Assistant Buyer
Resume:
Maureen Greenberg
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Broad based Omni Buyer with more than 20 years of buying in every facet of the off-price, housewares, furniture, and tabletop and gift industries. Experienced in merchandising, web marketing and sales while focusing on providing the best product, value and shopping experience for the customer. Possess strong organization skills and implementation capabilities in all aspects of buying, planning and management. Proven record of accomplishment of developing new business models resulting in higher gross margins and profitability while meeting desirable inventory and turn goals.
Experienced in developing new vendor relationships, negotiating cost, drop ship programs, advertising and new store set-up shop participation by vendors. Extensive market travel both domestic and internationally.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills maintained with C level executives, GMM, DMM and all team members within the organizations. Excellent planning, organizational skills, implementation of plans and supervisory ability. Expertise includes staffing, training and motivating both office and store personnel.
The Cut@ Sears Canada May 2017-October 2017
Buyer
From a remote buying office in New York launched the purchasing of off-price goods for 75 Canadian stores.
Responsible for purchasing over $9M in sale in all housewares categories including but not limited to cookware, bakeware, food storage, and cutlery.
Negotiated the opening of dozens of new accounts under the new off-price concept for Sears Canada
Furniture Concepts LLC November 2014-May 2017
Buyer
Responsibilities included the purchasing and assortment planning for six Florida Backyard Stores, from New York buying office. In first year turned over forty-percent of assortment to merchandise showrooms with market appropriate assortments.
Supervised assistant and planner
Increased store volume $500K with new assortment from Domestic and International vendors.
Traveled to trade shows domestically and factories in China.
Lifetime Brands 2013- November 2014
Vice President Merchandising
Developed product and sourced for dinnerware, glassware, giftware, tablecloths, and flatware for Pfaltzgraff.com and Mikasa.com.
Daily managed remote staff of three and onsite assistant.
Responsible for merchandising of two websites, Mikasa.com and Pfaltzgraff.com
Closely working with the web designer re-launched the new Pfaltzgraff site.
Decreased aged inventory $300K.
Developed strong working relationships with resources; negotiating all aspects of new product development including price and design.
Brought over 200 new items to the sites in the first year.
Maureen Greenberg
1-800Flowers.com 2011- 2013
Director
Start-up gift department required development of over 300 SKUs. First year’s revenue for the online department was $8M.
Merchandised assortments for email campaign
Supervised Planner and Assistant Buyer, coached to grow in positions to be moved to higher volume area.
Bed Bath and Beyond
Buyer 2009-2011
Assortments both in store and to website reviewed and changed, increasing profitability.
Decreased aged inventory by working with vendors to support returns and markdowns.
Produced and maintained extensive floor plan-o-grams for over 100 stores.
Supervised five team members
Fortunoff Holdings LLC
Senior Buyer 2002-February 2009
International travel included Europe and Asia
Flatware and hollowware departments added to buying responsibilities, 2006 while overseeing continued development of dinnerware business.
Supervised five associates including buyer.
Developed with vendor’s new programs increasing the volume of all departments under my responsibility.
Restructured departments decreased inventory by 1 million dollars the departments.
Headed integration committee working with MIS to align two companies into one system
Opened new store and re-established two existing locations
Buyer 1990 – March 2002
In 1996 promoted to Senior Buyer. Daily supervised Buyer and staff of four team members.
Nineteen ninety-three added Fine gifts to buying responsibilities
Development of gift businesses, including but not limited to Lenox, jewelry boxes, Lladro’ and Armani.
In 1990 promoted to Dinnerware Buyer, buying responsibility increased by $10M.
Supervised 3 associates
Buyer-Associate Buyer 1978 -1990
Education
New York Institute of Technology, Greenvale NY
Nassau Community College, Uniondale NY
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