Thomas Cooper Email & Phone Number

North Reading, Massachusetts, United States

North Reading, Ma

Responsible for both strategy and staffing of Sales and Purchasing. Seek out, organize, and negotiate strategic partnerships. Monitor market trends and pricing for all product. Manage a team of 12 people while also being an active individual contributor in both Sales and Purchasing. Institute new processes to help drive productivity and profitability.Implemented new avenue of distribution in 2019 which has showed double digit growth, year over year, of entirely Net New Business, while also increasing company wide GPM by 10%.Analyze and propose budget for strategic initiatives. Managing and implementing strategy changes while keeping morale high and getting the most out of each team member. Sat in on BOD meetings to make sales presentations and give high level overview of company financials, trends, and budgets including payroll/headcount.

North Reading, Massachusetts

Research all potential purchases for entire team and price out everything for all buyers on staff. Responsible for maintaining company wide GPM and increasing revenue/sales volume through new buying opportunities. Interview, hire, and train all new purchasing staff members. Create formal processes for team to follow with an aim at increasing accuracy and productivity. Personally produce $60,000 - $110,000 of margin monthly for the company while also contributing in a managerial role.

-Complete purchases of imaging supplies from a wide range of customers in the office supply industry-Research product and determine pricing based on need / market value-Train new employees-Manage a team of 7 other purchasing agents-Handle logistics / shipping for all transactions-Reconcile purchase orders as they are received to accurately reflect current inventory-Produce between $50,000 - $90,000 of net profit for the company on a monthly basis