Megan Karkoska

Production Manager, E-Commerce & Mom and Pop Stores

2017 – Present

E-Commerce • Initiate product development on new merchandise throughout the year, including but not limited to major holidays and events (anniversaries, birthdays, album anniversaries, etc.). • Ensure artwork and physical samples are approved by A&R and artists' management team. • Provide web development partner with all product set up information necessary for launching new collections including descriptions, colors, sizing, price, imagery and inventory count. • Negotiate pricing and place production orders. • Run PnL's to calculate profit margin and set retail prices. • Support with routing responsibilities. • Oversee inventory of approximately 40+ web stores. • Log each product and track sales history to reorder when necessary. • Approve and submit invoices as well as large billing projects (approximately 75 + a week). • Coordinate and guide design of promotional materials including customer emails, Instagram feed and story posts, sponsored Facebook ad's, webstore banner's and webstore hero's (both mobile and desktop). • Delegate tasks and help prioritize Production Assistant tasks.

Mom and Pop Stores • Manage inventory of 250+ products, re-ordering when necessary to ensure timely fulfillment of sales orders. • Process 50+ orders weekly, including entering the sales order into SAP software, calculating shipping charges, processing payment and tracking shipment to customer. • Troubleshoot and provide customer service as required; find missing inventory, replace damaged merchandise, ensure print job is up to client's expectations, etc. • Send daily updates and log to sales team and warehouse.

Supply Deals • Manage one off projects and special assignments by obtaining artwork from creative team, sampling products and managing the follow up with A&R rep's and creative team for approval. • Cost evaluate project to ensure profitability and project quantities based on past deals/sales to place production order. • Approve and submit invoices to accounting team.

Omni Merchandise Assistant, Power Brand Dresses

2016 – 2017

Submit order confirmations to vendors and create all PO's for the department of Powerbrand dresses; (Missy, Petite and Plus) including vendors such as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein using Affinity Express, Facet and FedBuy software. • Track each PO's status in excel worksheet including shipping progress and all costing information while monitoring the carryover, OTB and expected receipts. Use this information to ensure that we are meeting our monthly rolling operational forecast. • Attend monthly market appointments with buyers and assist the planning department in recording pertinent product data information into Affinity plans. • Pull weekly selling reports based on class, subclass, masterstyle and date (WTD, PTD & STD) according to Associate Buyer and Buyers preference. • Request samples for fashion books, promotions and advertisements. Ensure that each sample is delivered in time for weekly visual meetings and photo shoots. • Coordinate with marketing and price team to ensure that all product is congruent among stores and e-commerce; and work to choose promotional strategies and product offers. • Participated in optional courses and workshops discussing best leadership practices, pricing strategies, innovation and more.

Production Coordinator, E-Commerce

2015 – 2016

• Coordinated with factories and vendors daily to ensure that product shipped and arrived in our warehouse on time. • Created ten to thirty production and/or purchase order's per day in Navision software in order to maintain each bands e-commerce inventory and provide websites with new merchandise. • Aided in sourcing new products from our design team and negotiating competitive costing. • Received merchandise into warehouse and submitted domestic and international vendor invoices.

E-Commerce Coordinator/New Hire Trainer, Freelance

2015 – 2015

E-Commerce/Omni- Channel Coordinator

2014 – 2015

• Completed web store production activation from creation to publication for over 700 styles each season. • Acted as a liaison between the Merchants and top selling RTW Vendors (such as Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Victoria Beckham, Burberry, Chloe, Moncler, etc.) in order to complete all tasks necessary in posting items to bergdorfgoodman.com. These tasks included obtaining copy information, requesting samples and coordinating photography for all styles. • Used programs such as Spin, FileMaker, BGMS and CMOS in order to pull SSKU's and manage inventory. • Completed daily tasks such as inspecting price discrepancy reports and adjusting prices, tracking marketing (including emails, in store events and editorials), and running sales reports (including WTD, MTD, STD and YTD). • Troubleshot discrepancies between in-store merchandise and online items to ensure continuity between channels.

Executive Assistant Internship

2014 – 2014

• Planned travel accommodations including geographical research, detailed itineraries and booking hotels, flights and meals (for both domestic and international destinations). • Assisting in day-to-day tasks directly under Deanna Berkeley, President of A+O; including personal shopping and tracking employee allowances through BlueCherry software. • Preparing events including booking venues, party supplies, food and drinks, purchasing and wrapping gifts and keeping track of RSVP's. • Spent time within the PR Department tracking credits/press coverage (using Snagit software) and sample traffic coordination (using FashionGPS). • Daily administrative responsibilities including phone calls, ordering office supplies and organizing and sustaining office maintenance.

Public Relations Intern

2014 – 2014

Sample traffic coordination including preparing and packaging sample pulls for large corporations such as Conde Nast, GQ, People StyleWatch, InStyle and personal stylists. Organization of all sample pull information including publication, issue dates and stylist contact info through Microsoft Excel software. • Maintained showroom appearance and aided in visual display. • Created weekly competitive analysis reports.

Brand Evolution and Marketing Internship

2013 – 2014

• Created social media calendar proposals for current clients including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. • Strengthened editing and revision skills through writing and proof-reading proposals, website content creation and research information for current clients. • Creative research and brainstorming in order to develop clients' marketing campaign including new names, logos and advertisement platforms. • Upkeep and organization of client contact information on FunctionPoint software.

Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising

2009 – 2013

Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising