Barri Frery Goldwater

07495 730673 barfregoler7211@yaoo.com

Personal Statement
Specifically good at finding winning products.Improved profits by

120% over a 3 year period.One year by 80%.Satisfyingly sold inno-

vative products as part of this.Impelled by a very strong and

passionate desire to see what I have picked being bought.That is

my goal.It makes me buzz.It is just me, who I am.

Work Experience

Buyer

Main AIM was to create profitable sales and find innovative

products.
ACHIEVEMENT made a big difference to yearly profits.Well exceeded
sales targets.

*Searched for and found a range of products to sell that were

profitable.Looked at competition and thought how this could be
applied in other areas and with other products.

*Where the product was the same as competition I had to find a

strategy before buying.

*Found innovative products that werev profitable.Some highly so.

Just knew/had that 'feeling' they would "go".Finding innovative
products is a big achievement for Me,Not just in financial terms.

*Assessed products.Done research on them.

*Made projected sales forecast to help make buying decisions.
I used past data to an extent,to help.

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*Veryregularly monitored results.This was key.Very keen on
Research particularly looking at Results.Very detailed.Very
regularly analyzed results.I am very analytically minded.
Assessed changes,directions,where improvements could be.
Monitored product launches.Saw what I could Exploit.

*Market research involved watching analyzing and evaluating

market trends to meet consumer demand and make buying decisions.
Looked for patterns in buying and prices.

*Used the information from results to predict and select other

successful products.

*A few suppliers did deals where you had to buy sets at a fair
price.The problem was you would have to buy both the popular and
unpopular items.Most stayed away from it-I found outlets for the
unpopular,admittedly at a slight loss.Overall though, it was
hugely successful.

*Studied in detail what competitors were selling and how they were
selling it.Also things like how much attention they were giving
initially to a product.This helped me make decisions on
what to choose to sell and additionally sell.

*I made sure the mark up on an individual product sold would make a

good contribution to bottom line.Many,many items I rejected which
others sold because I was not happy with the mark up.And some were
very good ideas.

*Kept within budget.

*Increased customer base.
*Helped marketing department promote lines.

*Had to select vendors-who to use to source/procure and who not to

use.Who to use for certain items and who to use for others.And it
was not always based on price.

Category Manager

After 3 months promoted from assistant to manager.

I was responsible for running the department,increasing turnover

and profit.

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Bought some innovative products.
Responsible for the merchandising display.
Supervised staff.
Had to build up good report with customers.Keep them happy and
coming back.

Category Manager
Responsible for running department and increasing turnover and
profits.
Some innovative products went well.Some did not.Overall it was
good.I was learning.
Responsible for display.
Had to build up rapport with customers,keep them happy and coming
back.

Skills

*research-anything that could make a significant difference.

This helped me decide on products,figures,projections.

*analysis-went hand in hand with research.Anything that could make a

significant difference was analyzed.Very regularly went over
findings,to see if I could find different points and strategies,
directions and improvements.

*thinking- all the time

*questioning-new ideas had to be looked at and evaluated.

*planning

*assessing

*Decision making-thinking through criteria and making judgements.

*profit-projection viability.

*forecast interpretation-helped to decide how much to buy.

*business strategy-had to be thought through before purchasing.

Could we get an advantage distinction somewhere.

*problem solving

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*critical thinking

*product merchandising

*attention to detail

*price trend forecasting

EDUCATION

MATHS
STATISTICS
SOCIOLOGY

Attended courses at IDM

& HOW TO MAKE CASH REGISTER RING.

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