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◊ Actualize weekly sales inventory and receipt ladder plans to monitor performance versus plan and prior year◊ Assist with the modular planning process by providing selling insights for the business plan and drawing modular planograms◊ Conduct weekly sales and inventory reporting providing analysis and insight into performance versus prior year and budget◊ Assist in preparation for the weekly team meetings◊ Provide ad hoc analysis to help drive the business forward and/or address issues as they arise◊ Collaborate with the replenishment team each week to ensure the correct SKUs are being ordered by the customer

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

◊ Forecast optimal inventory levels in 4 warehouses to determine order quantities for purchase orders.◊ Monitor monthly sales, transfers, and incoming purchase orders for over 200 SKUs◊ Review and enter purchase orders for buyers, adjusting quantities and prices as necessary.◊ Maintain inventory levels and determine monthly transfer amounts between warehouses.◊ Produce an import report that tracks the delivery status of international purchase orders.◊ Review and approve invoices for transportation from international vendors to domestic warehouses.◊ Assist in quarterly warehouse inventory counts and analyze discrepancies in final product numbers.

Manufacturing Purchasing Manager for a fast growing, fast paced group that creates, curates and installs art for the hospitality industry around the world.◊ Worked with database software to create a Bill of Materials (BOM) and allocated existing materials to individual projects while confirming availability of stock with vendors.◊ Created POs and coordinated with external vendors to ensure all raw materials were on schedule for delivery and notified accounts when delays would be incurred.◊ Managed inventory levels and maintained an optimal balance of non-tracked stock.◊ Contacted potential vendors and negotiated competitive pricing of raw materials.◊ Handled rush orders and mitigated potential problems as they arose. ◊ Managed a direct report and provided assistance with logistics when necessary.

Mebane, North Carolina

Scheduling Assistant for a fast growing, fast paced group that creates, curates and installs art for hospitality and healthcare industry around the world.◊ Created a warehouse production schedule based upon requested delivery dates of client orders. ◊ Coordinated with the internal team and external vendors to manage the production process of orders.◊ Scheduled inbound and outbound freight according to available warehouse capacity.◊ Recognized critical outbound shipments and used critical thinking in order to meet crucial client deadlines.◊ Communicated with the Purchasing Manager to develop and apply costing based on materials used.

Durham, North Carolina

◊ Performed routine register transactions, processed inventory receiving and store transfers, created daily sales plans for sales associates.◊ Constant knowledge of the merchandise in stock as to suggest products to customers when appropriate◊ Maintained a high level of sales and acted as a role model in achieving the store sales plan.◊ Provided suggestions to corporate on how to grow and improve the business including staffing, floor displays, merchandising, advertising, promotion, etc.

Wilmington, North Carolina

◊ Communicate daily with hotel general managers and hotel vendors ◊ Prepare weekly reports on hotel satisfaction scores and rankings◊ Maintain social media accounts for 5+ hotels (including Facebook, Pinterest, Expedia...)◊ Assist with the budgeting for opening of new hotels◊ Became proficient in Microsoft Excel, Publisher and bill.com◊ Assist in managing travel for local sports teams to the Wilmington area

Wilmington, Nc

The primary responsibility is selling and assisting with the training of others in sales-related tasks. This includes catering towards the customer, understanding and presenting the merchandise, building a client base, and in general representing the brand effectively. The following specific responsibilities supplement the overall duties:◊ Understand the overall concept of Lilly Pulitzer, including the lifestyle, the customer, the merchandise and the heritage.◊ Assist in presenting the store attractively to entice customers to shop at the store. This includes executing and maintaining visual displays to draw clientele into the shop and floor merchandising which enables the shoppers to purchase the merchandise easily.◊ Greet each customer and provide the sales assistance appropriate to sell merchandise to the customer.◊ Operate the store consistently with the prescribed company policies and procedures for the store. ◊ Assist Store Manager to achieve net sales plan.◊ Successfully handle the follow up to ensure repeat business.

Wilmington, North Carolina

Graduated: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and Leadership Development

Uncw

◊ Develop and implement event marketing campaign for The Campus Special coupon books◊ Hire and train a team of 5 students for on campus promotion, build brand awareness and generate new mobile application downloads/users ◊ Successfully grow the mobile application user base by 35% in the Wilmington market◊ Ensure that objectives are accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities ◊ Analyze results of operation to discover more efficient ways of promoting the product ◊ Report directly to the National Distribution Manager and submit daily written reports

Apex, Nc