Thomas Clark — Product Line Coordinator at SAXX
Work experience
SAXX
Product Line Coordinator | 05/2021 - Current
Analyzed fashion and industry trends within product line to further understand consumer appetite and make
recommendations for future designs
• Performed competitive analysis to understand product needs for key accounts and direct to consumer strategy
• Led and created processes to better communicate merchandise updates and product features for cross-functional
teams across the company
• Owned data inputs and lineplan creation for the entire assortment as well as exports for SKU creation and pricepoints
across the organization
Columbia Sportswear Company
Account Services Representative | 09/2018 - 09/2020
Maintained the order book of up to 14 sales reps, managing over $45 million in orders and monitoring on time
performance and order accuracy from receipt through distribution
• Act as a liaison between Columbia's warehouse and wholesale accounts to track inventory levels, product tracking,
and sales performance
• Spearheaded project with collegiate product, collaborating with buyers, sales, and other teams in account
operations to understand root cause of higher cancellation rates and create better practices to secure more product
• Performed regular analysis of account performance using Power BI, BWI, Excel Analysis and native SAP reporting
Columbia Sportswear
Account Services Representative | 09/2018 - 09/2020
Maintained the order book of up to 14 sales reps, managing over $45 million in orders and monitoring on time performance and order accuracy from receipt through distribution
Act as a liaison between Columbia’s supply chain, the customer’s individual logistics requirements, and sales reps
Spearheaded project with collegiate product, collaborating with buyers, sales, and other teams in account operations to understand root cause of higher cancellation rates and create better practices to secure more product
Performed regular analysis of account performance using Power BI, BWI, Excel Analysis and native SAP reporting
Partnered with the distribution center to improve shipping lead times to accounts located in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
OluKai
Product Line Manager Intern | 06/2017 - 09/2017
• Performed trend and retail research to educate product team of upcoming market shifts
• Analyzed wholesale buy data to assist with color analysis and to optimize future pricing
OluKai
Product Line Manager Intern | 06/2017 - 09/2017
Worked with Design Intern to brief, research, and prototype a new hiking boot to fall inline within the Men’s product line
Performed trend and retail research to educate product team of upcoming market shifts
Analyzed wholesale buy data to assist with color analysis and to optimize future pricing
Maintained Men’s Line List with up to date color and pricing information
Eddie Bauer
Co Manager | 02/2016 - 09/2016
Created process improvements to increase efficiency throughout store for receiving new merchandise and to transfer product back to the distribution center while maintaining daily sales goals
• Led team of 10 to one of the highest increases in Average Dollar Sale within the company for multiple months
throughout the year
H&M
Department Manager | 05/2011 - 02/2016
Performed as Management Coach for multiple districts, teaching routines and management skills to new managers
while teaching best practices for department management and trend watching
• Performed as Store Manager for six months and increased overall store performance