Heather Lee: Retail Buyer in Los Angeles, CA
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Heather Lee
Retail Buyer
Los Angeles | United States
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Pussy & Pooch Pethouse and Pawbar
Retail Buyer | 01/2015 - Current
• Create branded and non-branded pet product merchandise assortments (apparel, food, services) for four stores across southern California.
• Collaborate with Creative Director on forecasting annual sales and Open-to-Buy budgeting for every pet division which includes apparel, bedding, food, services, supplements and other needed essentials for all locations. Incorporating the management of 20-40 vendors and over 1,000 different skus
• In charge of final decision-making such as product selection, cost and term negotiations, and merchandise distributions, while identifying new business opportunities to gain and develop new product into the current assortment
• Responsible for controlling budget within inventory levels, and category levels to stay within strategic plans
• Responsible for all merchandising directives for the four locations, including monthly window and floor merchandising moves, along with creating monthly store promotions
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Spektrum MFG
Inside Sales Manager | 05/2014 - 01/2015
• Handled sales for private label and in house brand. Managed all sales and retailer relationships within accounts to ensure business growth within the markets (brick and mortar or full ecommerce)
• Worked with the graphic team to build new art packages for retailers for private label divisions, what trends were in market or going forward to help build the brands vision
• Identified new growth opportunities or growing current ones to meet or exceed sales goals with private label and in house brand. Maintained invoices and collecting payment.
• Product development on private label and in house brands for each season
• Managed international distributors and assisted with producing, shipping all samples in a timely manner prior to selling season
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Osiris Shoes
Inside Sales/Operations Assistant | 12/2011 - 05/2014
• Handled all day-to-day process for the Osiris website with customer service calls, order processing, invoicing orders and any defective product issues and procedures
• Collaborated with the Web Marketing team on product placement and organization of the website, pricing strategies, visual presentation of the overall web layout, and ideas on budget-friendly campaign spending. Helped grow business of website by ensuring all product available was on site
• Worked with major accounts including Amazon, Zappos, and Zumiez along with sales reps on handling all logistics through SPS Commerce and Vendor Central to insure on-time shipping of PO’s, coordinating with warehouse on routing and scheduling of pick-ups, return authorizations, entering ATO or pre-book PO’s, and invoicing.
• Assisted sales reps with new account setup, reviewing of open order and back order reports, sending out information on seasonal drops and updates on any invoicing issues
Glik's Stores
Sr. Assistant Buyer/Web Merchandiser | 02/2010 - 11/2011
• Created branded and non-branded merchandise assortments for 55 stores across areas in the Midwest, catering to the junior fashion market and action sports lifestyle target market
• Worked closely with the Senior Women’s Buyer and Shoe Buyer on forecasting annual sales and Open-to-Buy budgeting for the Accessories, Swimwear and Fashion Footwear divisions, which incorporates the management of 20-40 brands and over 1,000 different skus for each season
• Played an active role in crucial decision-making such as product selection, cost and term negotiations, and merchandise distributions, all the while identifying new business opportunities to gain and develop new product into the assortment plans.
• Responsible for controlling budget within my categories, inventory levels, and category levels to stay within plans
• Strengthened internal partner relationships between the Merchant and the Web Marketing team by building an operational structure with providing web merchandising ideas a