Elizabeth Springer

About Elizabeth Springer

Goal-driven professional, delivering consistent results.• Effective communicator, key strengths in negotiating, telling the story, and translating ideas into action.• Strategic, consistently identifying areas of opportunity within a business, while recognizing risks.• Strong coach, mentor, and partner who has experience leading teams in a high pace work environment with evolving priorities.• Curious and solution-oriented, selected as a Subject Matter Expert for merch projects across Nordstrom Merchandise Group.

Experience

1. Omni-channel Merchandise Planner, Footwear

   Nordstrom

   Dec 2023 — Present

   Responsible for a portfolio of over 150 suppliers and a $500M+ business within Nordstrom banner. Develop and maintain omni-channel pre-season supplier and category buy plans for both brick-and-mortar and digital.• Build and deliver on key strategic merchandising initiates for the division. Achieved 2024 sales, margin, and inventory goals for a high-volume department with impact to total JWN business. Delivered YOY growth in key strategic brand UGG, achieving record-high volume for fiscal 2024 in Women’s Shoes.• Maintain strong external supplier relationships. Communicate regularly with key vendor partners and executives the department’s merchandise strategy, goals, and financials targets, while building trust and credibility. • Pioneered new anchor brand strategy for the company in H2 2024 for both Birkenstock and UGG. Communicated vision to external stakeholders to gain buy-on and alignment. Secured an additional funding from internal partners to execute store selection and depth growth strategy. Both Birkenstock and UGG delivered double digit sales growth in stores for 2024.• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams in financial planning, replenishment, allocation, and price to exceed our financial objectives while supporting a changing market and customer dynamics. Delivered on MMROI for department for FY 2024.• Manage a team of 4 direct reports responsible for the in-season business and inventory management. Coach and guide the team on effective decision making and analysis to maximize sales and margin. Three team members achieved promotions down-pyramid.• Selected by leadership as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for merch planning problem-solving projects across Nordstrom, leveraging creative-thinking mindset and strategic expertise.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor's degree

  2003 — 2007