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Zachary R. Peterson

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Zachary R. Peterson

Objective

To obtain a challenging position in merchandising in which I am constantly pushed to think in new and

creative ways where I can contribute my varied skill sets and experience.

Experience

December 2011 - present

Oriental Trading Company/Terry?s Village Omaha, NE

Associate?Category?Buyer Home,?Seasonal?and?Party?Decor

? Responsible for Home, Seasonal and Party D?cor departments resulting in $55M in sales

across multiple business units. Additional focus on wedding and personalized items and

gifts

? Responsible for product selection of entire department (3600 SKU's); approximately 250

new SKU?s per quarter including off shelf and original designs

? Develop and implement departmental strategies based on market trend and performance,

review catalog sales performances, identify down trending categories and build an

assortment that will increase company revenues and profitability

? Extensive market research on competitors to identify opportunities in my assortment,

develop product that is new and unique to the assortment working directly with the in house

design team

? Travel both domestically and internationally to build and maintain vendor relationships and

source new product - India, China, Mexico

? End to end product management

? Category Management

? Inventory/OTB Management

? Develop and mentor staff

? Heavy financial understanding of business performance, results and impacts to the

department and product level

February 2011 ?

December 2011 Oriental Trading Company Omaha, NE

Assistant?Category?Buyer Toys

Reports directly to Sr. Buyer assisting in all aspects of retail merchandise buying for toys

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Performed sales analysis and market research on trends and sales generated activity to gather data

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needed to develop strategies and product assortment

Communicated extensively with vendors on a daily basis regarding price negotiations and product

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development

Developed more structured procedure for sample photography turnover that increased efficiencies

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Collaborated with entire merchant team to ensure consistency among products and the strongest

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marketing presentation in all catalogs

February 2006 ? April

2009

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Zachary R. Peterson

Jedidiah Clothing Company San Diego, CA

Product?Development/Merchandising

Assists in the development of wholesale label clothing brand

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Account Manager for Nordstrom, Buckle and Macy?s

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Buyer ? works with domestic and international vendors

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Works directly with overseas and domestic manufacturers to coordinate development and production

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Direct point of contact for all buyers and coordinates market trips

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Education

August 2001 ? December

2005 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE

Bachelors?of?Science?in?Business?Administration Marketing

Dean?s List

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American Marketing Association

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References

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