Margot Mandel
E-commerce Manager · Bodhi Tree
Delray Beach, FL
In My Own Words
Highly motivated, driven individual always striving to further develop my skillset in e-commerce merchandising and product management. I graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors Degree in Retail Merchandising and Product Development and continued to further my career within those fields. My professional background includes e-commerce product management and advertising, buying/merchandising, product and supply chain development, multi-channel integrations and channel management, retail store management and sales. This diverse retail background has allowed me to fully understand the merchandising processes on a multi-dimensional level- in a corporate as well as startup business setting. Currently I feel most passionate about helping e-commerce businesses develop effective systems for product that will increase efficiencies and maximize profitability.
Work Experience
E-commerce Manager
Bodhi Tree2016 – Present
• Promoted from Assistant Merchandiser to Associate Merchandiser and then to Product Manager after gaining a deep understanding of e-commerce operations and strategy through personal and professional development • Own all aspects of the e-commerce channel, including management of assortment, analytics, reporting and merchandising • Report e-commerce financials, providing insights and learnings to the leadership team weekly and monthly • Lead all multichannel integrations • Launch the Amazon channel, including building optimized listings and managing sponsored ad campaigns • Define and manage digital advertising budget • Research and implement SEO keywords across all sales channels • Execute new-item launches and strategize unique private-label offerings • Create product plans and identify future product-development prospects by analyzing sales, budgets and historical market trends • Execute new-item launches and strategize unique private-label offerings per channel • Develop and carry out merchandise marketing initiatives • Build and manage product road map to effectively streamline photography and content initiatives around product plans • Buy and source according to product plan and consumer demand • Strengthen vendor relationships through private-label collaborations, negotiating deeper margins and communicating promotional strategies • Oversee assortment pricing and monitoring, inventory management and product development • Devise and implement site taxonomy and conduct analysis of competitor sites on a consistent basis • Partner cross-functionally with copy, creative, brand marketing, warehouse and other teams to provide visibility, transparency and efficiency with projects
Assistant Buyer
BCBG Max Azria Group2014 – 2014
• Assembled cross-functional calendar and summarized buying initiatives to ensure efficient communication among all teams, leading to streamlined marketing efforts and promotional cadences • Generated and analyzed weekly sale-velocity reports to ensure accurate reordering and replenishment • Reviewed best and worst sellers in order to inform future buying and development opportunities • Implemented successful seasonal buys utilizing historical data and current market trends • Collaborated with design team to create cohesive assortments for each brand based on OTB • Built strong relationships with domestic and international vendors, easing negotiations to achieve delivery dates and cost targets each season • Maintained financial liability and performed markdown analysis on a consistent basis • Tracked all purchase order delivery dates and shortages and overages, making adjustments where needed • Generated and analyzed open-order reports to ensure accurate open-order dollars and units • Managed delivery boards so that multichannel product assortments could be clearly analyzed • Created effective systems for Excel databases to be easily converted to digestible sales material
