molly o'brien

* Support the Buyer in product selection * Establish, maintain and grow vendor relationships * Assist in negotiating buying terms with vendors (price, quantity, delivery/ payment terms) * Coordinate with copy and photo studio teams to meet deadlines for events * Recognize current industry trends and new products * Track daily sales goals while meeting crucial deadlines * Audit site to ensure all product information is valid and customer facing

* Work with Operations, Marketing, Customer Support and Sales * Drive revenue in Seattle market to achieve city-specific unit goals and sales targets. * Deliver on the business objectives for a metropolitan service area, including customer acquisition, revenue and brand health * Track, understand, and improve the KPI’s of your market * Execute a local market sales plan and managing a funnel to deliver new customers * Identify new streams of revenue and execute plans to test * Plan, organize, coordinate events to driving customer acquisition and utilization * Work with marketing partners to define a consumer marketing plan including direct mail, digital marketing, outdoor and on-premise advertising

* Implement visual strategy that appears eye-catching to the customer and drives sales * Create window and interior displays * Set sales floors and help prepare the store for events * Branched other stores with NW regional visual manager * Experienced working with each department on their styling and merchandising needs * Shadowed visual manager on store walks, calls and everyday duties * Traveled to corporate for learning opportunities and seminars

* Assist students who require additional support while taking tests * Support students secure accommodation appointments for testing purpose * Maintain secretarial work and business procedures

* Trained under different levels of management to learn business and leadership best practices * Assisted managing a team of employees throughout the different store departments * Learned the logistics side of managing a department store

* Implement visual strategy that appears eye-catching to the customer and drives sales for a third tier company location * Create window and interior displays * Monitor sales and patterns associated with merchandising techniques * Set sales floors and help prepare the store for events * Experience working with lingerie/legwear, women’s active, kids shoes, kids wear, and at home departments on their styling and merchandising need

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Fraternity