Experience

Win Depot Restaurant Equipment Center

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Purchasing

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  • Responsible for negotiating pricing on new and existing product lines while managing relationships with vendors. • Negotiate with vendors for price deviations, volume incentives and rebate programs in addition to buying group allowances and deals.• Create all purchase orders for stocked, warehoused and drop-shipped products. • Negotiate with vendors for private label items.• Coordinate vendor product knowledge training for existing and new lines with inside and outside sales team.• Responsible for the purchase of all raw materials used in Win Depot’s manufacturing facility.• Manage inventory fill rates and inventory turns consistent with company objectives and continually seeking opportunities to improve the merchandise lines and margins. • Establish and maintain inventory master file for all product lines and ensure the timeliness and accuracy of inventory replenishment.• Analyze past, present and future sales trends to determine appropriate PO quantities.• Resolve product quality issues with vendors to minimize potential disruption of selling activities. • Foster working relationships and resolve purchasing related issues with vendors, sales and receiving. • Determine suitable alternative sources for new and current products.• Responsible for the disposition of slow moving and obsolete inventory.• Attend national trade shows and negotiate pricing on new and existing product lines.• Develop marketing campaigns and materials for all product lines.



Zahmel Restaurant Supplies Corp.

• General Manager / Senior Buyer

  • 2008 - Jan 2017

  • Directly supervised customer service and point of sale personnel. • Created all purchase orders for stocked inventory.• Managed inventory fill rates within company objectives.• Continually developed opportunities to improve the merchandise lines and margins. • Established and maintained inventory master file for all product lines.• Responsible for setting and maintaining different levels of selling prices on all lines.• Analyzed sales trends to determine appropriate PO quantities.• Responsible for alternative sources for product lines and inventory control.• Resolved product quality issues with vendors.• Developed working relationships and resolved purchasing related issues with vendors, sales and receiving. • Determined suitable alternative sources for new and current products.• Attended national trade shows and negotiated pricing on new and existing product lines.• Developed marketing campaigns and materials for all product lines.• Responsible for daily cash reconciliations, bank deposits, armored car pick-ups and secure closing of the facility. • Oversaw IT infrastructure and delivered IT services including hardware, software and external services.

• Assistant General Manager / Buyer

  • 2001 - 2008

• Accounting Manager / IT Manager

  • Dec 1986 - 2001