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Jeffrey Goodman

Tea

Summary

Dynamic Retail Buyer with extensive experience at Runnings, specializing in product selection and pricing strategy. Proven track record in enhancing customer satisfaction through competitive analysis and effective vendor negotiations. Adept at multitasking and decision-making, ensuring optimal inventory levels across diverse regions. Committed to driving sales and promoting innovative products.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Retail Buyer

Runnings
01.2020 - Current

- Oversaw the procurement of the automotive and the outdoor power category for 90 retail locations across 12 states, from the Midwest to New York

- Ordered and montitor inventory to ensure product avialablitly, for the different regions and different times of year, from spring items to winter

- Reviewed products to aimed at increasing customer satisfaction for each region through product selection

- Analyzed sales figures, costs, margins, and discounts to make my purchasing desicisions

- Attended tradeshows to stay abreast of industry trends and learned about new products

- Developed relationships with new and existing vendors to ensure product availabilty, quality, performance, and promote shipments

- Negotiated with vendors on product pricing, disounts and shipping incentives

- Sourced new vendors

- Worked with marketing and sales team to promote new and existing products, by ads or instore events

Retail Buyer

Campbell Supply
08.2009 - 12.2019

- Oversaw the hardware, paint, outdoor power, and automotive catogories, of 7 retail locaions in South Dakota

- Ordered and montitor inventory to ensure product avialablitly, for the locations fir the different times of year, from spring items to winter

- Reviewed products to aimed at increasing customer satisfaction through product selection

- Analyzed sales figures, costs, margins, and discounts to make my purchasing desicisions

- Attended tradeshows to stay abreast of industry trends and lean about new products

- Developed relationships with new and existing vendors to ensure product availabilty, quality, performance, and promote shipments

- Negotiated with vendors on product pricing, disounts and shipping incentives

- Sourced new vendors

- Worked with marketing and sales team to promote new and existing products, by ads or instore events

Warehouse Worker

Campbell Supply
05.1997 - 08.2009

-the loading and unloading of trucks

-accruatly receiving in product to be split to the stores

- picking freight for the retail locations

- placing excess freight in locations to be easliy picked at a later date for the retail locations

Education

Bachelor of Science - Management

Dakota State University
Madison SD
05-1997

Skills

  • Product selection
  • Competitive analysis
  • Pricing strategy
  • Multitasking
  • Reliability
  • Excellent communication
  • Active listening
  • Decision-making
  • Price negotiations

Interests

play in a sand volleyball league, member of my churches service team, coached my daughters softball team for 4 years, was a active team leader for my sons boy scout troup, during the fall go to SDSU football games, an occacional Nebraska football game, and pheasant and deer hunt

Timeline

Retail Buyer

Runnings
01.2020 - Current

Retail Buyer

Campbell Supply
08.2009 - 12.2019

Warehouse Worker

Campbell Supply
05.1997 - 08.2009

Bachelor of Science - Management

Dakota State University
Jeffrey Goodman