JM Jasmin Muminovic
860-***-**** E: **********@*****.***
Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Seasoned procurement professional with expertise in buyer supply chain logistics. Extensive history in wholesale with a dynamic background in building client partnerships. Strong interpersonal and communications skills, trusted team member and mentor, skilled in communicating across all levels in an organization. Ability to demonstrate leadership qualities and achieve targeted organizational results.
SKILLS Business Development
Strategic Planning
Team Building and Development
Merchandising
Procurement
Sales
Supply chain
Market research
WORK HISTORY MANAGER, PROCUREMENT & MERCHANDISING 11/2019 to CURRENT C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. Windsor Locks, CT
Create an efficient procurement culture based on strong process continuous improvement and team development.
Forecast levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keep firm on inventory budgets and warehouse capacity. Participate or lead special projects as assigned(e.g. new customer startups, realignment, SOP development)
Manage a salvage financial budget lead efforts with buyers, vendors and customers to minimize expenses.
Build procurement strategies and maintain a strong working knowledge of market conditions for the sourcing categories being managed. Manage and mentor the supply chain team, including setting performance objectives, regular team meetings and communicating direction. SENIOR BUYER/MERCHANDISER 10/2016 to 10/2019
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. Windsor Locks, CT
Managed relationships and opportunities with 500+ vendors covering 10,000 items, accounting for over $2 billion in yearly retail sales. Department lead for all contracts negotiations with new and existing vendors.
Analyzed supplier contracts, trade spend, financials and maintained responsibility for growth and shrink.
Perishable project lead on two acquisitions resulting in over $200 million of additional yearly sales.
Monitored and analyzed sales records, trends and economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine procurement opportunities.
Conduct staff meetings with sales, procurement, merchandising to introduce new opportunities and review emerging market trends. Created hands-on training program for newly hired employees to acclimate each person to company policies and procedures and individual job duties. BUYER/MERCHANDISER 04/2015 to 09/2016
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. Windsor Locks, Connecticut Oversaw and streamlined daily operations of purchasing department to maximize productivity and revenue.
Managed all commodity opportunities and earned an additional profit through forward buying for the department.
Represented company at national and regional trade shows. Managed vendor purchase order process including dispatch, delivery and invoicing to set contractual guidelines and maintain budgetary regulations. Planned seasonal holiday items to achieve sales and profitability through planning with customers, warehouse ops, and procurement team. Ran weekly reporting and held department overviews on shrink, promotional activity and seasonal opportunities.
Standardized weekly inventory reporting and analysis and instituted corrective action for close-outs and out-of-stock items to keep inventory records current.
ASSOCIATE BUYER 10/2013 to 04/2015
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. Windsor Locks, CT
Prepared in-depth reports regarding orders, sales and costs and distributed weekly to appropriate management staff.
Consistently validated sales forecasts, seasonal activity, ordering parameters to ensure customer needs.
Provided input in and guidance onAD items to achieve sales rates and profitability.
Maintained timely product deliveries by effectively communicating with vendors, merchants and distribution center.
Procured all department perishable items, vendors for Safeway's Mid-Atlantic division.
Work alongside merchandising, sales team to prepare deals, items, setup for company's semi annual trade show.
SECURITY GUARD 04/2010 to 08/2013
SSC Inc. Wethersfield, Connecticut
BUSBOY, BARTENDER, WAITER 09/2003 to 08/2013
Casa Mia Hartford, CT
EDUCATION Finance 06/2013
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT