Emily.Roberts@loop.colum.edu
emilyroberts.virb.com
Education COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO · Major: Fashion Business · Graduation May 2014, 3.8 GPA · Related coursework: · Fashion Design- Designed garments based on artists work, music, photography, etc. · Product Evaluation- Learned and evaluated the integrity of garments. · Merchandising- Designing a fashion line, store layout, merchandise flow, logos, advertisement, and target customer research.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS · Excel is in finding holes in efficiency and love finding ways to fix it · Following the numbers analytically thinking about what are the contributing factors and how to shape the teams thinking to keep the best behaviors and what behaviors to improve on. COMMUNICATION SKILLS · Cultivations relationships with new vendors · Communicating tasks and regulations from Upper Management · Working with up to seven different departments daily COMPUTER SKILLS · Microsoft Office Programs · Secretarial Tasks · AS400 · BTFresca · Google Analytics · K3
Experience ASSOCIATE BUYER | CLAIRE’S INC
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL
JULY 2015- CURRENT
· Buyer for Online Exclusives Globally for both Claire’s and Icing Brands · Seek out new vendors and build strategic business relationships · Merchandising both Claire’s and Icing website along with loading products to the sites with content and copy · Work with the Social Media team to create engaging posts our customers will love · Provided both weekly and monthly Competition Analysis · Administrative Support as well as pulling reports and catalog the buying samples SALES SUPERVISOR | DKNY
AURORA, IL
· Coach and train a staff of 15 while growing with a store expansion · Strategize how to meet store sales goals · Being able to manage the stores Loss Prevention issues
SEPTEMBER 2014- JULY 2015