Meet with current and prospective customers about current product lines and introducing new products. Manage over 100 suppliers and product lines. Negotiate co-op funds and ad allowances with supplies. Prepare quarterly Supplier Performance Evaluations and discuss with the supplier on how to improve in areas of lead-time, customer service and quality. Maintain supplier pricing contracts annually and as needed. Research, select new products for inclusion in catalog and website. Evaluate page and square inch reports to determine profitability on products. Exhibit and attended industry trade shows. Establish promotions with vendors to increase sales. Productive member of weekly managers meetings. Facilitate supplier in house meetings. Maintain and updated supplier files (current catalogs, correspondence, price list, etc.). Set up and maintained data entry for new products in Microsoft Excel. Set up and maintained date entry for website products. Maintain supplier information in Microsoft Access. Maintain related trade publication files. Maintain competitors catalog and price files. Creative up-sell and cross-sell product sheets. Serve as liaison between customer sales, accounting and suppliers on such issues as freight, lead-time, stale order and pricing errors. Maintain accurate and up to date files of certificates of insurance for all suppliers and business units. Obtain all product specification sheets. Handle any quality related issues that arose with supplier base.

Meet with current and prospective customers about current product lines and introducing new products. Manage over 100 suppliers and product lines. Negotiate co-op funds and ad allowances with supplies. Prepare quarterly Supplier Performance. Evaluations and discuss with the supplier on how to improve in areas of lead-time, customer service and quality. Maintain supplier pricing contracts annually and as needed. Research, select new products for inclusion in catalog and website. Exhibit and attended industry trade shows. Facilitate supplier in house meetings. Maintain and updated supplier files (current catalogs, correspondence, price list, etc.). Set up and maintained data entry for new products in Microsoft Excel. Set up and maintained date entry for website products. Maintain supplier information in Microsoft Access. Maintain related trade publication files. Maintain competitors catalog and price files.