Customer Service Assistant

Lindsay Harris

***B Princeton Rd Haddonfield, NJ 08033

Cell: 856-***-**** **********@*****.***

EMPLOYMENT

Burlington Coat Factory Sep 2009- present

Assistant Buyer, Mens furnishings/loungewear

In Fall 2011 I was given the financial responsibilities of Mens Loungewear on top of utilizing a developing knowledge of the buying function including merchandise selection, negotiation, pricing, planning and marketing merchandise to:

• Assisted in planning/coordination of availability of products for advertizing and promotion.

• Assisted my buyer in assortment and category planning

• Obtains samples of product from various locations

• Research current and past business performance using on line systems and available reports

• Track and recap key item performance each week

• Communicates with Planning and Allocation and vendors to provide information and problem solve.

• *Shops competition and BCF stores identifying opportunities, labels and trends.

• Travel to NYC to visits vendors with Buyers to assist in merchandise selection and negotiation.

Kohls Department Store, Princeton, NJ Sep 2009 - Sep 2010

• Area Supervisor in Men's Department

• Performed customer service

• In charge of all merchandising areas of mannequins and displays

• Trained new employees on register, backroom and stocking

EDUCATION

• Berkeley College of Business, West Paterson, NJ September 2007

• Bachelor of Science, Fashion Merchandising

• Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List

• Worked Related: Negotiations, Business 101

COURSEWORK

• Buying

• Visual Merchandising

• Business Math

• Advertising and Copy Writing

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, BI and the company specific computer programs.

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