Top Talent like Meltem are on Pangea
Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.Meltem Ünalan
Luxury Fashion Buyer and Consultant
A quick learner dedicated to delivering results, with a strong team spirit, detail-oriented and self-motivated. An engineer and luxury management graduate, passionate about fashion and design. Experienced in online store management, digital merchandising, and luxury fashion buying.
Work History
F
Freelance Consultant
FreelanceOnline Store Management, Digital MerchandisingD
Buyer, Luxury Fashion Brands
Doğuş Retail GroupSep 2022 - Jan 2024 • 1 yr 5 mosPlanning selection of products for monobrand (Loro Piana, Eleventy, Sandro, Maje), multibrand stores (InFormal) & Ecom. Creating seasonal assortments for our stores located in different regions in Turkey and our online stores. Maintaining a buying strategy that matches customer profile, market requirements and direction of the business. Building new relationships with vendors to expand the brand variety of InFormal and develop existing relations with partners. Communicating suppliers & our stores to ensure all the shipments are on time, following up on defected products in store. Supporting Merchandising Team regarding OTB Management. Preparing weekly %ST reports, competitor analysis, trend presentations and end of season performances for over 100 brands. Collaborating with Import, Finance and Legal Departments to track every step of the shipment process of each brand.V
Retail Merchandising
VersaceMay 2021 - May 2022 • 1 yr 1 moPreparing files of daily transfers of styles considering sales data and size analysis to maintain the stock on hand of regions. Sales Recaps and presentations of the bestseller styles, volume drivers for product pushing. Competitor analysis before buying to understand for every region needs. Communicating with regions for VIP requests with the analysis of data on OBIEE. Supporting Buying Campaigns in showroom by selection of styles preparing the Master Order files and presentations.S
E-Merchandising Intern
StaiySep 2020 - Apr 2021 • 8 mosSupporting B2B marketing and market analysis. Creating campaigns and collections with data and trend analysis. Reporting sales, inventory, ECRM data for E-commerce and Facebook Shop Calculating KPIs for E-Commerce and Social Media to optimize the customer journey. Responsible for inventory management, content, visuals of the products and E-Commerce Strategy.M
Product Planning Intern
MaviJun 2018 - Sep 2018 • 4 mosAnalyzing sales amounts, sell through percentages, stock quantities to decide markdown percentages of denim categories. Developing and presenting Markdown Project to optimize profit and obtain accurate forecast results. Preparing size analysis, stock level data collaborated with Supply Chain Department regarding denim categories for OTB’s. Supporting ad-hoc activities in the department and reporting for Allocation & Buying Department.B
Sales And Marketing Intern
BESTSELLERJan 2018 - Jan 2018 • 1 moGenerated daily reports of wholesales for stocks to the global sales department, marketing activities and helped budget planning for Jack & Jones, Vero Moda and Only. Presented 2018 winter collection of Vero Moda and Only showrooms to wholesale customers. Created presentations for weekly ad results, new products, marketing items. Conducted social media accounts of brands and track client database.Education
P
Politecnico di Milano
Master of Science - MS, International Luxury Management2019 - 2021N
NEOMA Business School
Master of Science - MS, International Luxury Management2019 - 2021S
Sabanci University
Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Engineering2014 - 2019S
Sungkyunkwan University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Industrial Engineering2017Ş
Şişli Terakki High School
High School2010 - 2014How Pangea Works
Effortlessly discover top talent
We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.Start working with talent today
The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.Track work and invoices in one place
Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!Talk with a Talent Expert
Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available NowBook a Call
Luxury Fashion Buyer and Consultant
A quick learner dedicated to delivering results, with a strong team spirit, detail-oriented and self-motivated. An engineer and luxury management graduate, passionate about fashion and design. Experienced in online store management, digital merchandising, and luxury fashion buying.
Talk with a Talent Expert
Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.Available NowBook a Call
Top Talent like Meltem are on Pangea
Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.Meltem Ünalan
Work History
F
Freelance Consultant
FreelanceOnline Store Management, Digital MerchandisingD
Buyer, Luxury Fashion Brands
Doğuş Retail GroupSep 2022 - Jan 2024 • 1 yr 5 mosPlanning selection of products for monobrand (Loro Piana, Eleventy, Sandro, Maje), multibrand stores (InFormal) & Ecom. Creating seasonal assortments for our stores located in different regions in Turkey and our online stores. Maintaining a buying strategy that matches customer profile, market requirements and direction of the business. Building new relationships with vendors to expand the brand variety of InFormal and develop existing relations with partners. Communicating suppliers & our stores to ensure all the shipments are on time, following up on defected products in store. Supporting Merchandising Team regarding OTB Management. Preparing weekly %ST reports, competitor analysis, trend presentations and end of season performances for over 100 brands. Collaborating with Import, Finance and Legal Departments to track every step of the shipment process of each brand.V
Retail Merchandising
VersaceMay 2021 - May 2022 • 1 yr 1 moPreparing files of daily transfers of styles considering sales data and size analysis to maintain the stock on hand of regions. Sales Recaps and presentations of the bestseller styles, volume drivers for product pushing. Competitor analysis before buying to understand for every region needs. Communicating with regions for VIP requests with the analysis of data on OBIEE. Supporting Buying Campaigns in showroom by selection of styles preparing the Master Order files and presentations.S
E-Merchandising Intern
StaiySep 2020 - Apr 2021 • 8 mosSupporting B2B marketing and market analysis. Creating campaigns and collections with data and trend analysis. Reporting sales, inventory, ECRM data for E-commerce and Facebook Shop Calculating KPIs for E-Commerce and Social Media to optimize the customer journey. Responsible for inventory management, content, visuals of the products and E-Commerce Strategy.M
Product Planning Intern
MaviJun 2018 - Sep 2018 • 4 mosAnalyzing sales amounts, sell through percentages, stock quantities to decide markdown percentages of denim categories. Developing and presenting Markdown Project to optimize profit and obtain accurate forecast results. Preparing size analysis, stock level data collaborated with Supply Chain Department regarding denim categories for OTB’s. Supporting ad-hoc activities in the department and reporting for Allocation & Buying Department.B
Sales And Marketing Intern
BESTSELLERJan 2018 - Jan 2018 • 1 moGenerated daily reports of wholesales for stocks to the global sales department, marketing activities and helped budget planning for Jack & Jones, Vero Moda and Only. Presented 2018 winter collection of Vero Moda and Only showrooms to wholesale customers. Created presentations for weekly ad results, new products, marketing items. Conducted social media accounts of brands and track client database.Education
P
Politecnico di Milano
Master of Science - MS, International Luxury Management2019 - 2021N
NEOMA Business School
Master of Science - MS, International Luxury Management2019 - 2021S
Sabanci University
Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Engineering2014 - 2019S
Sungkyunkwan University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Industrial Engineering2017Ş
Şişli Terakki High School
High School2010 - 2014How Pangea Works
Effortlessly discover top talent
We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.Start working with talent today
The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.Track work and invoices in one place
Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!Talk with a Talent Expert
Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.Available NowBook a Call
Pangea empowers fractional work across the world for marketing and design roles.