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Binyomin (Ben) Schwinder

Toms River,NJ

Summary

Personal Profile Motivated, driven, analytical category business manager/buyer/account manager. Advanced experience in product selection, SKU rationalization, margin maximizing, and sales increases. Over 7 years of experience and success in managing $35mm in retail sales. Efficiently develops plans for profitable selling strategies.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Purchaser

Adorama Inc Electronic Equipment Retailer,
New York, NY
01.2017 - Current
  • Responsible for overall channel strategy and new business development for eCom and B&M
  • Manage accounts for the sales of branded and private branded products in a manner consistent with the company’s strategies
  • Manage follow up with accounts and completion of all company required forms, documentation, approvals and planning documents
  • Complete onboarding requirements such as master agreements, EDI, product assortment etc
  • Manage Coop, over and above funding, rebate, and any special deals within financial framework as approved by management for assigned accounts
  • Communicate changing market conditions to Sales & Marketing team
  • Identify new opportunities and develop with internal team a comprehensive sales plan including the preparation and update as necessary
  • Plan and propose for approval of a controlled roll-out of new products or new accounts including new account roll out check list
  • Manage vendor selections, negotiate vendor allowances, monitors industry trends, and evaluate competition
  • Manage all advertising and marketing in addition to managing ad in-stock on promotional items and ensures the communication of in-stock issues to stores.

Purchaser

Ner Mitzvah Inc Candle Company
Bayonne, NJ
01.2015 - 12.2015

• Maintain merchandise stock for a world-wide production company: Ensure that product needs are supplied for each distributor, according to their required quantity and specified packaging.
• Oversee production of stock and specialty products: Ordering of components, production, ensuring quality standards and specifications are met, assembled, and packaged through receiving shipments in the company warehouse.
• Continually running reports to prepare for production, keeping ahead of customers’ needs.

Account Manager

J&J Farms Creamery Inc, Tri—Sate Food Distribution Company
Maspeth, NY
08.2012 - 01.2015
  • Act as liaison between vendors and stores: Ensuring that inventories are kept current and available
  • Communicate with vendors: Product ordering, pricing, promotional offers, and coordinating the distribution process
  • Communicate with customers: Ensuring inventories are stocked and the pricing competitive
  • I use my extensive experience to work with each customer, identifying and servicing the individual needs of each store
  • Updated the company image: Developed and implemented an internal communication system to inform all employees of relevant promotions and updates
  • Created an external Order Catalog to streamline the processing of orders.

Skills

Pricing structures

Relational skills

Excellent negotiation skills

Eye for detail

Procurement

Budgeting

Contract Negotiation

Trend assessment

Competitor analysis

Vendor negotiation

Goods procurement

Retail management

Timeline

Purchaser

Adorama Inc Electronic Equipment Retailer,
01.2017 - Current

Purchaser

Ner Mitzvah Inc Candle Company
01.2015 - 12.2015

Account Manager

J&J Farms Creamery Inc, Tri—Sate Food Distribution Company
08.2012 - 01.2015
Binyomin (Ben) Schwinder