Tiffany Knight Email & Phone Number

Concord, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, United States

Category Management of all meat and seafood products, including pricing and margin strategy, KVI's, ad program management, merchandising and promotions.Sourcing, purchasing and inventory management for e-commerce grocery home delivery with fully on site warehoused inventory. Managing daily inventory needs while limiting spoilage and maximizing profitability and availability. Including holiday buys, promo buy ins and marketing initiatives.Nurturing and maintaining relationships with over 50 local and national vendors.

Northern Ca

Meat and poultry purchases ranked 1st in sum of sales dollars with over $19.5M over three periods, equivalent to 44.6% of perishable sales, excluding produce and floral.Trained Senior Buyers in procurement processes, inventory management and data maintenance. Additionally, organized and corrected data files for two regions, making cost and vendor information compliant with regional and national requirements.Experienced at negotiating costs and promotions with vendors, brokers and global buyers. Created opportunities for margin gains of over 45% in both meat and prepared foods by negotiating exclusive deals with vendor partners.Extremely efficient and knowledgeable in inventory and data systems, requirements, timelines and expectations. Able to quickly troubleshoot unexpected events and issues, collaborating with appropriate teams within the company.Work closely with Global Buyers, communicating DC and regional needs for global programs in regards to inventory levels, processes, item creation and system requirements.Created and implemented a daily procurement process for products, each with individualized vendor requirements.Regional point person for global food safety and data integrity. Management of all regional and global data. Responsible for guiding and managing the collection of all WFM certification and labeling requirements and closely working with the Global Food Safety team on all compliance issues. Quarterly ad planning through vendor negotiation. Conceiving of best items to showcase at most beneficial times each week. Follow up and analysis of each week’s item movement and planning of future inventory needs on a weekly basis.Heavy Excel, Word and Outlook usage. Strong understanding of internal systems and a close working relationship with regional data team.

Northern Ca

Northern Ca

Emeryville, Ca

Assistant to the Regional Meat and Seafood Coordinator, four Assistant Coordinators and two buyers. Management of 74 teams across two departments. Point person for all departmental data issues and responsible for all information flowing to the store teams from the regional team. Weekly ordering of six retail categories accounting for revenue of $5M for 2012. Procurement duties include usage and trend tracking as well as analysis. Weekly data collection and spreadsheet creation for meat and seafood. Responsible for quarterly ad planning by negotiating with vendors for best costs, planning ads around holidays and/or special events and in conjunction with ads in place for other vendors. Conceiving of best items to showcase at most beneficial times each week. Follow up with each week's item movement and plan out future inventory needs on a weekly basis. Database management for two departments and point person for any discrepancies and inquiries from the data and marketing teams. I set up all new items and schedule all data releases to the systems. Weekly ad planning management and proofreading. Vendor application and facility renewal management. Utilization of multiple retail systems including P3, POET, Microstrategy, IRMA, WIMP, SMORE, MTT and Cheftec, heavy Excel, Word and Outlook usage, social media management. Handbook creation and updates. Management of nutritional listing and costing initiative. Vendor correspondence and cost negotiation.

Recorded minutes for monthly Executive Board meetings and managed output of organizational information to approximately 100 members.Managed Google groups as well as online forum membership and updates.Spearheaded and executed all insurance, facility and DMV renewals and applications throughout the year to assure compliance with all governmental agencies and local facility requirements.Planned and organized all fundraising activities from procuring events to securing participants and planning budgetary needs if needed. Also accounted for all revenue generated from events, collecting funds received and allocating to the proper accounts after each event.Drafted media and promotional material for community events as well as organization alumni correspondence.Managed collection activities for overdue payments, resulting in reconciliation of several long standing accounts.

Coordination of multiple bi-annual trade show events from start to finish. Preparation of all materials, documentation and compliance with differing vendor guidelines of many major retailers and catalogs. Planning of all space, product and budget needs for Spring and Fall trade shows in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Daily correspondence with international agents and vendors, daily phone and email interaction with customers, including order dispute reconciliation. Layout preparation and execution of twice yearly product catalog creation. I planned the composition of every picture and layout of each page, directed photo shoots and followed up with the print company on proofs and final approvals. Completed each project by managing customer mailings of finished catalogs. Managed multiple independent sales representatives and permanent showroom installations, supplying all sales materials and required support for continually increasing sales. Worked with key accounts to plan assortments and custom items. Assisted with product design, line inclusions and exclusions. General office technical support and trouble-shooting.

Assisted several department buyers with product procurement and preparation for retail level presentations. Corresponded with domestic and international suppliers and agents. Daily calculation and data entry of department markdowns and promotions. General filing, faxing and sample management.

Wholesale manufacturer of designer watches and time pieces.Secured product placement in national publications and high profile celebrity events. Coordinated placement of company watch brand in celebrity gift tent for The Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2001. Secured publicity photos, radio spots and celebrity endorsements for the brand while in attendance.Created press releases for an exclusive brand of watches. Managed content, upkeep and order processing of brand website.Handled customer relations. Managed NY showroom and assisted in management of trade show participation.Corresponded with international office and vendors. Sourced packaging and premium gifts.Created and maintained catalogs and sales materials for internal sales representatives. Assisted with licensing approvals. Assigned and managed product and UPC codes, specs and descriptions.