Experience

Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Vendor Management • Manage Supplier Agreements to create stable supplier list and best pricing. • Manage purchase price and spec variances in conjunction with Product Team and Accounting. • Coordinate with Product Team to transition production requirements once product has successfully launched. • Evaluate Supply Chain to assess and mitigate cost risks. • Work with Vendors and Marketing team to negotiate trade promotions. • Develop best practices to optimize performance. Determine points when supplier base should be expanded. • Negotiate to optimize price, delivery, and terms with minimum supervision. • Expand Supplier Diversity to drive competition on price and service levels. Purchasing • Develop and maintain project schedule, ensuring products are received and processed in line with company needs. • Manage delivery schedules, ensuring on-time delivery and a recovery plan with consideration when deliveries are delinquent. • Monitor delinquent deliveries and quality issues with suppliers. Recommend actions for repeated offenses. • Purchase products and materials following established purchasing policies and procedures. • Process, approve and deliver purchase orders to meet targeted inventory goals. Show less



Savers | Value Village

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • 2017 - 2021

  Conducted buying and planning functions for complete product lifecycle for 300+ stores, totaling $10 Million in annual revenue. • Managed vendors including initial selection and ongoing long-term relationships; negotiated financial terms; onboarded to ensure successful product availability, sales, and margin; partnered with vendors to maintain a solid relationship that was beneficial for both of us. • Gained expertise in Halloween merchandise through past sales analysis, attended tradeshows, Pinterest, and competitive research. • Managed vendor guidelines used to make sure vendors understood and complied with Savers requirements. • Selected, forecasted, allocated, and analyzed sales of multiple product categories. • Gained expertise in systems and represented the team as business analyst working directly with IT team. • Built new Sharepoint site used to communicate department objectives. Site was used by 300+ stores to understand how to merchandise Halloween shop, communicate back to our team with issues, and how to train costume consultants to sell both new and used Halloween product. • Imported product direct from factories necessitating understanding of container planning, HTS codes, tariffs, and transit times. • Successfully created new business plan from the ground up. Developed business strategy, prepared & presented executive level presentation to get company buyoff, built sales & inventory plans, selected vendor partners, planned assortment, selected product, and operationalized tactical steps. Sales increased from $1M annually to $6M. 2018 Impact Award Winner for successfully initiating and maintaining business that filled a need within thrift business. Show less



REI

• Kent, WA

• Category Planning Manager

  • 2014 - 2017

  Managed multiple categories for ecommerce and retail businesses, totaling $250 Million in annual revenue. Maximized sales and margin through strategic inventory management and revenue forecasting. • Guided the development of annual class, department and division financial plans for sales, turn, margin, and receipt flow based on corporate strategic objectives, market and industry trends and class/vendor opportunities. • Reconciled product/class level plans, tops down and bottoms up. • Managed the team's future year annual, seasonal and monthly planning KPIs. • Determined in-season risk and opportunity at the class level through OTB management. • Managed and developed the skill sets of four Forecast Analyst associates. • Formulated financial plans that tied in with company strategic plans. • Partnered with Product teams to execute strategic business plans. • Successfully planned and executed strategic exit of widely distributed brands that were replaced with lesser known, more tightly distributed brands. • Planned private label and national brand product to achieve department goals. • Grew sales for Women’s Fitness Apparel by +15%, to annual volume of $37M. Increase achieved through strategic vendor partners, and targeted inventory growth. Show less



PACCAR

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inventory Planning Team Manager

  • 2012 - 2014

  Managed a team of nine inventory planners to achieve division fill and inventory turn goals. • Reviewed and adjusted inventories to meet service levels, turn, surplus inventory, and marketing promotions. • Directed team to execute inventory adjustments, supplier debits, damaged good disposition, and sales and forecast changes to meet customer demands and product plans. • Analyzed supplier performance to improve service levels. Developed metrics to track fulfillment, customer back orders, and past due orders. Implemented recovery plans to ensure supplier met all targets. • Collaborated with Operations and Distribution Centers to identify opportunities for improved material flow and services. • Developed and executed inventory parts strategy for new model trucks, improved fulfillment from 83% to 97%. Show less



Eddie Bauer

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Planning

  • 1999 - 2012

  Managed a team of ten associates in multiple categories for Ecommerce and Catalog Businesses, totaling $250 Million in annual revenue. Maximized sales and margin through strategic inventory management and demand revenue forecasting. • Collaborated with Finance Division to develop and analyze divisional financial plans including sales, margin, turn, and Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI) goals. • Combined current and past business performance and industry trends to develop strategies/business plans that met/exceeded company objectives. • Planned and analyzed business from initial conception through post game analysis of actual results. • Identified needs and developed systems to meet business requirements. Ensured structure, systems, and priorities met current and future business goals. • Analyzed merchandising, marketing, and creative objectives to identify opportunities for productivity improvement • Conducted quarterly analyses on merchandise assortment strengths and weaknesses, creative execution strategy and its impact on performance, industry merchandising trends, and competitive merchandise positions. • Represented Direct Division to external auditors at year end to validate inventory reporting. • Received highest company award, Best of Bauer, for Outerwear Sales by exceeding sales plan by 14% and last year sales by 39%. • Implemented training program for new hires leading to consistently successful on-boarding. • Managed Staff and Inventory through 2 bankruptcies. Continued to achieve sales goals and supported staff in times of uncertainty. • Developed process for planning and analyzing Web based business. Presented a seminar on “Planning for the Web” at Direct Marketing Association Conference to an audience of 500+ attendees. Show less