Experience

DNA Footwear

• Buyer

  • Purchase merchandise for seven retail locations across Brooklyn and Manhattan. • Plan accessories and men’s shoe orders and allocate inventory across all locations. • Maintain inventory of core products and popular sizes. • Meet with sales representatives to review new product and plan future orders. • Make regular store visits to review merchandise, store layout and needs with management. • Transfer merchandise between locations to ensure sales and create newness in stores. • Coordinate in store merchandise displays with store managers. Show less



Patricia Field

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Womenswear Buyer (Fashion)

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Source unique merchandise and up-and-coming designers to feature and collaborate with.• Maintain vendor relations to obtain fair and reasonable prices, volume discounts, payment terms and shipping arrangements.• Coordinate with merchandise manager and identify products that need to be promoted.• Create seasonal budgets and make purchases to fill those budgets.• Analyze sales trends and maintain knowledge of accessory market.• Analyze product life cycle and forecast inventory requirements.• Ensure timely and efficient product flow by partnering with vendors, distribution centers and shipment tracking.• Create and ensure execution of financial and promotional strategies. Show less

• Assistant Buyer

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Assisted head buyer in purchasing for seven departments and 4,000 square feet of retail space.• Maintained vendor database of over 200 vendors.• Produced, analyzed and managed inventory data.• Communicated merchandising, buying and logistical solutions and suggestions based on data analysis.• Managed and monitored inventory.• Contributed to preparation and execution of financial plans.• Met with head buyer and designers to review product samples.• Traveled nationally and internationally (Shanghai, Bangkok, South Korea, Mexico City) to source merchandise. Show less

• Shipping and Receiving Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Authenticated receipt of 10-20 daily shipments and maintained filing system of invoices and purchase orders.• Inspected upcoming shipments; rejected damaged items; recorded shortages; reported damages and shortages to be rectified.• Processed RTV’s accurately and in a timely manner.• Determined method of shipment, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes and rates.• Managed five interns to prepare merchandise for sales floor (unpack, hang, steam, tag, etc.).• Entered product SKUs and purchase orders into inventory system. Show less