Outdoor

Position eliminated due to Covid-19 impact
• Managed $1 billion in annual spend in the beverage category for multiple channels including Travel, Vending, Office Supply, Concessions, Campus, and Hospitality
• Managed a team of 7 buyers, providing daily direction and support to achieve company objectives
• Regularly presented business and strategy updates to senior leadership
• Worked closely with Category Management team to ensure strategy alignment
• Oversaw purchasing of more than 15k items across 22 Distribution Centers across the country
• Worked closely with suppliers to ensure on time and complete deliveries
• Achieved Customer fill rates of 98.5% while maintaining inventory targets
• Reduced inventory write off expense by managing dead, obsolete, and overstocked product
• Served as a liaison between field and corporate teams
• Continuously managed and maintained relationships with suppliers

Procurement Manager, Beverage

Sports Group International is a specialized executive search firm serving the sporting goods industry and related leisure time organizations since 1989. SGI focuses on assisting its clients acquire the very best senior level executives in marketing, sales, product design and development, and operations management

• Recruiting Management: Develop position and candidate Specifications that most accurately portray the scope of the position and its relationship to the client's objectives. I am responsible for the entire recruiting process including candidate pre-screens, reference checks, candidate recommendations, formalizing and negotiating offers, arranging initial interviews through final interviews with client, and assisting in candidate transition
• Account Management/Business Development: I am the main point of contact for all of my clients, responsible for contract negotiation and execution, new business development, sales presentations, and day-to day interactions. I regularly collaborate with hiring managers and HR to ensure a smooth recruiting process. I regularly attend trade shows to network, build new business, and stay current on industry trends.

Executive Recruiter, CPC

• Retail purchasing for 460+ stores throughout the US and Puerto Rico, working directly under the GMM and DMM for Camping, Airguns, and Backpacks
• Create and maintain assortments of 900+ skus for all Camping, Airguns, and Backpacks; managing annual sales plan of $63M
• Assortment purchasing for ecommerce by way of drop ship, ship from store, and owned inventory
• Managing team of 5; 1 Assistant Buyer, 1 Planner and 3 Product Allocators
• Partner in all product development for our private label assortments in Camping and Backpacks
• Initiate, maintain, and improve vendor negotiations with 40+ vendors
• Program presentation and proposals to our Executive and Field leadership teams on a bi-annual basis
• Increased GMROI by 4%
• Increased GM$ by $200k
• Grew hydration Sales by $700k, while reducing skus and vendors
• Increased store in stock rates from 89% to 95%

Buyer II Camping

• Responsible for creating and managing the financial plan for Camping and Airguns including Sales, GM, Inventory and Receipts.
• Work with both Merch and PAR to re-trend the financial plan according to current business trends.
• Created 30+ store rankings to support and enhance sales based on business needs
• Lead training and development classes for new hires on bi-annual basis
• Utilized Key Item plans and ladder plans for forecasting specific skus in my departments
• Manage the new store/relo/remodel process for my teams
• Ensure Buyer's strategy and assortment aligns with the goals of the company including IMU, GM, Sales, and Inventory Levels
• Developed a Private Label aged inventory sell down plan, eliminating 80% of our old inventory in the season ($2.7M) without significant impact to GM%
• Selected as a member of the Business Transformation team focusing on space planning and optimization

Planner Camping/Airguns

• Responsible for allocating domestic and imported goods to warehouses and stores according to need based on sales performance
• Set new stores with the correct product according to the assortment
• Make sure all advertised product has been allocated according to the proper thresholds
• Fully responsible for the set-up and maintenance of Backstock skus for three departments
• Responsible for posting most transfers in my departments
• Responsible for managing allocations of $7M+ of product for the 2011 Back-To-School Day Packs Program
• Retail Sales in Daypacks for the season went from $11.5 Million in 2010 to $12.3 Million in 2011
• Responsible for training and mentoring employees new to Allocations

Business Analyst (Allocations)

• Responsible for creating and editing offers in national advertisements
• Created purchase orders and followed up with vendors to ensure delivery
• Worked closely with the financial planner in order to stay within our designated budget for each month
• Was put in charge of the $4.5M Gun Safe Category in 2009

Buyer Assistant

I was responsible for the recruiting process for a very high volume company including candidate pre-screens, reference checks, and candidate recommendations and new employee on-boarding

Denver CO-Recruiter

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University of Northern Colorado