Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail Career Research

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Arcadia, WI

• Manage the flow and levels of product inventory in Asia shipping to the US • Implemented agreements and negotiated pricing for new and current product placements • Initiated movement of products to new competitively price vendors • Leading improved business relations that resulted in improved product placement and future innovative designs within strategic suppliers • Balanced schedule, cost, and quality within an office...

Avg. Salary: $53,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Arcadia, WI

• Managed 16 quality assurance teams and 130 quality operators in 5 countries • Ensured the businesses quality goals were met to ensure flow of product into supply chain and quality costs improved • Trained operation managers to manage and use the global quality system and improve team output • Provided projects and business measurements for quality work in suppliers and teams • Improved core quality processes and key proce...

Avg. Salary: $53,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Manager - Arcadia, WI

• Developed a manufacturing improvement system within 8 first tier suppliers in China • Developed and trained a team of 10+ operators for conducting continuous improvement projects in suppliers • Monitored and evaluated the performance of monthly projects • Provided exceptional service to AFI’s supplier management • On average, saved supplier’s app. 400,000 RMB/ month for cost effective solutions to production constraints •...

Avg. Salary: $53,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Auto Zone, Inc

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Boston, MA

Supervised operations of 11 retail and wholesale stores.

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

Auto Zone Inc

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Waltham, MA

Ran the automotive store operations.

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

Twentieth Century Fox

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Los Angeles, CA

As the Executive Director for supply chain, I was responsible for all sourcing, manufacturing, inventory planning and distribution of DVD’s and Blu Ray products for all of North America. I was responsible for a manufacturing budget totaling $200 million dollars. I ran the day to day operations for the entire department, which included: sourcing, purchasing, forecasting, manufacturing, inventory planning, and distribution. T...

Avg. Salary: $127,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

OPTEX Handels GmbH

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager -

Managed staff of 25 sales managers. Prepared and conducted sales promotion campaigns Negotiated contracts with the customers.

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

Interstate Brands Corporation(Wonder Bread/Wonder Hostess)

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - District Manager - Natick, MA

Coordinated day to day operations of eighteen fleet depots. Planning, scheduling, routing, parts ordering, reporting, financial analysis.

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

Twentieth Century Fox

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Los Angeles, CA

Director: As the Director of the Supply Chain department I was responsible for setting the goals and objectives for the department and running the day to day operations. This included approving purchase orders, and vendor management contracts. I developed procurement and distribution plans to ensure we manufactured product while avoiding excess and obsolete inventory. I worked closely with IT to ensure that all of our ERP e...

Avg. Salary: $127,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Twentieth Century Fox

Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail - Assistant Buyer - Los Angeles, CA

As the manager of supply chain, I was responsible for all DVD manufacturing in North America. I had the role of making sure the supply chain was running according to guidelines set by senior management. I processed purchase orders totaling $75 million dollars. I worked extensively with customer service, sales, marketing and operations to make sure we had the correct product for our distribution centers. Prepared data for me...

Avg. Salary: $127,500   ·    Company Rank: Not Available