Buyer
Extra (united electronics company)
Total des années d'expérience :4 years, 10 Mois
• Handled sourcing, selection and purchasing for assigned product categories.
• Optimized profits by recommending mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling prices.
• Managed distribution of goods to outlets, overseeing logistics and display setup.
• Worked with marketing team on new product launches and campaigns.
• Consulted with merchandise managers about budget and goods to be purchased.
• Anticipated consumer buying patterns based on comprehensive market analysis.
• Presenting new ideas to senior management teams.
• Analyzing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends.
• Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers.
• Sourcing new suppliers for future products and negotiating terms of
contract.
Managing and arranging purchase orders.
• Ensuring goods arrive on time.
Providing design and digital marketing services to small businesses
and entrepreneurs, focused on design requirements and processes,
business plans, trend analysis, market segmentation and need,
planning and launching, creating marketing content for social media.
Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated and
functioned on-brand and on-strategy.
• Gathered information from vendors regarding market trends and
competitor activity.
• Supervised design staff through product creation and release.
• Communicated with photographers and stylists to effectively
showcase the brand.
• Negotiated with vendors on availability, product specifications,
distribution, delivery deadlines and price.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to
problems.
• Oversaw daily operations to ensure high levels of productivity.
• Handled social media accounts for company, updating website and
online
Worked with design, planning and sales teams, to accomplish the
following:
• The strategic analysis of how competitors have positioned their
brands & products by price.
• Identifying best sellers.
• Researched competitors actions in marketing, sales and distribution
to develop new merchandising strategies.
• Anticipated consumer buying patterns to create purchase and
inventory plan.
• Set and recommended mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling
prices for merchandise.