Bike

Fashion

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Communication

Knitting

Sewing

Business

Marketing

The environment

Apparel

Manufacturing

Sustainability

Retail

Human rights

Physiology

Fashion and lifestyle brands

Business start-up and development

Footwear and accesory design

My local community.

I'm a lifestyle and fashion brand buyer, manager, developer and creator. My goal is to grow, collaborate and improve a brands presence, product, market and margins. 



•	Traveled to market in New York, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle to purchase apparel, shoes, accessories, art and gifts for the North West Portland boutique Oxalis.
•	Increased shoe sales, overall surpassing all prior years of business by more than 30% with continued growth.
•	Facilitated strong customer relationships to ensure exemplary product and excellent service.
•	Planned and managed shoe business, including: budgeting, forecasting, inventory purchasing, accounts payable, sales, vendor and customer relationships.
•	Maintained close working relationships with vendors provides feedback to improve products and performance.
•	Negotiated price, quantity, delivery and availability of all merchandise with vendors. 
•	Monitors inventory levels, tracks all receivables, decides retail prices, and provides monthly updates of all figures. 
•	Trained sales staff to provide knowledgeable service and drive sales.
•	Led visual merchandising, ensured operations happened timely, created store policies and marketing events.

Strategic Retail Buyer, Manager, Merchandiser

•	Performed all retail buying including shoes, jewelry and accessories at trade shows in New York and Las Vegas.
•	Assisted designer in wholesale selling at trade shows. 
•	Assisted Co-owner of Cordani at various tradeshows purchasing for Halo Shoes in Portland, Oregon.
•	Created and maintained Excel worksheets to track and analyze sales, inventory and customer profiles.
•	Built the reputation and culture of the Cordani line and store in the Portland area.
•	Managed store inventory, vendor accounts, visual merchandising, social media, marketing, sales and staff.
•	Implemented strategic marketing events to drive sales; monthly deals, trunk shows, and email promotions. 
•	Trained sales team to build strong relationships and provide exceptional service to customers.

Manager, Brand Developer, Buyer, Strategic Marketer

•	Utilized social media and networking to approach business-to-business and business to consumer clientele. 
•	Worked directly with customers selling, designing and manufacturing unique custom framing.
•	Assisted in buying, apparel, accessories and gifts for sales floor of frame shop.

Custom Picture Framer, Buyer, Social Media Strategist, Marketer

Find out detailed information about Lindsey Thomas,  in Bend, OR

Lindsey Thomas:  in Bend, OR

Lindsey Thomas: in Bend, OR

Lindsey Thomas

Oxalis

Cordani Shoes

J. Rollins Art of Framing

American Institute of Foreign Study

Central Oregon Community College

Eastern Oregon University