Sarah Cate Email & Phone Number

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Denton, Texas

• Develop the assortment strategy for Vivid Hair Color including POG expansion, layout, and placement of in store remodel, maximizing sales potential with double digit increases in sales YOY.
• Identify and devise profitable exit strategies, including vendor participation, of slow selling items, discontinued items, package changes and poor promotional sell through.
• Researched and benchmarked competing brands online, to design landing page for hair color that engages customers and drives… Show more
• Researched and benchmarked competing brands online, to design landing page for hair color that engages customers and drives traffic.
• Work collaboratively with vendor and cross functional teams to increase first to market approach of on trend products, and promotional and pricing strategy.
• Initiate negotiations and execute exclusivity contracts with top brands to maintain share of market. Show less

Denton, Texas

• Appliances/Brushes&Combs/Salon Supplies/Equipment/Hard Goods
• Support category team in the negotiation with vendors to reduce costs and increase margins.
• Actively manage the flyer building and buying process ensuring that all deadlines are adhered to.
• Measure the effectiveness of the advertising offer through sell through.
• Work actively with the Category team in developing strategic objectives to ensure long term sustained growth.
• Identify and promote new products and… Show more Appliances/Brushes&Combs/Salon Supplies/Equipment/Hard Goods

Coppell, Texas

• Determining product volume replenishments and adjustments through price breakdown calculations.
• Preparing reports to analyze and monitor sales and overall health of business.
• Collaborating with Sales and Marketing on private label and direct ship orders.
• Maintaining an effective supplier database to procure various products at competitive prices.
• Ensuring orders are placed with preferred suppliers and under negotiated contracts.
• Issuing Purchase Orders and negotiate… Show more

• Assisted the Buyer in implementing, administering and executing customer focused, profit minded strategies to maximize performance within the Furniture Department
• Communicated and managed vendor relationships and acted as a key contact with field organization for assigned department.
• Managed sample and line review process from tracking requested samples to final walk through with upper management.

-Manage overall process from sales suggestions to truckload tracking and payment for business members and clubs.-Build member and club associate relationships in order to advance truckload sales.-Coordinate each function of wholesale trading process from purchase order creation to delivery and payment of orders to designated Sam’s Club.-Manage member sales.

-Coordinate and assist every function of the direct import process from purchase order creation to delivery of orders at US ports totaling billions of dollars in import purchases for SAM’s and Division E of Wal-Mart. -Key contact for Global Procurement, merchants, suppliers and internal support groups on import merchandising opportunities.-Supervise a team.

Bachelor, Business Admin/Marketing

Associates, Associates Of Arts