Raanan Robertson

• Researched new products and brands relevant to growing categories, purchased and maintained inventory levels.
• Built lasting relationships with supply partners to plan production, fulfillment, and safeguards for uncertain futures.
• Negotiated terms, availability, and pricing with vendors to maintain healthy profit margins and advocate for company needs such as POP support, staff education, and product awareness.
• Developed spreadsheet tools and formulas to track and monitor category health.
• Coordinated with marketing, outreach, and social media teams to engage with customers and the broader outdoor community through donations and event participation.
• Trained, managed, and collaborated with assistants to complete buying tasks.
• Continually sought feedback from assistants, store employees, managers, and customers to constantly improve selection with outside perspectives.

• Supported senior buyer in order writing, inventory management, sales reporting, and line reviews.
• Process improvement oriented - streamlined buying processes by innovating new tools that were adopted by the broader buying team.
• Communicated with accounting, inventory, marketing, and ops teams regarding invoicing, inventory management, and advertising needs.

• Worked with team members to finish difficult manual projects on schedule.
• Contributed to a culture of safety, health, and wellbeing of teammates that fostered a can-do, productive attitude.
• Received on-the-job training in chain saw work, tree trimming, stone work, dry stacking, and general landscaping knowledge.
• Successfully worked with a team to complete permanent trails at West Cave Preserve, a beloved state park in Texas, and other notable projects.
• Contributed spreadsheet knowledge to the creation of an employee timesheet and accounting system.

• Worked with students to design a training regimin tailored to their goals and to address their strengths and weaknesses.
• Garnered students' existing passion and excitement for the sport of rock climbing to boost their morale and self confidence with fitness, health, and mental benefits extending beyond the activity itself.
• Fostered a culture that foregrounded safety, risk awareness, risk management, and partner trust as key aspects of a well-rounded climber.

• Developed customized lesson plans to address the specific needs and goals of a diverse student attendance.
• Led after school students in climbing exercises, games, and knot-tying techniques.

Book repairs and archival for the purposes of preservation or recirculation. Book orders. Lace-on binding. Database maintenance. Interlibrary exchange shipments processing. Phone. Email. Reference desk. Map scanning. Flat map digitization.