Adrienne Solomon

• Collaborate cross-functionally with key stakeholders across merchandising, design, and product development teams to execute seasonal assortment strategies from concept through creation, driving brand alignment and commercial success. • Lead presentations of seasonal assortments, comprising nearly 200 SKUs, to global buying and wholesale teams; effectively communicate strategies to ensure alignment and achieve sales objectives within the Mainline Small Leather Goods category. • Manage, mentor, and develop direct reports, providing targeted career guidance, and professional development opportunities to build a high-performing team. • Strategically edit and price product lines, balancing creative vision with financial targets to meet business objectives, maximizing margins, and drive profitable growth. • Conduct in-depth analysis of global historical sales performance and competitive landscape to identify and recommend growth opportunities, integrating insights into seasonal design briefs to drive informed product decisions. • Proactively manage the development calendar, anticipating potential challenges, mitigating risks, and ensuring adherence to all key milestone deadlines to support seamless product launches.

• Directed global omni-channel product development for men’s accessories from initial concept and kickoff through market sell-in and analysis of consumer response, driving cohesive product strategy and marketplace alignment. • Collaborated cross-functionally with design, product development, and costing teams to effectively manage assortment strategy, material mix, silhouette classification, logo representation, and achieve targeted gross margins. • Achieved an 11% increase in global men’s accessories sales and a 12% improvement in gross margin dollars year-over-year through proactive partnership and strategic assortment management. • Performed monthly and quarterly analysis of men’s accessories performance, presenting actionable insights, trend forecasts, and strategic recommendations to senior management to optimize category growth. • Led North America wholesale and off-price business development, ensuring consistent brand positioning, cohesive storytelling, and product alignment across wholesale, retail, and outlet channels.

• Developed and distributed global omni-channel sales reports on a weekly, monthly, and seasonal basis, directly informing critical product lifecycle meetings, including quarterly hindsight reviews and global investment planning. • Managed digital product assortments using PLM software, editing and maintaining essential market documents such as linesheets, offer decks, and detailed change logs to streamline communication across teams. • Performed comprehensive competitive market research, delivering actionable insights, detailed design briefs, and SKU plans to senior leadership and design partners, enabling strategic decision-making. • Led seasonal minimum reconciliation calls, providing clear assortment recommendations and ensuring global alignment and cohesive brand positioning across all sales channels. • Executed strategic assortment edits and coordinated the generation of showroom sample tickets, optimizing market setups to effectively support sales and merchandising strategies.

• Managed product development across five licensed categories, serving as the primary liaison between cross-functional teams, overseeing development calendars, and delivering detailed meeting recaps to ensure seamless communication and timely execution. • Generated and analyzed sales reports to identify growth opportunities and provide actionable insights for licensees and internal teams, directly influencing improvements in sales performance, marketing strategies, and distribution channels. • Oversaw and approved all pre-production samples across multiple categories, maintaining high standards for quality control, brand consistency, and timely product launches. • Supervised, trained, and mentored seasonal interns, providing guidance, performance feedback, and professional development to build effective and motivated teams.

• Managed product assortment development and brand positioning across multiple designer jewelry brands, including Nine West and Givenchy; coordinated seamless communication among cross-functional teams to align strategic goals. • Resolved cross-departmental challenges proactively, ensuring profitable and sustainable achievement of financial objectives. • Analyzed and generated detailed selling reports, creating targeted SKU plans informed by proven sales performance to maximize profitability and market relevance. • Prepared materials and contributed to seasonal recap meetings, presenting sales analyses, market trends, and growth strategies directly to senior leadership. • Directed showroom setups for market appointments, presenting critical product initiatives to key retail and wholesale accounts, supporting strategic business relationships and sales growth. • Coordinated product sample logistics, including photography for e-commerce sites and managing PR requests to influential bloggers and wholesale partners, enhancing brand visibility and market presence.

Ensured high levels of customer satisfaction by providing product knowledge and assisting clients with all needs. Merchandised the store floor and displays to best present product assortment. Processed POS transactions.

Managed multiple company reports using Excel detailing line sheets, best sellers, available and non-available to sell. Photographed and styled collections to be used for line sheets. Updated and organized samples in the showroom closets, as well as merchandised the showroom to display market assortment. Assisted supervisor during appointments and discussed proposed assortment with buyers.

Researched potential strategic partners for upcoming projects. Assisted creative director on wide array of brand collaboration projects by working in Photoshop, PowerPoint and various social media platforms. Worked as a project outliner by aiding in the planning of a Las Vegas creative panel consisting of social media leaders.