Eric Ruff Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Perform as associate buyer for gifts and jewelry with additional responsibilities including taking ownership of stationary category and managing the brands Kentucky Bourbon Trail and Makers Mark for hardgoods and apparel for 3 platforms equating to $22 mil in volume.Drive sales in stationary by sourcing, developing, and launching corporate programs.

Greater Atlanta Area

Facilitated as the drinkware and jewelry buyer, equating to $12 mil in volume, for approximately 4 months taking full responsibility including department strategy, OTB, trade shows, and travel.Drove sales by expanding currently trending drinkware programs to additional platforms, by initiating product development, and managing inventory through revision of.

Greater Atlanta Area

Assisted in managing and driving sales in two departments, Gifts & Jewelry, equating to $20 mil in volume by supporting two buyers with developing weekly/monthly/yearly end recaps, vendor analysis recaps, managing ladder plans, managing OTB, and managing key subclasses like regional pens representing 10% of dept showing 10% year over year growth.Planned.

Greater New York City Area

New York, NY

• Assist the buyer for TK Maxx, TJX European Men’s and Women’s division, who buys for the UK and Germany multi-million dollar businesses
• Help to establish, analyze, interpret, and deliver weekly reports including but not limited to sales analysis, weekly trends, on order, and sku detailed reports to analyze the previous week’s business to determine the.
• Partner with the buyer to identify top selling skus for the purpose of reorders in key department classes specifically focused on men’s t-shirts which contributed to 5% of both the UK and Germany businesses each
• Partner with buyers/planners to analyze ladder plans and OTB to identify key trending classes in order to pull up goods in star classes as well as ensuring that OTB is being placed in the departments current business.
• Generate purchase orders and ensure vendors are accountable to delivery dates, track shipments, procurement of shipping documentation, and manage logistic exceptions with third party international consolidator
• Partner with buyer and vendors to establish great partnerships by providing excellent customer service including resolving AP issues, PO modifications, negotiating pricing and cost concessions as well as researching.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Columbia, South Carolina Area