Briannan Haight

• Lead the full recruitment life cycle from sourcing strategies, talent recruitment, acquisition, and interview preparation. • Assisted clients with offer negotiation and onboarding process. • Developed a strong referral network to gain candidate and business development leads.

•Redeveloped the calendar and development processes for main line exclusives and Theory Asia resulting in internal alignment and a quicker go-to-market calendar. •Lead the development process for the brand’s 2020 collaborations which are projected to have a gross profit in excess of 3 million dollars. •Provide thorough and meaningful analysis of market research as well as selling data in order to articulate learnings to management and cross-functional partners. •Track and monitor key items and their price points in an effort to understand our customers and their perceived value of the product. •Participate in production fittings in order to ensure the execution meets design aesthetic and remains commercially viable.

• Built comprehensive SKU plans based on: seasonal hindsight, budgets from the planning department, current selling trends, and fashion trend analysis to drive top line sales and profitability. • Assorted styles, by delivery, and presented the assortment to cross-functional partners during sales meetings. • Built and maintained a new development process for the Off-Price division resulting in a 1 week shorter and more streamlined process. • Partnered with the planning team to build sample and bulk fabric projections to pass to production. • Sat in development meetings with the design team to give feedback on sketches and fabric rationalization. • Worked with the sales team to analyze selling data in order to identify areas of opportunity in the assortment.

• Create product briefs that clearly communicate the new innovation projects and direction for the season to the design and development teams. • Gather and analyze seasonal numbers for yearly forecasting exercises. • Build and manage 2,400 SKUs through proprietary and Nike systems. • Monitor product calendar dates and make adjustments in order to meet deadlines and financial goals for the quarter. • Build and maintain seasonal and visual line plans by Country. • Present the seasonal line to domestic and international distributors.

• Worked with the Senior Director of Merchandising on building seasonal line assortments for retailers: Nordstrom, Saks 5th Ave., Bloomingdales, and Neiman Marcus. • Managed the in-line and SMU divisions; created line assortments, color stories, and costing of the line. • Worked with 2,000 SKUs totaling 35 million in volume annually. • Raised my department’s overall margin 5% from the previous year.

•Researched competitors’ product lines to build competitor awareness. •Maintained product information and accuracy. •Worked closely with the Product Coordinator for line-tech packs and samples.