Debora G. Email & Phone Number

Pembroke, Nh

ACG Buyer - Grocery for Convenience and Small Grocery Stores in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania - Analyzed sales and purchases daily to maintain optimal inventory and promote sales growth. - Developed merchandise assortments to meet customer requirements. - Worked closely with vendors and brokers to develop seasonal candy programs. - Prepared Holiday Catalog assortment and product data to send to Advertising for final formatting and distribution to customer base.

Dayville, Ct

Managed a team of analysts in day to day operations in a period of rapid process change. - Effectively maintained accuracy and integrity of master product database of 80000 items; including original setup, certifications, data updates and supplier changes, through the complete product life cycle. - Guided coding and costing teams through significant period of process change. - Developed, organized, and directed work flow in a newly designed national process in collaboration with Western region team. - Collaboratively worked with multi-department teams to onboard new customers and new categories for existing customers. - Actively participated in long-range planning groups in preparation for future system conversion.

Dayville, Ct

Supported sales growth in Whole Foods regions, insuring accuracy of pricing and promotional plans, and partnering in developing effective marketing strategies. - Coordinated all promotions for the region, including monthly and special event promotions. - Processed new item requests and provided availability information. - Interacted with primary brokers to coordinate national/regional promotions and new items. - Established strong vendor and broker relationships. - Developed effective internal relationships with UNFI purchasing and marketing. - Resolved issues and problems successfully. - Processed quarterly business reviews based on sales analysis for regional review. - Worked with multiple Whole Foods regions, including Mid-Atlantic, North Atlantic, NorthEast, South, and Florida.

Dayville, Ct

Managed flow of customer orders from electronic transmission to final delivery of orders, insuring high level of customer satisfaction. - Solved daily service challenges and addressed customer concerns. - Achieved efficient and high quality order deliveries through ongoing interaction with warehouse operations and transportation. - Trained customer service support staff to more effectively service customers. - Developed series of vendor presentations to increase product knowledge. - Solved business challenges related to customer support.

Brattleboro, Vt

Purchased personal care and grocery categories of 4,000 products, tripling sales through customer-focused category management, sales analysis, vendor negotiations, and promotional programs. - Increased annual sales through introduction and expansion of personal care, supplements, and grocery categories. - Successfully negotiated addition of high volume Branded supplement suppliers to product mix. - Grew revenue and margin through Personal Care and Supplement categories with limited impact to outbound transportation costs. - Developed competitive monthly promotional flyer programs through product choice and vendor support. - Designed, developed, tested and implemented customized purchasing modules during company-wide software conversion, resulting in more efficient purchasing processes. - Created annual Holiday sales catalog, including item selection and purchasing, pricing, catalog design, copy and layout.

New York City, New York And Peterborough, New Hampshire

Buyer for National Department stores - focus on Apparel productsCategories included Men's Knitwear and Sweaters, Men's Pants, Men's and Young Men's Outerwear, Men's Active Sportswear, Boy's Furnishings and Misses Sportswear. - Developed strong product assortments including Private Label and Branded lines. - Traveled to Far East and Italy to source quality suppliers and products for Private Label Import knitwear and sweaters. - Collaborated with vendors to develop domestic products adhering to company standards - Met all Gross Profit goals - Achieved record Holiday Sales in Men's Sweaters through tight control of inventory control and sourcing of product in domestic marketplace. Increased sales volume by 15% against previous year. - Presented workshops as Senior Training Buyer for Executive Training Program.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Organizational Leadership, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Delta Mu Delta, National Honor Society in Business Administration.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: Treasure of the College of Liberal Arts, Participant and local organizer of a business mentoring program called.