Experience

Noble

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Buyer

  • Apr 2023 - Present



W.B. Mason Company Inc.

• United States
• Retail Office Equipment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Buyer

  • Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

  + Independently manage multiple vendor lines and develop relationships with vendors to optimize price, to obtain quarterly promo opportunities, and update lead times. Follow up with vendors to receive order confirmations, tracking information, price verification, and stock availability. + Follow up for discontinued or backordered items to flag in our database so that the customer stays accurately informed. Search for item substitutes within our system and work with wholesale vendors to fill backorders. + Correspond with multiple teams including Warehouses and Customer Service to fulfill special orders, manage direct orders, and resolve inquiries regarding order status, changes and cancellations, and to upload vendor price increases. Review statements with Accounts Payable to resolve pricing and invoicing discrepancies and to determine tailored costing. Follow up with warehouses daily to track the shipping and receiving of transfers, purchase order deliveries and unaccounted for inventory. + Conduct weekly cost analyses and usage reports to forecast stock quantities using Excels v-lookup to include generated daily reports and Excel equations to determine purchase order amounts needed to fill orders and to show overstock which can then be transferred across warehouses. Show less



Talbots

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Accessories Designer

  • Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  + Researched trends related to materials, patterns, techniques, construction, shape and color + Designed Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop sketches, print and pattern CADs, cold weather items, woven scarves, third piece outerwear and knits, leather gloves, woven/wool hats, swim wear and beach cover ups + Assisted in fittings for each season and helped make corrections and comments + Worked with sourcing team to correct and approve color, quality, and construction + Organized samples, design boards and created line sheets for presentation. Show less



M.M.LaFleur

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fashion Stylist and Keyholder

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2019

  + Conducted personal styling appointments and ensured highest quality of customer service + Analyzed client measurements, style preferences, and work environments to curate an ideal wardrobe utilizing in depth brand and product knowledge + Curated “bento” boxes to ship to clients and exercised problem solving when replying to customer emails + Helped train new employees online and by role simulating + Corresponded with customers by email and phone after creating lookbooks for clients, spearheading the tailoring department at our showroom and appointment outreach Show less



J. Jill

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Assistant Accessories

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

  + Utilized trend and competitor research to react to the industry throughout the design process + Communicated all design developments to PD team and vendors, complete with style set up in PLM, technical sketches, specs, design intent, color direction, quality direction, and target retail + Created mockup sketches of scarves, wraps etc. adding print + Utilized trend and competitor research to react to the industry throughout the design process + Communicated all design developments to PD team and vendors, complete with style set up in PLM, technical sketches, specs, design intent, color direction, quality direction, and target retail + Created mockup sketches of scarves, wraps etc. adding print



Talbots

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accessory + Footwear Design Intern

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  + Worked alongside the footwear, handbag, jewelry, sleep, and knit designers + Assisted in tech packs and creating linesheets + Sketched necklaces and the softline + Worked alongside the footwear, handbag, jewelry, sleep, and knit designers + Assisted in tech packs and creating linesheets + Sketched necklaces and the softline



Maryam Nassir Zadeh

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fashion Merchandising Intern

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

  + Worked alongside buyer, witnessed and completed orders + Assisted in photoshoots for the website + Merchandised store with inventory + Aided in production execution. + Worked alongside buyer, witnessed and completed orders + Assisted in photoshoots for the website + Merchandised store with inventory + Aided in production execution.



Anthropologie

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Associate

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2017



Lakum, Inc.

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion

• Fashion Design Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  + Worked alongside bridal designer and assisted in fitting, draping, design etc + Hand sewed garments and belts + Copied patterns and assisted in cutting final fabric + Worked with brides to custom design belts + Aided production execution + Worked alongside bridal designer and assisted in fitting, draping, design etc + Hand sewed garments and belts + Copied patterns and assisted in cutting final fabric + Worked with brides to custom design belts + Aided production execution



Caron Callahan

• Brooklyn, New York

• Fashion Design Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  + Observed and immersed myself in the running of a small company including production and packaging + Completed Trim Packs + Packaged Orders to be shipped to customers + Went to production houses and helped box up product to be shipped + Observed and immersed myself in the running of a small company including production and packaging + Completed Trim Packs + Packaged Orders to be shipped to customers + Went to production houses and helped box up product to be shipped



Imprivata

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Human Resources Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  + Assisted in posting jobs on both internal and external job boards such as Glass Door and created the Imprivata Recruitment twitter account + Provided assistance on the implementation of the programs for the development of HR at Imprivata including: Philanthropy, Wellbeing and Benefits + Responsible for Summer 2016 intern social media, outings and volunteerism + Organized and filed confidential I9 forms and terminated and active employee paperwork + Assisted in posting jobs on both internal and external job boards such as Glass Door and created the Imprivata Recruitment twitter account + Provided assistance on the implementation of the programs for the development of HR at Imprivata including: Philanthropy, Wellbeing and Benefits + Responsible for Summer 2016 intern social media, outings and volunteerism + Organized and filed confidential I9 forms and terminated and active employee paperwork



Imprivata

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Experience Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  + Conducted phone calls to clients, both international and in the United States helping them resolve a problem with the software + Researched what makes a successful Support Portal, interviewing key stakeholders in the company + Designed the search page that was then implemented on said Support Portal + Worked with Sales Force inputting data + Conducted phone calls to clients, both international and in the United States helping them resolve a problem with the software + Researched what makes a successful Support Portal, interviewing key stakeholders in the company + Designed the search page that was then implemented on said Support Portal + Worked with Sales Force inputting data



Imprivata

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Design Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  + Conducted and presented research on mobile text messaging applications (strengths, weaknesses) + Helped redesign a text messaging application and became more familiar with the functions of InDesign and Photoshop for the redesign + Interviewed Doctors and Nurses for information on the product, how to make it better, and what made it great and then transcribed those interviews + Conducted and presented research on mobile text messaging applications (strengths, weaknesses) + Helped redesign a text messaging application and became more familiar with the functions of InDesign and Photoshop for the redesign + Interviewed Doctors and Nurses for information on the product, how to make it better, and what made it great and then transcribed those interviews