Julie Lieman
E-mail: julie@theliemans.com

Residing in Bergen County, New Jersey

Objective

A challenging position in the retail merchandising field
that builds upon my national specialty market experience.

Skills

Windows 9x-NT-2000, Macintosh OS, Cognos Business Intelligence Suite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, proprietary Retail Merchandising systems, Galvin planning, Adobe Photoshop, Internet technologies.

Experience

Nov 2000 – Present

Company Confidential

Assistant Buyer

Maintained day-to-day relationship with vendors in the largest individual specialty sales category at the Company.
Initiated discussions with vendors and marketing team for “free shipping” and other exclusive marketing opportunities.
Developed New Release notification methodology to manage time-sensitive merchandise rollouts.
Ran sales projections for new product releases based on multiple historical and current market factors.
Responsible for the merchandising of a web site for marked down and closeout products. The Outlet regularly made up 10% of total category sales monthly.
Developed company-wide reporting and analysis process for Outlet sales.
Assisted online marketing team with layout and design of website.
Managed SKU setup process and online catalog updates for redundant item tracking process.
Managed vendor and item setup for new product lines.

Aug 1999 - Nov 2000

Hanover Direct, Inc.
Weehawken, New Jersey

Assistant Control Buyer

Managed the progress of orders and managed the flow of information between the vendor and internal departments.
Developed projections for sales of new products based on previous sales performance.
Initiated and managed the modification of letters of credit for foreign vendors.
Maintained telegraph transfer documentation for presentation to the finance department.
Assisted the Inventory Manager and the supervising Control Buyer with special project assignments.

May 1998 – March 1999

Buck Consultants
Secaucus, New Jersey

Benefits Services Representative

Answered questions and concerns in a call center environment regarding broad based benefits package administered by Buck Consultants.
Gained expert knowledge of health and welfare plan administration, defined contribution plans, and defined benefit plans.
Acted as liaison between medical insurance carriers and client employee population.

Sept 1994 – April 1998

CompUSA
Dallas, TX and New York, NY

Multiple Management Positions

Account Manager: Government and Education Sales

Initiated and developed sales relationships with various government agencies and educational institutions.
Managed internal requirements of sales team, including sales goals and company-related issues.
Recommended specific computer products, networking hardware, software packages, and technical services to serve clients' needs.
Familiar with local, state, and federal government purchasing regulations.
Developed and maintained working relationships with suppliers of products and services for customers’ benefit.
Sent as sole sales team representative to numerous company-wide training events, with the requirement of briefing and training sales team on new products and services.
Trained coworkers on developments with internal sales tracking and processing software.
Worked closely with computer services group and closed the most deals in dollar value for that group in third quarter, 1997.

Account Manager: Corporate Sales

Staffed toll-free corporate sales hotline, and developed nationwide business relationships.
Exceeded sales goals by over 150% in 5 straight quarters.
Developed working relationships with stores around the country to procure products most efficiently.

Business Sales Manager

Managed sales force of 4-6 at in-store Business Sales Center.
Handled loss prevention within department, and trained sales force in company loss prevention policy.
Streamlined paperwork and filing system to emphasize sales within group.

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook