Amy Harry Email & Phone Number

Minnesota, United States

• Work independently with prospective parents and operations; collaborate with remote team.
• Plan and implement strategies for effective communication with a nationwide portfolio of child care centers.
• Prioritize projects and timelines and ensure communications within a timely fashion to parents and operations.
• Implement strict procedures, reports, and processes with new division developed to successfully launch new child care center locations and build their client base.

• Assisted Product Merchant / Buyer with in-store and seasonal promotion assortments via market trend research, vendor interactions, competitive shopping, sample collection and sales data results.
• Participated on Black Belt (Six Sigma) teams to better understand, analyze and resolve ineffective business processes (item descriptions, freight charge-backs, and multiple offer purchases).
• Trained new and intern Product Specialists for the Supplies Department.
• Communicated directly with vendors for product information, promotions, market research data and sales results. Worked closely with Inventory and Planning teams to maximize sales of in-store and promotional products.

• Provided oversight and regular reporting on inventory, POS, backorders, and month-end actual spending.
• Facilitated purchasing process through purchase order entry, tracking shipping schedules, and maintaining organized shipping document and receipt files.
• Partnered with purchasing manager to oversee and facilitate all aspects of purchasing and inventory control; utilized keen eye for detail to pick up on often-missed details and manage them efficiently.

• Partnered with homeowners to list, market, and sell homes. Partnered with prospective homebuyers to locate homes for purchase that met customer needs.
• Piloted Senior Transitions program for company in Northern Rhode Island and worked with senior centers, assisted living facilities, and retirement homes to facilitate sale of seniors’ homes when entering facility.
• Successful communication with clients within 24hr turnaround period.

• Negotiated contracts, pricing, and delivery schedules with established vendors to purchase facility and laboratory supplies for federally funded, non-profit research laboratories.
• Communicated daily with vendors, end-users, and sales representatives to coordinate complex purchasing activities, prepare purchase orders, negotiate contracts, pricing, and delivery schedules, and provide thorough.
• Initiated reviews of standing contracts to ensure cost efficiency, optimize buying power, and negotiate for better service and pricing.

• Administrative duties related to biomedical research laboratories and academic responsibilities for scientists/professors at both institutions (for Drs. Eric Lander, Andrew Chess, and Gerald Schneider).
• Assisted with grant writing, laboratory preparations, classroom requirements.

Bachelor Of Science, Natural Resources

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi International Sorority, Field Hockey team, Sea Education Association, Shoals Marine Laboratory

Education record

Activities and Societies: field hockey, basketball manager, softball manager, National Honor Society