Bike

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

• Responsible for demand and supply planning, forecasting, inventory, and business planning across all stores and the internet.
• Created a new open to buy tool with Excel.
• Maintained and developed new relationships with vendors.
• Negotiated order terms, discounts, and dating with all vendors.
• Negotiated vendor returns for underperforming products.
• Managed the end to end process of product life cycles across all categories.
• Audited receiving reports to verify delivery of goods.
• Developed a routing to guide to streamline the shipping and receiving of goods
in and out of the company.
• Managed the buying team across all product categories.
• Researched emerging brands and new trends in the industry.
• Trained buyers and managers on proper procedures for analyzing sales data.
• Visited all store locations on a regular basis to get feedback from store
managers and staff.

Director of Merchandise

• Responsible for purchasing of men’s apparel and footwear across all stores and the internet.
• Maintained proper inventory levels to meet metric targets.
• Maintained accurate purchase order data.
• Initiated new product data into the point of sale system.
• Conducted inventory audits to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Responsible for visual merchandising across all stores and the internet.

Senior Buyer - Mens Apparel and Footwear

• Responsible for generating sales over $1.5 Million.
• Hired, trained, and scheduled staff.
• Lead bi-annual store level sales meetings.
• Scheduled store visits with sales reps.
• Attended trade shows and line presentations to suggest products.


Store Manager/Assistant Buyer

Responsible for assisting store manager in driving sales through staff and sales floor management, as well as visual merchandising.

Dustin Smith: in Denver, LA

Dustin Smith

Massey's Professional Outfitters

Massey's Professional Outfitters

Massey's Professional Outfitters

Gap INC

Gap INC

Louisiana State University