Mandy Revzen

- Launched and operated a closeout sourcing business specializing in identifying excess inventory and liquidation opportunities from vendors across multiple categories

- Negotiate purchase terms and pricing with vendors to secure high-margin inventory deals

- manage end-to-end sales process by reselling inventory to retailers, wholesalers, and sales-driven business across north american and overseas

- build and maintain strong supplier and buyer relationships to ensure consistent deal flow and repeat business

- analyze product viability, market demand, and pricing strategies to optimize turnover and probability

- oversees business operations including sales strategy, logistics coordination, financial. tracking, and vendor onboarding

• Lead all purchasing efforts in several categories, specializing in opportunity and closeout buys.
• Source and onboard new vendors to expand deal flow and product variety.
• Attend major footwear and apparel trade shows to identify closeout opportunities and strengthen supplier relationships.
• Oversee logistics and accounting operations to ensure timely shipments, payments, and seamless execution of deals.
• Collaborate directly with the sales team to align deal execution, pricing, and market positioning.
• Conduct pricing research and brand analysis to ensure product-market fit and maximize profitability.
• Forecast product trends and buying strategies based on trade show insights and market shifts.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and discounts with vendors to secure high-margin deals

• Overseas product selection, production overseas and inventory management
• Conducts import meetings, colour/style selection, and helps determine cost/retails
• Manages assortment plan and follows open to buy
• Provides support with garment specing and fitting
• Works with marketing on flyer items and product for photoshoots
• Analyses sales and trends to ensure repeats are on time
• Sources new vendors and negotiates pricing, discounts and terms, also responsible for vendor set up and follow up
• Ensures ticketing, shipment schedule and shipment forms are accurate
• Follows weeks of stock and gross margin to determine proper markdowns

• Provided buyer support for all department functions that include product selection, order input and follow up, to ensure department runs efficiently.
• Assisted buyer with merchandise selection and assortment development.
• Managed the Open to Buy on daily basis to ensure it accurately reflected receipts and on orders.
• Negotiated basic pricing, term agreements and discounts with suppliers.
• Distributed merchandise to appropriate stores based on analysis of sales and inventory.
• Managed weekly inventory levels through analysis of sales reports to determine trends and identify potential problems.
• Developed and maintained strong vendor relations.
• Worked with marketing and visual team to ensure product was displayed and merchandised according to seasonal direction.

• Assisted in hiring, managing the floor staff and remerchandising
• Responsible for changing front windows and showing the latest trends
• Received, tagged, and put out new shipments
• Responsible for training new staff
• Assisted staff with difficult customers

• Work with designers to manage timely samples
• Assisted VP of sales with major accounts: Saks 5th Avenue, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Henri Bendel
• Responsibilities for specialty stores include: order entry per store, PR packaging and marketing
• Responsible for maintaining OTS and Flash reports
• Maintained appearance of showroom
• Worked closely with PR group: exchange of samples
• Responsible for seeking new accounts