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Arleigh Woods

Merchandiser @ YSL | Master's in Fashion, Design and Luxury Management
About

Polyvalent and collaborative professional with two years of experience in the luxury industry in areas of collection merchandising, market analysis, merchandise planning, organizing photoshoots and retail customer service. A diverse hands-on experience has my enhanced my capacity to help companies reach their sales goals in fast paced, international environments within teams and independently.

Previous Brands
Giambattista Valli
AERON
Cécile Boury Conseil International
Iowa City Downtown Fashion Show
Ulta Beauty
Macy's
Saint Laurent
Work Experience
Assistant Merchandise Planner
Sep ‘24 - Now
Saint Laurent

Collection Performance Analysis • Monitoring performance on global RTW business by collection • Providing weekly / monthly report related to key KPis in merchandising department • Update key products ID / mapping • Support Business Review in terms of trend and forecast landing Sales Forescasts • Coordinate new openings in Retail/Digital to prepare for future RTW forecast • Liaising with collection merchandising on assortments in the forecast tool • Monitoring seasonality on key business drivers • Monitoring forecast accuracy vs actual regional sales Reorders and Follow-ups • Propose seasonal reorders opportunities and risk (out of stock) according to sales, stock and production planning • Follow up global reorder and monitor seasonal /non-seasonal performance • Monitor production delivery schedule for the optimal drops based on regional events Collaboration with teams throughout all Global regions

Assistant Collection Merchandising Manager
Feb ‘24 - Aug ‘24
Giambattista Valli

- Reporting and monitoring of collection / product performance - Analysis of seasonal trends and competitive trends - Internal price analysis and monitoring - Creation of product training materials - Visual merchandising of showroom collections

Showroom Assistant
Jan ‘24 - Jan ‘24
AERON

- Dressed models / presented selection to wholesale clients / sent order forms by JOOR - Developed and maintained visual merchandising of showroom - Helped coordinate showroom events

Strategic Marketing Project Manager
Dec ‘21 - Apr ‘22
Cécile Boury Conseil International

- Collected and analyzed U.S. industry and market data, trends and information - Evaluated SWOT and developed marketing plan and mix for for U.S. product launch - Presented strategic proposal, collection and product conceptions to luxury business client

Fashion Show Production & PR Assistant
May ‘21 - Aug ‘21
Iowa City Downtown Fashion Show

- Helped establish a strong presence on social media that resulted in 15% increase of audience presence from the previous year - Assisted in brand coordination and model recruitment and logistics - Supported stage coordination team with securing venue, venue set up, and garment preparation

Prestige Beauty Advisor
Apr ‘19 - Aug ‘19
Ulta Beauty

- weekly maintenance of visual merchandising - Successfully surpassed the weekly opened credit and loyalty account goals - Routinely recommend as a preferred advisor by prestige clients

Manager of Women's Shoes
Apr ‘18 - Aug ‘18
Macy's

- Allocated and guided employee day-to-day activity while maintaining team morale - Implement and monitor business plans and sales strategies - Staff training - Managed coordination and scheduling of 6 employees according to department needs - Identified and resolved client and employee concerns

Languages
English - Native
French - Work Proficiency
Education & Training
Grenoble Ecole de Management
‘22 - ‘23
Master's degree
Coe College
‘18 - ‘22
Bachelor's degree
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
Study Abroad
Paris, France