Dustin Chisholm

About Dustin Chisholm

I am a highly ambitious and self-motivated professional in the Retail Merchandising industry with over 10 years plus experience combined in Production and Merchandise Buying.Successfully managing a unique mix of businesses with over $70M combined in annual sales and continuously growing. A proactive individual who takes initiative in both my professional and personal life. With a relentless work ethic, confidence and knowledge in the fashion/retail industry all of which are key components to my professional success.Successes- Successfully grown every category from Consumer Electronics in 2011 as a Merchandise Assistant helping grow Audio/Video from $8M to over $15M in one year, to an Assistant Buyer in Kitchen growing my categories from $24M when I started to $36M.(a lift of over 30%). Since Moving to my new categories (NFL, Travel and Collectibles) I have increase the sales in Travel by by over 25%- Generated $20.4M in Travel alone growing the category by almost 27% in my first full year as the Lead Assistant Buyer, while increasing the overall assortment tremendously-Generated over $1.1m in sales for Super Bowl 50 through 4 hours of airings and expanded online assortment with over 120 new items-Generating over $2.7M in sales for a Samantha Brown Travel day at HSN during a tough Q1/Q2 for the Retail industry, and helping to keep the Travel Business at HSN growing year over year!Skills-Team Management & Trainging skills-Trend forecasting-Product development-Buying and negotiation skills-Marketing strategies-Shipment tracking-Report preparation-Managing inventory-Maintenance of vendor profiles-Strong written and verbal communication skills-Highly organized, analytical and detail oriented-Effective decision maker, multi-tasker, problem solver and team player-Ability to remain tactful and responsive in a fast-paced environment-Effective in prioritizing and meeting deadlines-Experienced in Excel, Outlook, Word and Power Point

Experience

1. Purchasing Supervisor

   Jabil

   Dec 2022 — Present · St Petersburg, FL, US

Education

• University of South Florida - College of Business Administration

  Business Administration, Marketing, Management, International business

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Retail
• Merchandising
• Social Media Marketing
• Advertising
• Networking
• Payroll
• Public Relations
• E-Commerce
• Microsoft Word
• Brand Development
• Sales Management
• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Html
• Marketing
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Fashion
• Creative Direction
• Research
• Frontpage
• Customer Service
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Teamwork