Jennifer (Hamilton) Colopelnic

Senior Buyer - Ladies’ Cold Weather Accessories, Scarves, Ruanas and Hats @ Burlington Stores, Inc.

About

Retail professional with extensive experience in buying, off-price strategy and driving profitable business. Strong communication skills proven in curating relationships and successful negotiations. Consistently recognized for dedication, follow-through and drive. Trained eye for product and building merchandise assortments based on consumer data and sales analysis.

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Retail

Skill

Team Building, People Management, Strategy, Competitive Landscape, Strategic Partnerships, Strategic Thinking, Proactive Leadership, Development of Strategy, Assortment Strategies, Marketing, Interpersonal Skills, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Strategic Planning, Leadership, Teamwork, Relationship Building, Communication, Negotiation, Analytical Skills

Experience

Senior Buyer - Ladies’ Cold Weather Accessories, Scarves, Ruanas and Hats

Burlington Stores, Inc.

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

New York, NY

VP/Divisional Merchandise Manager - Kids & Baby Apparel and Accessories

Gabes

2023-2 - 2025-7 · 2 yrs 6 mos

New York, NY

• Led the third-largest volume business category, managing a vendor matrix of 250 and guiding a team of 12 merchants. • Achieved a +12% comp store sales growth for the July/August Back-to-School period in 2024 by optimizing assortment with a focus on active and non-active brands and implementing added-value promotions such as gift-with-purchase. • Spearheaded growth in the Baby division by leveraging inventory in essential and set categories, resulting in a +15% comp store sales increase for 2024. • Partnered with IT to develop and launch a shipping report tool, streamlining clerical tasks and boosting productivity across the merchandising team.

Merchandise Manager - Girls 4-16 and School Uniforms

Gabes

2021-8 - 2023-2 · 1 yr 7 mos

New York, New York, United States

• Led total Kids Apparel team while VP was on leave from June ‘22-November ‘22 during continued unprecedented times. • Supervised team collaborations and negotiations on several cross-divisional deals that resulted in +300-500 basis point increases to IMU and gross margin.

Buyer - Girls 4-16 and School Uniforms

Gabes

2020-2 - 2021-8 · 1 yr 7 mos

New York, New York

• Remixed assortment by diversifying big girl versus little girl mix which resulted in double digit comp increases for the year. • Increased gross margin by +300 basis points by making advantageous deals in a tumultuous, pandemic market. • Collaborated with vendors to develop fresh product. Maintained a healthy upfront business while maximizing closeout deals.

Buyer - Boys 4-20

Gabes

2017-5 - 2020-1 · 2 yrs 9 mos

New York, New York

• Added 90 new brands to the merchandise mix in 2018, while beating plan by 15% and delivering a 2% comp increase. • Groomed Associate Buyer to be promoted to Buyer of the area.

Buyer - Boys 2-7 Separates and Kids Outerwear for dd's Discounts, a division of Ross Stores

Ross Stores, Inc.

2015-8 - 2017-4 · 1 yr 9 mos

New York, New York

• Grew toddler boy separates to a $1M business with a 41% comp store sales growth and 51% increase to the previous year. • Beat plan for kids’ outerwear by 3% with a 23% comp store sales growth in 2016.

Buyer - Junior Tops for dd's Discounts, a division of Ross stores

Ross Stores, Inc.

2013-9 - 2015-7 · 1 yr 11 mos

Los Angeles, California

• Managed a growing business that beat comp store sales plan by 5% in 2015 and by 15% in 2014. • Developed Assistant Buyer to be ready for promotion within one year of hire.