Jessica Gitney

Background

About Jessica Gitney

I am a highly skilled and analytical professional who specializes in brand management, merchandising, sourcing and production. I have significant experience in creating and managing successful private/exclusive labels at startups like Threadless and Fortune 500 companies like Kohl's. I have direct management experience in business development and building departments, creating new channels of distribution, diversifying vendor matrices, supply chain and production negotiations, launching new product lines as well as category and assortment management. I have been responsible for building seasonal product lines and managing development from conception to in-store for assortments across women's, juniors, men's, and children's departments. I stay focused on key market trends and seasonal shifts while working closely with cross functional teams to exceed sales goals and margin requirements. Teams I lead consistently generate incremental growth and have shown improved margins through effective sourcing, production and design management. Areas of specialty: Brand Management and Design Merchandising Business Development Product Development Sourcing & Production Sales Buying Skills: Leadership Merchandising and design Style ideation Sales analysis Costing & vendor negotiation County of production matrix development Sourcing raw materials Lead time reduction PLM management Trend forecasting & market research CRM: customer relationship management