Sur La Table - Seattle, Washington
- Product & factory sourcing- premium home & garden products
- Manage new business opportunities, product development, vendor negotiations
- Strategic planning & forecasting, trend reporting
GUMP'S of San Francisco
- Buying Agent research, interviewing and contract negotiation
- Factory sourcing- table top, furniture, accessories
- Product development
- Assortment planning
Coco de Mer - London, Los Angeles
- Product sourcing & assortment planning- fashion accessories, home, bath & beauty
- Market research
- Vendor negotiations
J. Paul Getty Museum Book Store - Los Angeles
- Sales analysis and assortment planning, merchandising
- Creating an inventory planning and Open-To-Buy system
- Buyer training and development
Windowbox.com - Los Angeles
- Assortment planning
- Product and vendor sourcing- Home and garden
- Buyer training & development
The Natural Arts Gallery - Hollywood
- Product design & development - art reproductions
- Branded merchandise product sourcing
- Merchandising and visual display
Pottery Barn / Williams Sonoma - San Francisco
- Factory sourcing- Furniture
- Quality control and manufacturing guidelines
- Production management
Corporate Work
Teleflora - Los Angeles, California
Buyer/ Purchasing Manager
- Responsible for overseeing product sourcing and production for a wholesale business that serves 25,000 retail member shops in the US and Canada.
- Visited factories insuring their production is maximized and merchandise is delivered to support a seasonal marketing calendar.
- Controlled costs and expenses in delivering profitable margin results and setting wholesale pricing accurately.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco, California
Merchandise Manager- Museum Store
- Managed a team of five Buyers with diverse product assortments which included books, home furnishings, jewelry, children's toys, apparel, art reproductions, and branded goods. Total annual sales $9 million.
- Planned and executed two additional retail locations and a major expansion project in the existing museum space.
- Controlled costs and expenses in delivering profitable margin results and setting wholesale pricing accurately.
- Contributed to a 10% improvement in sales for FY'01 through refined assortment planning, forecasting, and purchasing standards.
Smith & Hawken - Novato, California/ Mill Valley, California
Merchandise Manager
- Responsible for managing all aspects of $40 million division of a leading consumer and trade catalog, as well as retail and e-commerce businesses with annual sales exceeding $100 million with 40+ stores.
- Management functions included creating and implementing profitable merchandising strategies that reinforce the brand in each channel of distribution, budgeting and planning, leading buying team in a global sourcing role focused on proprietary merchandise.
- In the catalog division, established page counts, product assortments, and sequential versioning based on most profitable product mix.
- Collaborated with department heads as well as senior managers in financial planning and budgeting, forecasting, marketing, systems, operations, and product distribution.
Senior Buyer, Home Furnishings
- Responsible for executing merchandising strategies as related to retail store and catalog assortments
- Planned, forecasted, and sourced proprietary products through foreign agents and factories world wide
Conran's Habitat - New York, New York
Furniture Buyer
- Identified key home office trend and expanded product offer accordingly resulting in greater market share.
- Visited factories insuring their production is maximized and merchandise is delivered to support a seasonal marketing calendar.
- Responsible for coordinating and negotiating with UK design team in the building of merchandise assortments for the US market, and supplementing with domestic sourcing.
Bonwit Teller - New York, New York
Associate Buyer
- Worked closely with vendors to insure timely and accurate deliveries, maintain all financial and sales journals, communicate with retail stores.
- Selected seasonal lines from private label programs as well as key sportswear vendors
Jordan Marsh - Boston, Massachusetts
Department Manager
- Managed staff of 20 sales associates and customer service managers. Merchandised model rooms to seasonal plans reacting to business trends and customer response.