Early Tag

My first job was as an assistant buyer within the trend jewelry department at Bloomingdale’s, where I learned that flawless execution across every step of a process is critical to a successful final result. My job was to assist my buyer select products at market week, key in purchase orders, track inventory, replenishment and sell-through. Sometimes I'd notice that products we had ordered weren’t selling — only then to  discover that hundreds of units had never even made it out to the ground! I remember spending many hours within the stockroom helping store associates find lost boxes and untangling necklaces so we wouldn’t have to break them out and will put them on the ground on the market. — Vennette...