Home Decor, clothing alterations, custom design, upcycling

My position is part of the sales team. I review and recommend requests for information, proposals and quotes from various schools, municipalities and businesses in Canada and the US. As part of my work, I have learned about the workings of pay stations, ticketing/enforcement and permitting software to present our systems to our potential customers in a clear and concise way, answering all of their questions and in the required format. It is part creative writing and part detective work. I also field follow up questions once our response has been reviewed if there is any further clarification needed. Additional duties included, answering the sales line, requesting and sharing competitive information on past bid proposals and managing the sales map showing all current and pasts customers.

Contractor - project based support position. Calendar management, on boarding new and temporary employees, procurement and other projects as assigned. Reviewed Fixed Assets at Santa Rosa location to ensure all assets are accounted for in both corporate Fixed Assets Management program and in local Fixed Asset program; running reports, working with local departments to clean up disparities and support any areas that need more help. Assisting in calibration department with certification and shipping process.

Handle incoming end user customer inquiries (parents) and small orders and sample orders; review daily shipping manifest from UPS, FedEx and other 3PL's against QuickBooks to ensure accuracy of PO numbers, lot #s and quantity shipped. Travel planning and other duties and projects as needed.

Managed the order entry and quotes desk employees. Supported the East Coast Sales Manager and worked with customers in Canada and Australia. Heavy email contact regarding questions about orders and shipments. Working with reps and their customers on shipping issues, incorrect order issues, tech support for contractors. Work with production, shipping and procurement on orders in progress and future orders.

Handled incoming end user customer inquiries (parents) and small orders and sample orders; reviewed daily shipping manifest from UPS, FedEx and other 3PL's against QuickBooks to ensure accuracy of PO numbers, lot #s and quantity shipped. Travel planning and other duties and projects as needed.

Source materials and outside manufacturing facilities. Order and maintain raw materials inventory based on new seasons and carry over products. Create Cut Tickets for production facilities, arrange shipping of raw materials to cover production and retrieval of finished product. Manage relationship with cut/sew houses and fabric/notions vendors. Quality control review of all MiB manufactured product. Develop new products to present to merchandising department for MiB production. Review and make recommendations on upgrades, improvements and new vendors to increase productivity and manufacturing volume.

Logistics Coordinator - Responsible for transportation of raw materials from suppliers to co-packers and movement of finished goods to distribution centers in Southern CA, Napa and Philadelphia PA. Managed monthly inventory at all three cold storage distribution centers. Manage the shipping warehouse and Shipping Clerk - oversee all outgoing Web, Amazon and sample shipments from the Napa location. Work with Production on schedule and planning. Approved all A/P invoices for accuracy prior to passing to Finance for payment.Executive Assistant to the Director of Admin Services, the COO, the VP of Finance and personal assistant to the President/Owner. Duties included calendar maintenance, travel planning, expense report preparation, gathering website statistics from Google Analytics and AWSTATS and downloading into Excel workbooks for weekly/monthly reporting. Studied and learned many of the procedures accross the company and wrote Standard Operating Procedures, creating forms for the procedures as needed and changes to up date the procedures as necessary. Handled all meeting and event planning for the company both in the office and off-site. Created presentations for all company meetings. Stepped in for Customer Service when needed; input Web and Amazon orders into Navision. Assisted in Finance when needed. Researched new vendors for office equipment and HR services managing RFIs.Assisted in HR, reviewing resumes, phone interviews, setting up interview schedules and assisting with onboarding new employees.

Assistant Buyer – Live Goods (Plants)Associate Buyer to DMM - Gardening Containers Assistant to Merchandise Manager and Buyer – Furniture Division • Participate in trend discussions and new product development meetings• Working with vendors both international and domestic to develop new products, determine product specifications and negotiate pricing • Participate in pricing decisions for new products using first costs, transportation (landing factors), packaging & promotional planning to determine retail price.• SKU creation for new products in system (Island Pacific)• Coordinate with visual department, catalog department and photography group to ensure that products are properly represented with the correct information and on time. Organizing photo and copy information for website• Work with planner to analyze product assortment for stores and DTC, reorders, markdowns and exit strategies• Proof catalog indexes (SKUs, product dimensions, pricing, and placement)• Manage RTV process with stores and work with vendors on refunds and credits• Set up drop ship product with vendors and systems• Customer Service point of contact for central Customer Service Group and Distribution Center dealing with unusual issues that need special handling or permission• Trade sales group point of contact for samples, system issues and sales support requests