Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail Career Research

Cole-Parmer Instrument Company

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Buyer - Vernon Hills, IL

Negotiations and cost reductions resulting in overall savings $250,000 during my tenure. Lead the cost savings program since inception - four consecutive years. Reduced $150,000 of overstock and excess inventory in last four years. Teamed with Marketing management on new product development. Improved service and turnover levels. Consistently maintain fill rate of 97-98%, from 90-92%. Analyzed MRP demands and issued pu...

Avg. Salary: $59,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

S&H Motivation

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Buyer - Hillside, IL

Rebuyer (1991 – 1993) Performed duties to maintain and purchase warehouse inventory based on current item need projections, past history and customer order activity. Specialized in electronics, automotive, and lawn and garden merchandise. Internal and external interface to resolve discrepancies on orders, shipments, and billings. Interacted directly with suppliers and customers to expedite processing of complex orders. ...

Avg. Salary: $59,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Sam's Club

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Bentonville, AR

Oversee all internal and external quantitative research for compliance and new insights.

Avg. Salary: $94,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Sam's Club

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Bentonville, AR

Designed and established procedures for reducing the use of liquidators to provide an auction site to recoup more money from distressed merchandise.

Avg. Salary: $94,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Escalate Inc.

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Redwood City, CA

Start-up environment where tasks changed daily on the company needs. Focused on merchanding, sourcing of products, sales calls and maintaining uptime of the e-commerce operations.

Avg. Salary: $94,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Cendant Corp.

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Stamford, CT

Responsible for procuring product for Cendant's and other third party companies such as American Express catalog busineses. Also ran the merchandising and operations for many major categories in our e-commerce business for best sales preactices.

Avg. Salary: $94,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Ryerson

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Chicago, IL

Entered, expedited, changed purchase orders, reviewed blocked invoices ran MRP reports in legacy software system and in SAP, entered standard costs, recommeneded lead times, rounding and min/max values.

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Chicago Display Co.

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Melrose Park, IL

Entered, changed, expedited purchase orders, participated in weekly production meetings, sourced and negotiated with suppliers, followed flow on production of display from prototype design to production and packaging, wrote assembly instructions for customers.

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Cima Machine & Tool Co.

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Chicago, IL

Entered, changed and expedited purchase orders, sourced suppliers, sent out request for quotes, entered receipt of goods, entered shipping and receiving paperwork, picked up and delivered material to outside processors

Avg. Salary: $45,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

OfficeMax

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Merchandiser - Naperville, IL

• Defined and managed timelines and deliverables across multiple departments. Ensured consistent application of processes for all projects. Review all analytics related to line reviews for recommendations. • Oversaw small and large projects; identified resources needed to ensure project completion. • Developed line review process for Contract business, structuring catalog development process. • Streamlined Line Review Proc...

Avg. Salary: $67,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available