Sayda Marin

About Sayda Marin

I am a highly accomplished retail professional with over a decade of experience working in demanding roles requiring attention to detail and industry best practices on an international scale. I specialize in all aspects of purchasing, merchandising, and strategic planning. My skillset encompasses budget management, forecasting, and business strategy. Having worked for some of the largest retail operations, I continue to achieve success in senior-level positions requiring advanced communication, analysis, and problem-solving.I have a proven track record of building and cultivating global cross-functional relationships at all levels in an organization while working with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers from China, India, Mexico and Brazil.With a strong career history in creating customer-centric experiences in soft-lines and hard-lines organizations, I have been recognized as a catalyst for sales growth, product development, financial planning, and talent optimization.

Experience

1. Senior Merchant, Storage & Organization

   Ace Hardware Corporation

   Mar 2020 — Present · Oak Brook, IL, US

   Own the creation and execution of end-to-end sales, gross margins, and inventory strategies of $164M Storage & Organization, Trash bags, Mailboxes, Outdoor Trashcans, Moving Supplies and Hand truck categories. Collaborate with Leadership and merchandising teams to ensure the assortment meets the retailers and customer needs. Influence retailers buying decisions that drive customer engagement and deliver financial results. • Lead product line reviews to ensure best assortment, cost position and product merchandising for category.• Effectively negotiate best prices, payment terms, marketing agreements and backend rebates to exceed margin targets with suppliers for both private label and national brands.• Execute on marketing initiatives to drive top-line revenue growth for retailers.• Work collaboratively with vendor partners on service and availability issues due to unforeseen market demand.• Cross functional collaboration with advertising, supply chain, pricing, inventory and merchandising teams.• Plan and execute for 2 ACE conventions annually. Deliver best promotional deals for retailers, create an experiential booth through displays and product offerings to ensure positive retailer engagement. Selling of new Discovery planograms.• Coach and develop Assistant Merchant & Merch Rep

Education

• DePaul University

  Bachelors, Marketing

Skills

• Apparel
• Inventory Management
• Jewelry
• Fashion Design
• Merchandise Planning
• Visual Merchandising
• Fashion
• Handbags
• Retail
• Trend
• Merchandising
• Private Label
• Retail Buying
• Assortment
• Product Development
• Underwear
• Trend Analysis
• Wholesale