Divisional Merchandise Manager Trend Craft at JOANN Stores
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Academy Sports + Outdoors
Senior Buyer Men's Athletic and Golf Apparel
April 2017 to October 2017
Katy, Tx
Academy Sports + Outdoors
Buyer NFL & NBA Apparel
July 2015 to April 2017
Katy, TX
Sports Authority
Senior Buyer Men's Athletic Footwear
September 2014 to June 2015
Englewood, CO
Sports Authority
Buyer: Snow Accessories
August 2011 to October 2011
Englewood, CO
Dick's Sporting Goods
Associate Buyer- Baseball
January 2010 to August 2011
Pittsburgh, PA
Dick's Sporting Goods
Assistant Buyer: Baseball
April 2008 to December 2009
Pittsburgh, PA
Dick's Sporting Goods
Merchandising Trainee
June 2007 to April 2008
Pittsburgh, PA
JOANN Stores
Divisional Merchandise Manager Trend Craft
Five Below
Buyer Sports
October 2017 to January 2020
Greater Philadelphia Area
Sports Authority
Senior Buyer Baseball
October 2011 to September 2014
Englewood, CO
What company does Kevin Sweeney work for?
Kevin Sweeney works for Academy Sports + Outdoors
What is Kevin Sweeney's role at Academy Sports + Outdoors?
Kevin Sweeney is Senior Buyer Men's Athletic and Golf Apparel
What industry does Kevin Sweeney work in?
Kevin Sweeney works in the Retail industry.
Who are Kevin Sweeney's colleagues?
Kevin Sweeney's colleagues are Antonio Vincent, Rob Feuerman, Julie Gallegos, Nick Fisher, Frank CPA, John Bradley, Meghan Geary, Jessica Stevenson, Lauren Brooks, and Vincent Schildman
📖 Summary
Senior Buyer Men's Athletic and Golf Apparel @ Academy Sports + Outdoors From April 2017 to October 2017 (7 months) Katy, TxBuyer NFL & NBA Apparel @ Academy Sports + Outdoors From July 2015 to April 2017 (1 year 10 months) Katy, TXSenior Buyer Men's Athletic Footwear @ Sports Authority Managed $200M men's athletic footwear business that included running, training, and court categories. Partnered with the biggest brands in the sporting goods industry on assortment planning, advertising, and go to market strategies. Led team of 1 direct report and 3 planning, fulfillment, and allocation team members. From September 2014 to June 2015 (10 months) Englewood, COBuyer: Snow Accessories @ Sports Authority From August 2011 to October 2011 (3 months) Englewood, COAssociate Buyer- Baseball @ Dick's Sporting Goods Responsible for driving fielder's glove businesses through effective assortment planning and inventory flow timing, utilization of marketing and advertising vehicles, and development of unique products with key vendor partners. From January 2010 to August 2011 (1 year 8 months) Pittsburgh, PAAssistant Buyer: Baseball @ Dick's Sporting Goods Provided proactive support in a dynamic team sports business for assortment planning, advertising, planogramming, and shipment tracking. Specifically focused on fielder’s gloves, specialty mitts, wood bats, and slowpitch bats. Develop and utilize various reports for the team to seize seasonal opportunities throughout the country and drive business. From April 2008 to December 2009 (1 year 9 months) Pittsburgh, PAMerchandising Trainee @ Dick's Sporting Goods Rotated through buying, allocation, planning, and retail roles to develop a basic understanding of Dick’s team oriented business model. Exposure to hardlines and softlines businesses to understand seasonality, lead times, and business challenges. Gained insight into the responsibilities of each team to the merchandising organization. From June 2007 to April 2008 (11 months) Pittsburgh, PADivisional Merchandise Manager Trend Craft @ JOANN Stores Buyer Sports @ Five Below From October 2017 to January 2020 (2 years 4 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaSenior Buyer Baseball @ Sports Authority Responsible for driving $120M in sales across 450+ stores in 43 states and ecommerce. Led a team of 1 direct report and 10 allocation, fulfillment, and planning team members. Consistently delivered positive comp gains and triple digit ecomm growth above company trend. Appointed to the assortment planning committee which was tasked with driving consistency and best practice across the merchant organization. We developed and implemented a new assortment planning tool, line review process, standardized executive recaps and trained 120+ team members. From October 2011 to September 2014 (3 years) Englewood, CO
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