Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail Career Research

Fashion Furniture Family of Stores

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Store Manager - Fresno, CA

Recruited, interviewed, hired and trained all professional sales staff. Produced training and positive motivation materials as well as reports and spread sheets for tracking sales volume and productivity. Coached and mentored sales staff and management support staff. Provided one-on-one training, as needed, to improve the performance of individual sales people. Also managed the Bassett Design Center for the Fashion Family o...

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Bassett Furniture Direct

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Store Manager - Fresno, CA

Managed day-to-day operations of retail store with annual sales of $4.5M. Supervised 25 employees; recruited, hired, trained and developed staff to provide exceptional customer service. Prepared and administered annual operating budget of $1.8M. Created comprehensive reports capturing sales data; corporate office adopted reporting format and implemented throughout organization. Ranked in top 10 percent for operational targe...

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Rockwell Collins/Kaiser Aerospace

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Buyer - San Jose, CA

Developed, updated processes, procedures and implemented security. Set-up job schedules, run jobs and coordinated jobs and on request work from internal customers.Developed reports and inquiries in MS Access.Mainatained documentation for custom development. Maintained inventory and distribution of laser toner cartridges. Interfaced with database administrators, users, programmers, internal customers regarding work in progre...

Avg. Salary: $70,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

APASCO Ag Producers & Affiliates Service Company

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Store Manager - Valencia, CA

Develop a network of independent Health Services and Insurance brokers. Increase market share in the Central San Joaquin Valley for Ag Producers marketing specifically to agriculturally affiliated entities. Provide Insurance and human resource services throughout the Central Valley.

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Principal Financial Group

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Store Manager - Fresno, CA

Provided businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services including retirement solutions, life and health insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products through a diverse family of financial services companies and national network of financial professionals.

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Levitz Furniture Corporation

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Store Manager - Fresno, CA

Held various management positions during career including: Sales/Design Consultant, Fresno, CA (02/96 - 03/98), District Merchandise/Marketing Director, Huntington Beach, CA (09/95 - 02/96), Store Manager, Rohnert Park, CA (09/93 - 09/95), Merchandising/Sales Manager, Modesto, CA (06/91 - 09/93), Senior Buyer/Merchandiser, Modesto, CA (10/85 - 06/91) and Assistant Satellite Manager, Dublin, CA (01/83 - 10/85) Management dut...

Avg. Salary: $50,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Specialty Sports Venture

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Denver, CO

• managed operations of six rental/retail locations in UT & CA • established new Columbia Sportswear retail location in Park City, UT • appointed Rental Coordinator for the Utah market and succeeded at maintaining shrink of rental product to less than one percent • appointed Training Coordinator for the UT region • applied change management to help the regional team adopt to significant process and program changes due to...

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Intrawest Retail Group

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Golden, CO

• managed retail and rental operations in four states and eighteen storefronts • championed Rental Strategy for all rental centers at Copper Mountain, Winter Park and Intrawest Retail Group • analyzed, purchased and allocated retail and rental ski and snowboard equipment to twenty-six Intrawest Colorado retail/rental locations • provided 100% revenue growth at Canyons location within three seasons • increased “Three hundr...

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Breeze, Inc.

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Lakewood, CO

• expanded operations from three locations to a total of twelve locations in four states with revenues over 5 million dollars per winter season • managed all aspects of business from buying to distribution to training to sales to marketing • managed SLC distribution center for Utah, California, Nevada and Oregon operations • bought and allocated rental equipment and retail soft goods and accessories • developed new geogr...

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Sheplers Western Wear

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Buyer - Austin, TX

Responded to insufficiency and identified improper merchandise mix through needs analysis. Utilized relationship with VP of Merchandising and VP of Marketing to change merchandise mix using Omiture for merchandise needs. Oversaw all sales and business development functions to include new product rollouts, EOM inventory management, contract negotiations, and order fulfillment.

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5