Lead Qualifier
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Mission Trip Volunteer
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Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Benton Harbor, Michigan Area
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Receptionist
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Jun 2014 - Oct 2014
Greater Milwaukee Area
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Education
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science - BS, Retailing and Consumer Behavior -
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Business Administration and Management, General -
Hamilton High School