Lynda Lowenstein
*********@***.***
718-***-**** {Home) Bronx, New York
Summary
A POSITION OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH USING MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN RETAIL.
Experience
Merchandise Coordinator
R Siskind Company
February 2005 - Present • New York, NY
* Intermediary between sales and customer service.
*Allocate 6.0 million dollars a month of merchandise to be shipped to the customers.
*Have staff meeting with sales personnel to introduce new merchandise.
*Examine, select, order and purchase merchandise from suppliers.
*Authorize payment of invoices of returned merchandise.
*Arrange for transportation of purchases.
TRIM BUYER B-W-A
June 2003 - November 2003 (5 months) • New York, NY
*Acted as the liaison between vendors and factories.
*Responsibilities included purchasing labels, hangtags, price tickets, buttons and approving invoices. *Traced missing shipments and made proforma invoices for the factories to clear goods.
*Received and maintained all sample merchandise.
*Kept track of inventories throughout the factories.
Trim Buyer
DONNKENY INC
January 1990 - September 2002 (12 years 8 months) • New York, NY
*Organized and maintained purchasing and delivery schedules for domestic and overseas merchandise.
*Purchased and processed all clothing, trim, merchandising labels and tags for manufacture.
*Compiled and processed all merchandise invoices for computerized inventory system and for accounts payable.
*Designed and maintained customer handbook for special trims detailing.
*Collected and compiled monthly budgetary reports for warehouse management.
Sales Assistant
DONNKENNY INC.
January 1987- January 1990 (3 years) • New York, NY
*Serviced major accounts for JC Penney, Sears, Wal-Mart, May Corporation and Federated Stores.
*Worked with domestic and overseas production facilities to make sure all samples were shipped on time.
*Was responsible for tracing missing shipments, back orders and troubleshooting problems.
*Confirmed in-house stock and took telephone orders.
Clerk
DONNKENNY INC.
January 1983 - January 1987 (4 years) • New York, NY
*Received and maintained all cutting authorization, specification grade sheets and descriptive information on all styles.
*Issued cutting tickets for all divisions, Casey & Max, Victoria Jones, Try One, Donnkenny and Delta Burke.
*Checked and verified the delivered merchandise, coded tags and monitored incoming orders.
*Followed through on all jobs in various stages of production.
Education
ELIZABETH SETON JUNIOR COLLEGE
Associate Degree
Manhattan College
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
AS/400
Lotus Notes
Excel
Word
Outlook
FoxPro
RLM