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Morton, Pa, Us

Lippo Di Calderara Di Reno, Bologna, It

Strategic Buyer / Team Lead: 2015 - 2018• Effectively manage supplier relationships to optimize service, quality, and cost, both international and domestic• Responsible for the life-cycle management of our legacy product through analyzing sales and production forecasts to ensure continuity of supply of all inventory items • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop business requirements and delivery schedules • Provide analytical support and operational analysis for our divisionBuyer 2011 - 2015 • Responsible for the procurement and production planning supporting operations for various cells to assist in achieving planned production levels• Coordinate inventory plan via Kanban maintenance and replenishment of raw materials and components• Negotiated contract prices, payment and delivery terms, and lead times with suppliers• Worked on supplier selection based on cost and lead times while facilitating corrective actions

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A leading provider of eCommerce and interactive marketing services for the world’s premier brands and retailersecommerce Buyer, Sporting Goods (January 2011 – May 2011)• Responsible for buying equipment and apparel for our retail sporting goods partners• Establish and maintain department strategy through trend identification, vendor assortment, management, financial planning and assortment planning• Source unique products consistent with the overall merchandising and financial strategy• Develop and maintain vendor relationships while forging new business opportunities• Promote cross division collaboration with new and current vendors to expand sales and margin• Drive sales through selection, pricing and promotion of products• Communicate with call centers and fulfillment centers to ensure customer satisfaction• Proficient in category management tools for retail maintenance and reportingecommerce Buyer, NASCAR (2009 – 2010)• Planned assortment, managed inventory and purchased licensed apparel for NASCAR.com/Superstore• Negotiated pricing, discounts, returns and market funds with vendors• Analyzed trends through sales analysis, various media outlets • Executed open-to-buy to achieve sales and inventory goals• Effectively used markdown dollars to liquidate slow moving merchandise and drive sales• Enhanced site navigation by implementing new product categoriesAssociate Buyer, Sporting Goods (August 2005 - December 2008) • Assisted the Buyer with purchasing items for our sporting goods partners• Built relationships with vendors and developed new business opportunities• Maintained department open-to-buy, product assortment planning and vendor negotiations• Performed database level product setup and maintenance item forecasting; PO creation and tracking• Oversaw shipping discrepancies and the return authorization process

A family-owned wholesaler of imprintable active wear• Responsible for the procurement of imported apparel and accessories for our private label brand• Managed and maintained ongoing forecasting process and ensure high level of data integrity• Worked with product development, sales and marketing teams to develop new products• Managed inventory levels for various warehouses while reviewing on hand and target inventory• Analyzed and reported on various inventory metrics as well as customer service metrics• Worked as a cross functional team member to identify slow moving and obsolete inventories • Coordinated inventory planning activities with cross functional areas such as Distribution, Sales and Finance

A high quality Greeting Card manufacturer since 1907Materials Manager (2000 – 2001)• Managed the procurement of raw materials, warehousing operations and logistics of finished products to our customer’s distribution centers• Developed, managed and administered the production schedule to “hit” delivery schedules• Worked on the development of in-store POP displays for upcoming holiday seasonPurchasing Agent (1999 – 2000)• Responsible for the development of the 2000 purchasing budget• Managed the procurement of raw materials to 3rd Party suppliers along with our manufacturing plant• Negotiated with paper distributor directly saving the company 22%• Worked with Sales and Project Management to implement a improve lead times directly saving the company 3% in raw material costs while increasing production by 8%

Bsba, Management

Certification, Logistics