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Purchasing / Inventory Manager
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Location
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Maitland, Florida
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Salary
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Up to $40,000 per year
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Posted
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Sep 16, 2014
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Closes
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Nov 15, 2014
- Maintain strategic and optimum inventory levels
- Responsible for projecting sales and forecasting inventory levels
- Purchase all classifications for each season based on current trends.
- Maintain knowledge of market conditions regarding price, and availability in order to react accordingly to off-price buys and increase gross profit.
- Communicate merchandising vision to store with periodic store managers meeting.
- Analyze customer buying patterns in order to better understand customer’s wants and needs.
- Communicate with stores on a regular basis in order to maintain knowledge of merchandise quality and concerns.
- Negotiate with vendors.
- Flag problem vendors/styles in a timely manner in order to negotiate with vendors regarding markdown money and RTV's.
- Manage vendor returns, defects, or damages and work with accounting to ensure returns have been credited or replaced
- Oversee social media and website content to coordinate timing of ads and promotions.
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