Ty Ellis Email & Phone Number

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Leadership team member currently leading the Purchasing, Sourcing, Information Technology, and Finance departments of a multi-location full service industrial commercial laundry service company.

USA - Eau Claire, WI

• Global sourcing of apparel, accessories, home goods, sporting goods, and promotional products.I have performed sourcing for many USA brands companies, retailer private label programs, and licensees providing them with.
• Developed product development process
• Developed a sourcing matrix of suppliers and qualified them for production capabilities
• Developed and executed factory audits and qualifying of worldwide suppliers
• Developed product tech detail packs and built a design team to fulfill client product development needs.
• Have developed 100’s of apparel and accessory items from concepts to completed items.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

• Sales of officially licensed sports merchandise into wholesale clients and three online platforms.
• Google certified – Analytics and AdWords
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Shopify
• EBay Certified Star Seller
• Amazon seller central

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

• Developed Deerskin and Elk skin glove catalog with over 57 designs
• Designed 45 new glove styles for catalog
• Strategically priced gloves for wholesale.
• Developed a Marketing plan and customer base
• Successfully developed business with new customers
• Expanded existing product lines for current customers

Bloomington, MN

• Work with vendors to forecast, plan, manage, set up automated replenishment systems, and purchase items to be sold in retail stores.
• Set up and managed “new stores “purchase and stocking plans for over 50 new store rollouts.
• Helped develop product ideas and concepts for private label sourcing
• Product sourcing of private label items, importing, and arranging all for retail distribution.
• Developed and executed on goals for costing, gross margin, and timelines for import programs.
• Wrote purchase orders for private label apparel and accessory sourcing programs.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

• Product development, international sourcing, importing, and wholesale to major retail accounts nationwide. Managed retail outlet and wholesale inventory warehouse.
• Product development and Tech pack development.
• Process coordinator – set up product develop process SOP manual
• Production tracking and import coordinator
• Warehouse development and operation manager
• China factory detail auditing

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area

• Purchasing Analyst – Inventory forecasting, sales projections, purchasing, distribution center special order co-ordination. Handled over 2,000 Skus and $ 100 million in sales.
• Product purchasing for retail sales
• Product assortment management, and selection
• Gross margin evaluation and negotiation in order to meet category goals.
• Replenishment system set ups, and ongoing management
• Set up and managed “new stores “purchase and stocking plans for over 100 new store rollouts.