Marissa Fitzpatrick Email & Phone Number

Seattle

Seattle, Wa

Support both internal and external customers. Analyze and react to daily buy signal, forecast, and customer demand. Manage inventory, allocation, and mill management.Review customer PO, customer forecast, and average historical usage. Issue purchase orders or determine orders to buy.Analyze open order to prioritize shipments when necessary. Identify potential shortage or surplus of inventory to report to Management.Ensure all orders are placed in a timely manner and requests for support are worked and responded to within department guidelines.

Accurately review, reconcile, and process 500,000 invoices per year consistently meeting stringent time limits. Streamlined process for Freight Debit Memos that utilized new technology saving time, resources, and reduced costs immediately. Set framework for future efficiencies and operational costs.Improved efficiencies in Accounts Payable checks by 95%.Led team through process changes. Provided teamwork assistance, technical support and positive attitude when department received new technology.

Maintained pricing system, ensured marketing accuracy, cared for internal and external relationships, executed and managed purchase orders for $41 million department and managed over 25 vendors. Prioritized responsibilities, provided status updates to team, adapted to changing workload, and delegated when necessary. Maximized sales and margin, proactively communicating and developing strong cross divisional relationships to ensure timely delivery of purchase orders for 98% on time, complete deliveries.Organized well attended Merchandising Summer Picnic. Merchandise VP said “the best it ever went!”

Communicated with design partners and overseas factories regarding color approvals, trims, product execution, and sample tracking. Wrote history and event recaps and analyzed business using Gross Margin, Turn and Sales to identify Men’s Sweater assortment that matched customer needs and maximized ROI. Presented assortment to Merchandiser, Divisional Merchandise, and Director. Saved time and money by shortening learning curve for new Assistants. Compiled a training manual and provided mentoring. New employees exhibited fewer errors, higher productivity, positive morale, and decreased turnover.Designed uniform ‘new sample’ procurement and check-in process. Enabled assistants to focus on improving skills and innovative merchandising to grow business.Appointed designated merchant to collaborate with e-commerce on choosing feature colors in catalogs and on-line to increase fulfillment ensuring an attractive looking website.

Analyzed and reacted to business trends to strategically select appropriate merchandise. Strategized with advertising to develop promotion plans, shared sales analysis with vendors, negotiated prices, and sold through markdown issues for multi-million dollar departments. Organized and implemented strategies for Point of Sale and Permanent Hardmarks based on business trend and profitability to control ‘open to buy’ and inventory.Collaborated with internal and external partners, procured samples and copy information, proofed ads for accuracy, secured timely delivery of advertised items to stores, and coordinated with co-op to execute advertising strategy.Received Merchandise Achievement Award “Buyer of the Year” 2003Received Merchandise Achievement Award “Buyer of the Season” 2003

Certificate, Project Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics, Retail Management Certificate