Alison Jacobsen: Buyer in Las Vegas, NV

- Manage portfolio with over 20 suppliers for Kids Outdoor category. - Responsible for category with over 14 M in Net Sales, create assortment to best support category and vision of the category within overall corporate vision. - Have increased profitability within mature category 3 years in a row - Analyze business on a daily basis; make adjustments to inventory levels to ensure optimized targets. - Write budgets and forecast for vendors on a monthly basis along with writing Planned sales and budgets for next calendar year. - Negotiated better terms, additional discounts and marketing support with vendors to help drive top line sales and bottom line revenue goals. - Work with other teams across company to ensure the time to site is as short as possible and help ensure sales goals are met. - Developed and maintained amazing vendor relationships. - Help train new team members on Zappos systems along with mentoring/coaching new team members.

- Forecasted sales, inventory, receipts, markdowns, and turn for assigned areas of responsibility on a monthly and annual level. - Provided recaps and analysis to support buying process. - Prepared and conduct monthly business reviews with Buyers to monitor and analyze inventory efficiency to maximize sales and turn. - Assessment of past seasons and results providing insight to future plan development and recommendations in concert with Buyers. - Help to monitor current On Orders for Business Unit and give recommendations for optimal flow into the Fulfillment Center. - Run weekly reports to continue to evaluate opportunities within the Business Unit as a whole and make recommendation for individual Buyer Categories to maintain margins, sell through and turns. - Responsible for building and nurturing critical internal relationships through supporting various culture based activities and open and honest communication.

- Oversaw Product Searches via Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Comparative Shopping Engines (CSE). - Responsible for maintaining and growing positive vendor relationships, forecasting product trends, analyzing current and potential new sales. - Responsible for building and nurturing critical vendor relationships - Implement and monitor reorder points for products to ensure sufficient stock levels and timely deliveries - Wrote pre-season and introductory orders, selected appropriate products and negotiated pricing and shipping costs - Managed online retail database including adding new products, descriptions, images and html codes - Reconciled and reviewed invoices from vendors, verified the correct terms, and ensured proper payment, while taking advantage of all possible discounts. - Demonstrated effective leadership and encourage team concepts - Recognized as TriSports.com Employee of the Year 2009 for going 'above and beyond' as a leader and setting the example as an employee