anne sterling

* Consistent sales and market share growth over the last 5 years; * Grew Accessory business in both sales & market share, +$180M in sales growth * Grew Handbag market share from 2.3% to 5.3%, +$75M in sales growth * Grew Legwear market share from 4.5% to 6%, +$50M in sales growth * Instrumental in Exclusive & Private Brand growth across all categories * Focus on building a successful, results driven team of 28, ensuring key strategies are executed; * Empowered and challenged team with a constant focus on promoting high potential people * Enhanced leadership skills at all levels, assigning captainships that align with individual strengths * Involved in recruiting, interviewing and hiring talent * Collaborated and inspired cross functional teams in order to drive execution and results * Implemented an elevated Accessory In Store Experience through new fixtures and navigational graphics

* Constant focus on product and differentiated assortments in order to drive profitable sales in 2007; * Grew Coach Footwear to $9M, * 3.5M, * 64% and UGG to $3.5M, * 1.2M, * 46% * Focused on building the Young Contemporary business, sales climbed to $23M, * 3.5M, * 20% * Growth in Private Brand businesses, * 2.5M, * 53% * Managed, trained and developed a high performance team of 24 merchants * Established key relationships with targeted resources to grow profitability, increasing gross margins by 14% * Increased Women's Footwear penetration by 20% * Built strong internal partnerships with Macy's corporate, Marketing, Finance, Stores and Visual Merchandising * Created compelling marketing strategies to drive traffics into stores: Shoe Diva Events, The Great Shoe Sale * Developed and implemented the first Shoe Loyalty Program at Macy's increasing transactions by 11%

* Grew business to $305M, * 20M in sales, * 7%, while total store dropped 3% * Managed, trained and developed a team of 58 top performing merchants * Energized the Accessory World through new, unique & unexpected merchandising & visual concepts, driving * 10M in sales * Awarded Retailer of the Year in 2005 by Accessories Magazine for our innovation in merchandising

* Initially managed Footwear, Accessories, Men's & Childrens, reorganized and picked up Cosmetics in exchange for Men's & Childrens * Managed, trained and developed a team of 56 merchant planners * Managed inventory through effective forecasting, maximizing sales opportunities while minimizing risks * Analyzed store inventories ensuring the appropriate assortments were in the right stores at the right time

* Generated 10% to 15% increases each year, took business from $60M to $95M * Managed, trained and developed a team of 12 Buyers, Assistant/Associate Buyers & Planners * Launched Eileen Fisher in 1993 as a Planner, establishing a $20M business * Awards received: 200 Trend Leadership Award * 1999 Partnership Award * 1998 Leadership Award and 4 Star Financial Award

* Coached, trained & developed a team of 7 planners * Ensured the right people and talent were in the right jobs * Instrumental in leading the assortment planning process * Focused on fine tuning the planning strategies and processes

VP/DMM Men's, Kid's & Athletic Footwear

Activities and Societies: Marketing Club, Student Foundation