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MELANIE SAUER

**** ******* **., ********, ** 19020 *********@*****.*** 215-***-****

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Customer-oriented buyer with proven negotiation skills and superior forecasting ability. Focus on building

mutually beneficial vendor relationships key to getting the best products to customers at the right price and at

the right time. Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills.

• Negotiated optimal vendor terms and executed supplier agreements.

• Targeted and negotiated direct relationships with key vendors resulting in significant margin

improvement.

• Garnered 25% increase in co-operative vendor funding in declining DVD market.

• Maintained appropriate inventory levels in four distribution centers via smart purchasing and minimal

returns.

• Provided sales reporting and analysis and adapted accordingly.

• Remained aware of industry trends and competition providing input to management.

SKILLS

Product selection Relationship building

Contract negotiation & execution Strategic planning

Sales reporting & analysis Pricing and costing

Profit & loss Flexibility

Project management Team player

Industry trends & competition Marketing strategies

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Promoted from CD-ROM Buyer to Manager of all hard copy product lines (VHS, DVD, CD-ROM,

Audiobook) working directly with the President/CEO.

• Received 3 President’s Achievement Awards for managing decline of CD-ROM product line,

merchandising efforts and an entertainment brochure.

• Initiated the exclusion of redundant demand in E-3 system.

• Served as contact person for the American Association of University Presses.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Library Video Company--Wynnewood, PA

BUYER (Aug 2001-Feb 2013)

Baker &Taylor Books, Inc. – Bridgewater, NJ

BUYER (Oct 1998-Jul 2001)

Blackwell Book Services – Blackwood, NJ

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BUYER (Sept 1989-Sept 1998)

MELANIE SAUER

3334 Carroll Ct., Bensalem, PA 19020 *********@*****.*** 215-***-****

EDUCATION

Boston College – Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Bachelor’s Degree

B.A. in Sociology / Concentration – Business Administration

COMPUTER EXPOSURE

Hardware: Mainframe

Software: Corporate Design; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint; Internet; E-3

Forecasting System; Ecometry; FoxPro; Hyperion

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