Maria Klimas
About
Maria Klimas is from 美国 纽约州 紐約. Maria works in the following industries: "零售", and "服装和时尚". Maria is currently Senior Consultant at Brand Consultant Merchandising and Design, located in Greater New York City Area. Maria also works as GMM General Merchandise Manager at Alloy Apparel & Accessories, a job Maria has held since Jan 2017. In Maria's previous role as a Director of Merchandising Footwear and Accessories at dELiA*s, Maria worked in Greater New York City Area until Oct 2016. Prior to joining dELiA*s, Maria was a Principal at Fox & Thistle and held the position of Principal. Prior to that, Maria was a Senior Buyer, ECommerce, Product Extensions at Aeropostale, based in New York, NY from Jul 2012 to Aug 2013. Maria started working as Brand Merchandiser at Wanted Shoes in New York Metro Area in Feb 2012. From May 2010 to Jan 2012, Maria was Merchandising Consultant for Junior Footwear, Accessories and Home at freelance, based in Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Maria was a Senior Buyer at Delias inc., based in New York, New York from Feb 2003 to May 2009. Maria started working as Merchandiser at Delias Inc., ITURF in New York, New York in Jan 2001.
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Maria Klimas's current jobs
Merchandising manager specializing in Tall and Plus Women's Apparel. Overseeing all sourcing, specializing in extended inseam denim and bottoms.
Maria Klimas's past jobs
Co-owner and designer for contemporary jewelry line and life style brand
Facilitating clients merchandising and development needs in footwear, handbags, accessories, home accessories and bedding.
Oversaw and managed all non apparel categories, with Buyers and Assistant Buyers as direct reports. Senior Buyer for Delia’s Footwear as well as Home/Bedding categories. Increase annual revenue for footwear by 20%. Created and built teen home category for Delia’s brand. Hands-on relationship with production and apparel teams; provide feedback/direction to each category. Worked directly with CEO. • Planned and analyzed sales for all non-apparel categories with key planning partner. • Merchandised and purchased for all home categories. • Developed unique teen bedding from inception; making Delia’s a destination in the category. • Created and developed Footwear line from market place and private label vendors. • Created layouts and fashion stories; shopped the market for trends. • Worked closely with a merchandising team of 12; produced fashion stories and merchandised key looks for catalog.
Online merchandising manager for Delias.com. Created cross sell lists; restructured all online categorization. • Increased Internet sales from 40% of overall revenue to 60%, expanding Delia’s online presence.
Merchandiser and Buyer for Delia’s tween catalog, Dot Dot Dash. Responsible for buying and merchandising all apparel categories as well as footwear. • Coordinated and bought all merchandise for web site (www.dotdotdash.com) and catalog.
Design, merchandising, product development and purchasing responsibility for a catalog featuring junior sportswear, dresses and accessories. • Established resources throughout the Far East for fabrics and piece goods. • Repositioned catalog to sell twice its initial volume and broadened customer base. • Revitalized the catalog, upgraded its fashion image, introduced new and branded products.
Sales and product development for a multi-line contemporary showroom featuring licensed and branded products. • Sales representative to department and specialty stores including Barney’s, Saks, Bloomingdales, Urban Outfitters and others. • Merchandiser and designer for the Wednesday’s Child contemporary dress line. Managed overseas production; approved first and production samples.