Jada Heilig
Harrisburg,PA
Summary
Experienced with sourcing and vendor management. Utilizes strategic planning to ensure product availability and cost efficiency. Track record of effective communication and strong analytical skills in procurement processes.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Buyer
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
Hershey, PA
11.2021 - 03.2025
- Buy retail merchandise for several categories supporting the retail outlets within Hershey Entertainment and Resorts.
- Assist with product development cycle and assortment planning. Research vendors, merchandise, and sourcing options to identify solutions that meet established costs, quality, and volume requirements.
- Monitor and analyze sales and inventory levels and develop reports for use by management to make retail strategy decisions.
- Participate in store planning sessions by providing input based on knowledge of inventory selection and sourcing options.
- Monitor vendor compliance and performance against pricing, quality, and delivery standards; work directly with vendors to correct basic performance gaps referring more significant performance issues to next higher levels.
- Review and approve the use of logo art, in accordance with company guidelines, refer approval of non-company licensed images to the appropriate sources for approval.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Developed and maintained vendor relationships to improve supply chain efficiency.
- Led procurement initiatives to optimize inventory levels and reduce costs.
Office Assistant
Metro by T-Mobile (KJAG Buy & Trade, LLC)
Harrisburg, PA
08.2020 - 11.2021
- Monitored inventory levels and forecast future orders.
- Requested inventory allocation for cell phone inventory to corporate offices.
- Organized and entered purchase orders in POS system with submissions of order discrepancies to vendor within a 72-hour timeline.
- Maintained 3 regions of the company’s retail locations for cell phone or accessory orders, clock-in or any POS and sales problems.
- Assisted new hires with onboarding paperwork, system profiles, and mandatory webinar trainings.
- Analyzed returned products to determine salable or damaged conditions.
- Completed the vendor’s forms to request an RMA credit.
- Communicated with our vendor Alphacomm for any guidelines, compliance, or order discrepancies.
- Verification of weekly cash deposits and completed a reconciliation report to ensure matching of POS system and deposits to senior management.
- Formatted schedules on our Google Drive and sent the two-week schedule to employees by region.
Education
Masters - Retail Management and Fashion Merchandising
LIM College
New York, NY05-2022
Bachelor of Business Administration - Fashion Merchandising Concentration: Buying and Planning
LIM College
New York, NY05-2020
Skills
- Computer: Proficient knowledge in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Experienced in Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter), Experience in Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, Computer-Aided Design, RTPOS, Google Workspace (Sheets, Gmail, Docs, Slides), Shopify
- Skills: Time Management, Customer Service, Analytical, Supplier relationships, Verbal and written communication, Inventory management, Paid attention to current trends and forecasting trends
Timeline
Associate Buyer
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
11.2021 - 03.2025
Office Assistant
Metro by T-Mobile (KJAG Buy & Trade, LLC)
08.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration - Fashion Merchandising Concentration: Buying and Planning
LIM College
Masters - Retail Management and Fashion Merchandising
LIM College
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Amerex Group, New York, NY | January 2020 – March 2020
Planning Intern
- Extract, compile and prepare data for weekly business analysis with Planning team and Senior Management
- Compile weekly Sales & Stock and KPI reports
- Analyze DTC & Amazon business – increase bulks of best sellers, mitigate risks
- Participate in weekly business meeting with Owner to discuss budgets, inventory and departmental performance
- Coordinate with wholesale team to generate reports for Senior Management.
- Utilized Microsoft excel for creating pivot tables reports
- Utilized Blue Cherry to pull reports
- Assisted wholesale team with converting purchase orders into production worksheets for the manufacturer
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company, Hershey, PA | May 2019 – August 2019
Inventory Management Intern
- Placed orders to replenish stock avoiding insufficiencies or excessive surplus
- Analyzed daily sale reports to organize, check and distribute product information for multiple retail locations
- Performed daily cycle count merchandise for inventory system to maintain monetary budget and stock levels
- Collaborated with warehouse to return inventory such as damaged, discounted and out of season products
- Coordinated with warehouse regarding omitted inventory on products within order
- Devise ways to optimize inventory control procedures
- Assisted supervisors with organizing backrooms of merchandise/inventory
- Performed visual merchandising and re-positions for limited stock items in retail locations
- Educate and supported staff by operating in subject matter for inventory products
- Report to upper management on stock levels and issues
- Trained team members with the register