Ryan Costa Email & Phone Number

Evesham Township, NJ, US

Philadelphia, PA, US

Burlington, NJ, US

• Determine improvement and optimization areas and design action plans based on the vendors needs
• Lead vendor relations team and manage suppliers to obtain best operational position
• Collaborate with vendors to create action plans that create accountability and accuracy with shipping future deliveries.
• Manage vendor relationships and respond to related questions and issues to ensure seamless operations.
• Lead vendor operations, vendor relations, and the vendor onboarding teams while developing ideas and strategy for improvement
• Created vendor scorecard that defines, analyzes, and assesses key performance metrics to ensure vendors are meeting expectations, determine improvement and optimization areas, and design action plans

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

• Complete responsibility for all of Aramark’s retail operations at the 20,000-seat Wells Fargo Center arena.
• Oversight of all merchandise ordering, vendor negotiations, pricing strategy, and development of sales and marketing plans.
• Lead retail operations including staffing and employee development, financial performance, budgeting, and customer experience.
• Create merchandise and purchasing plans and negotiating pricing to ensure that items are available when needed without carrying excess products and budgetary strains.
• Responsible for oversight of over $8 million dollars in NHL Philadelphia Flyers and NBA Philadelphia 76ers revenue
• Launched the arena’s first ever retail ecommerce site, which generated over $1 million in revenue in two years

• Oversaw all aspects of Comcast Spectacor’s retail facilities throughout the Philadelphia region at the NHL Flyers Skate Zones, including complete merchandise sourcing, vendor negotiations, retail pricing strategy, and.
• Responsible for oversight of over $1.5 million dollars in revenue
• Supported Procurement and corporate leadership with large scale procurement projects and assisted in revamping purchasing program to maintain and/or increase the quality of goods purchased and services procured which.
• Influenced purchasing in the region by creating a group-ordering system selling directly to local organizations
• Created local buying group to combine purchasing power with major industry vendors and achieve better volume discounts
• Benchmark vendor pricing, negotiated vendor agreements, analyzed purchasing trends and local competitor pricing to ensure products were acquired at the lowest price and competitively sold at the highest margin the.

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Oversaw all aspects of Comcast Spectacor’s retail facilities throughout the Philadelphia region at the NHL Flyers Skate Zones, including complete merchandise sourcing, vendor negotiations, retail pricing strategy, and.
• Responsible for oversight of over $1.5 million dollars in revenue
• Benchmarked vendor pricing, negotiated vendor agreements, analyzed purchasing trends, and local competitor pricing to ensure products were acquired at the lowest price and competitively sold at the highest margin the.
• Created merchandising plans, forecasts, strategies, and action plans based on data analysis
• Rationalized inventory and managed distribution allotments while maintaining optimal leverage by monitoring all key indicators, reviewing spend and industry trends frequently to ensure appropriate strategies and.
• Analyzed inventory turnover and developed markdown strategies for a merchandise based on sales rates, procurement costs, planned product life cycle, and trends

• Managed Igloo Hockey pro shops in Warminster, PA and Sportsplex in Feasterville, PA including assisting customers in selecting equipment for their particular needs while maintaining a focus on stores sales goals and.
• Oversaw ordering for the Feasterville location for all roller hockey needs and assisted in ordering for the ice hockey store location in Warminster
• Scheduled, trained, and managed employees to meet sales targets and maintain an excellent level of customer service

Bachelor Of Science

Senior Professional In Supply Management (Spsm), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Education record