tara garrett

* Responsible for creating and executing the merchandise strategies, which include building a line plan, assorting product, site merchandising presentation, strategic pricing and promotion. * Partner with Store Buyer and Design to analyze assortment and identify areas of white space to carry exclusively online. * Strategically build a cohesive line plan that delivers the best quality and trend-right fashion while managing to a sales and margin goal. * Successful in building strong partnerships with Store Buyers, Product Development, Marketing, Pricing, Finance, Merchandise Planning and Vendors to achieve strategic goals.

* Supported the Target.com apparel and accessories division by developing strategies for inventory replenishment based on trend, seasonality, transitions, and events. * Lead the business planning and execution of merchandise planning system implementations by partnering with Target’s technology and software development teams. * Provide thought leadership for future technology roadmap to meet merchandise planning strategies. * Developed an Inventory Flow Tool to help analysts optimize replenishment orders to drive improved instocks and average inventory, as well as reduce supply chain expenses.

* Drove a positive 2010 Full Year Seasonal sales comp by simultaneously planning and * executing inventory strategies for the Halloween and Holiday businesses. * Organized a multichannel partnership with the Target stores teams to leverage inventory * sharing opportunities and vendor relationships to negotiate a +260% increase in Target.com * safety stock for Halloween 2011. * Developed contingency plans with key vendors and store partners for Halloween and Holiday * key item strategy to mitigate instock risk which drove an additional +19% of incremental * sales. * Selected all 2011 Halloween assortment to be featured in online circulars, homepages, and * category pages based on analysis and inventory buys to optimize conversion and basket size.

* · Researched and wrote a speech on the worldwide economic freedoms for the director of the IEA to present at a conference. Presented the speech in a boardroom meeting for the director * and 10 other colleagues. * · Created and organized a database from scratch by transitioning the IEA paper documents to a computer system for the IEA published books and journals. * · Attended weekly working lunches to listen to lectures from guest speakers and discuss current economic issues.

* · Assisted with account management and financial reporting and tracking. * · Cleaned out and updated the Andar database to prepare for the 2007 campaign. * · Organized and processed donations into the database and allocated the donations among Monroe County's 24 agencies, unless otherwise specified by the donor.

· Achieved Gold Key Member status through my demonstration of leadership and outstanding sales. · Responsible for organizing my own meeting times with potential buyers as well as following up with previous customers.

* Manage inventory to drive profitable sales for Target’s +$50 million, Swimwear, Outerwear and Limited Time Offers * Partner with vendor market design, product development and sourcing teams to bring in the best assortment for our brands * Teach new hire assortment planning classes, as well as mentor individual analyst’s through Target’s 12-week onboarding program * Lead initiatives with Target.com's key item instocks process to ensure our best products available online to provide the best experience for our guests

At Kohl's, our mission is to inspire and empower families to lead fulfilled lives. And there's no more rewarding job than that. It's not just about selling things; it's about letting customers know that the things that make their lives better are within their reach. WHO WE AREKohl's is proud of be a member of the community. And being a part of a community means we have responsibilities to fulfill. We meet these responsibilities in various ways, starting with providing investors with accurate, timely and helpful information about our company. We focus a lot of time, energy and money on giving back to our communities through our many Kohl's Cares programs, including our Associates in Action volunteer program for youth-serving nonprofit organizations. We also believe being a responsible member of a community means protecting and conserving the environment by seeking innovative solutions that encourage long-term stability.Responsibility to our investors, communities and environment—it's all a part of what makes us Kohl's.

* Drive growth and increased market share in our digital channel by building an expanded assortment online using market labels to fill white space opportunities and offer the best assortment to our guest * Develop effective partnerships with vendors to get them onboarded to into our company matrix and to build strategic assortments to drive increased sales and profitability * Partner closely with store buyers to build assortment strategies to reduce duplication and to ensure we are giving our guest a cohesive assortment offering in both stores and online * Collaborate with Site Merchandisers to build page stories and improved taxonomy on both desk top and mobile channels to make it easier for our guest to navigate our assortment and drive increased traffic and conversion * Responsible for developing and assorting to lineplans that will achieve financial sales and profitability goals

Activities and Societies: Eli Lilly Scholar, Hutton Honors Sociey, China Study Tour - Peking University Emerging Markets - Croatia Tour