• Purchase a variety of products, services and supplies • Compare and analyze various vendor quotes to determine the best cost for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf • Work directly with vendors to negotiate cost, delivery, and product details• Select/develop and manage the retail assortment for all domestic and international stores• Create concepts and source components for seasonal holiday gift sets • Source new impulse food and retail items and set retail prices and margins• Create and manage comprehensive product roll-out timeline for all food and retail merchandise based on Marketing Calendar and Operation Services roll-out dates• Manage graphics requirements and timelines associated with product labels and retail merchandise guides• Manage, create and update all cross functional marketing material for retail product and impulse food• Collaborate with Operations and Marketing divisions to launch product roll-outs • Communicate price changes to Operations for all finished goods• Communicate all POS updates with Operations pertaining to impulse food and retail merchandise• Create planograms for impulse food and retail merchandise prior to all new promotions

• Identified and analyzed problems at the warehouse and worked with warehouse managers to come up with solutions to resolve reoccurring issues• Communicated and resolved any issues regarding receiving, invoicing or pricing with the vendor• Prepared and organized recurring inventory reports for forecasting purposes• Updated all cross functional marketing material for retail product • Collaborated with Operations and Marketing divisions to launch product roll-outs • Responsible for the inventory management and forecasting of the finished goods and retail divisions • Managed inventory levels for seasonal and core products • Maintained and expedited purchase orders to meet marketing promotional roll-out and auto shipment dates for company wide international and domestic stores• Worked directly with vendors to obtain item specifications and communicate warehouse and label requirements prior to delivery• Negotiated with vendors to communicate inventory needs, delivery dates and deadlines• Coordinated logistics for holiday promotional products with marketing department and communicate with third party vendors• Primary liaison between purchasing, operations and marketing departments to ensure that all needs are met• Analyzed potential vendor opportunities to determine suitability for the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf brand and company requirements• Maintained tracking system for department budgets and process expense reports • Processed purchase orders and invoices for payment; verified, reconciled, routed and documented department invoices

• Worked closely with senior product development manager to conduct consumer research, identify trends, coordinate internal taste panels, and gather product information to prepare for marketing promotions• Coordinated materials for publicity by conveying film shoot requests and organizing internal requirements• Organized and facilitated local store marketing promotions• Responded to incoming donation and sponsorship requests and coordinated fulfillment of donation/charity efforts• Coordinated logistics for company sponsored sampling events• Point person to ensure fulfillment of store marketing and promotional materials as needed

• Assisted event coordinator by creating welcome/information sheets, assembling seating charts, and mailing tickets to guests for Nickelodeon premiers and other events• Managed excel templates comparing budget information for event expenses and RSVP lists for upcoming events • Researched press releases of major video game companies to assist the sales staff in scouting new business opportunities and potential advertisers on Nickelodeon • Analyzed pre and post letters of agreement from Nickelodeon AD Sales files

• Developed a consolidated database of participants in a business conference program• Assisted with processing new sample orders in the SAP enterprises system• Assembled vendor event kits to be used in national event with home centers• Prepared a competitive analysis to aid sales efforts