I am a resourceful and innovative Purchasing Agent, Buyer, Sourcing Manager with an extensive purchasing, costing, and inventory management background serving major retailers and direct sales. Industries include seasonal and everyday wholesale, retail, distribution, and catalog or internet style direct to customer sell environments. What I do: Develop processes and collaborate to achieve successful completion of large straight forward ventures as well as any size custom, unique, and complex projects. Partner with suppliers, logistics, and internal teams to identify and forecast product needs and timing. Product categories include: import and domestic custom hard-lines, tea and coffee, domestic off the shelf and special recipe private label foods, custom printed paperboard boxes and corrugate shippers, outdoor ornamentation, small appliances, tools, automotive, major appliances, luggage, outerwear, footwear, and just whatever is needed for a project. This results in: Finding the best possible product within volume and cost parameters.Acquiring timely delivery. Meeting and exceeding cost savings, margins, inventory levels, and turn goals. Positively impacting sales and customer satisfaction.