Rebecca Taylor

Primary Point of contact and lead advocate for a large, diverse portfolio of distributed suppliers in the cycling industry including Apparel, Bicycle Components, Outdoor, Nutrition, Protective Gear, Multi-Sport, and Cycling Accessories categories. Responsible for building and maintaining productive and profitable relationships with suppliers that support Distribution segment revenue goals. Collaboration among internal departments including Marketing, Web Content team, Purchasing, Product Strategy, Sales, Inventory Control, and Product Safety to support suppliers business.

• Manage pricing and margin within accounts to drive sales and profitability for the company. Working with import pricing with currency exchange rates, commission, duty, and domestic pricing. Set and maintain margin goals for select Distributed supplier brands that support overall goals; pursue additional margin opportunities in accordance with margin initiatives and inventory turn objectives set by Sales and Purchasing Leadership.
• Develop strategic business relations with suppliers. Growing sales with supplier brands.
• Negotiation with supplier accounts for product returns, order cancellations, payment terms, pricing, credits, financial support of promotional spend, opportunity buys, and safety documentation.
• Developed marketing promotion plans for suppliers for key product launches, sales exposure for new product or brands.
• Solution finder internally with other departments customer service, accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory control on issues with product, orders, supplier relations, and promotion.
• Send Monthly Reporting to suppliers through Power BI and Webi
• Work with Product Strategists on assortment product selection and product set up.

Wholesale Bicycle Distribution Buyer with a diverse portfolio of over 100 suppliers. Specializing at keeping costs under control while optimizing inventory for usage needs to meet company revenue goals. Strategic selling, inventory management, procurement, and marketing with strengths in communication and key relationship management.

• Building Strategic Partnerships coordinating with cycling and outdoor brands to create mutually beneficial business relationships. Taking smaller transactional accounts and growing sales with the brand to a more strategic level account by selecting the right product assortment and gaining exposure for the brand through targeted promotions with dealer base.
• Purchasing work with order generation through SAP for smaller accounts. Coordinated with Inventory Analysts that placed orders for larger supplier accounts.
• Product selection, part creation, and product assortment feedback working with Product Management.
• Catalog Copy writing for brand product on company's website and in print catalog.
• Arrange Marketing promotions for suppliers with QBP
• Pricing and Margin
• Generated monthly sales and inventory reporting for suppliers
• Compliance problem solving with suppliers and internal departments at QBP.
• Forecasting in Demand Planning software for over 100 brands stocked in four different locations.
• Tradeshow attendance with suppliers exhibiting at companies annual open house Frostbike

Assisted Buyers within Purchasing department on data entry and pricing review.

• Data Entry for Purchasing Accounts with price checks on documentation, price updates, currency conversion for import shipments, new product entry. Supporting Buyers on key cycling industry accounts Shimano, SRAM, Campy, DT Swiss.
• Monitored product margins and managed product resales.
• Collaborated with company managers regarding product pricing, promotions and markdowns.
• Determined reasonable prices for goods by evaluating pricing proposals and financial reports.