Georgie Newbigin

• Negotiated contracts with suppliers to secure the best prices for materials and services.
• Analyzed current inventory levels and forecast future needs to minimize stock outs.
• Developed purchasing strategies to meet organizational objectives while minimizing costs.
• Researched potential new vendors, evaluated their capabilities, and established relationships with approved vendors.
• Identified opportunities for cost savings through bulk purchases or alternative products and suppliers.
• Collaborated with internal stakeholders to understand product requirements, specifications, and budget constraints.
• Provided guidance to junior buyers on complex purchasing processes and procedures.
• Developed, implemented and maintained inventory control systems to ensure accurate record keeping.

• Analyzed and completed supplier performance reviews, addressing corrective actions.
• Researched competitors and sourced new vendors.
• Requested pricing quotes from suppliers to determine best source of supply.
• Synchronized supply chain inventory with customer demand to mitigate excess and obsolete inventory.
• Maintained supplier relationships to improve lead time, cost and quality.
• Coordinated daily transfer shipments with proper documentation logs.
• Handled shipment coordination for products beginning in country of origin and ending at final destination.
• Partnered with logistics department to discuss and remedy internal and external issues dealing with import and export operations

2 Month secondment into a Senior Buyer/ Category Manager role. Managed net price negotiations, MOQ and obligation discussions while onboarding the new category manager..

• Used networking, customer service and interpersonal skills to connect with potential customers and make sales.
• Coordinated with sales and marketing managers to plan, build, carry out and measure promotional calenders.
• Strengthened online presence to capitalize on emerging trends.
• Developed and implemented advertising strategies to drive substantial growth.
• Worked in conjunction with the purchasing, marketing and logistics teams to ensure smooth transactions and overall customer satisfaction.
• Cultivated client loyalty through consistent quality, productivity, exemplary service and proactive management.
• Consistently met and exceeded sales and revenue based targets

• Fielded customer complaints and queries, fast-tracking them for problem resolution.
• Capitalized on opportunities to enhance customer experiences and bring in repeat business.
• Cultivated impactful relationships with customers and drove business development by delivering product knowledge.
• Maintained high satisfaction rating with customers by providing exceptional service and support.

• Applied well-developed communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills to build effective working relationships with vendors and internal staff.
• Improved customer shopping experience by enhancing the online web store and creating marketing material to be distributed by the sales team.
• Developed the training process within the furniture department. This was achieved by creating documents to maintain current staff knowledge and assist the learning process of those unfamiliar.
• Researched competitors and sourced new vendors.
• Negotiated favorable contracts and determined lowest possible cost, factoring in quality and reliability, by analyzing data.
• Tracked and approved procurement plans and inventory levels.
• Assisted managers in developing promotions to move existing stock.