LORENA GOMEZ
E-MAIL LGOMEZ001@YAHOO.COM
6165 VALLEY GLEN DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95123
CELL (408) 373-9928
OBJECTIVE____________________________________________________________
To obtain a challenging position where I can utilize my knowledge, skills, and 8 years of experience as a Buyer/Planner for various categories in internet and retail industry
EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________
2004-12/05 Calpine Corp. San Jose, California
Buyer (Temp)
•Responsible for sourcing and purchasing machinery, equipment, tools, raw materials, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies necessary to build an electricity plant.
•Managed open PO’s to insure on-time deliveries and identify, communicate and manage actual and potential material availability issues, warranty issues and or risks
•Expeditiously resolved any Accounts Payable supplier quality, or receiving problems that hinder receipt of materials or payments to suppliers
•Prepared RFQ documents, scope of work statements and change orders
•Provided timely and effective communication of important issues to the management team and performed a variety of complicated tasks
•Analyzed and resolved routine quantity dollar discrepancies while interfacing with representatives throughout the company.
•Prepared bid packages for new projects.
8/2002-3/2003 HP Shopping Cupertino, California
Merchandise Planner
•Coordinated and implemented new product launches on website
•Implemented and tracked cost changes
•Maintained weekly launch calendar
•Created and maintained strong internal partnerships
•Collaborated with PL’s for forecasting, planning and replenishments
•Created and maintained replenishment purchase orders utilizing SAP
•Worked with buying department to establish financial goals by identifying opportunities to improve inventory, improve sales, promotional analysis, and potential markdowns which improved profit margin
•Created and maintained inventory turn and out-off stock analysis
•Contributed to overall effectiveness of the sales and category
1/2000-12/2003 Girltools Cosmetics San Jose, California
Partner/Product Developer
•Assisted in the creation, development and quality of cosmetic line
•Researched, maintained and managed all competitive information pertaining to other companies and products of a similar nature
•Created product specs and maintained records and samples
9/2000-6/2002 Vitria Technology Sunnyvale, California
Purchasing Agent
•Contract negotiation
•Coordinated goods and services
•Conferred with vendors to obtain pricing, products, services, and information
•Determined method of procurement, such as direct purchase or bid
•Reviewed and authorized requisitions
•Maintained manual computerized procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product, quality performance and inventories
•Approved invoices for payment
1996-6/2000 Internet Shopping Network Sunnyvale, California
Assistant Buyer-Apparel/Health & Beauty
•Responsible for image and Log’s accuracy and that all images and verbiage information were up to date
•Assisted Buyer in selecting merchandise for order, placing order and inventory distribution
•Pre-season demand forecasting
•Created and scheduled daily auctions
•Worked with WEB development team to plan seasonal product message
•Reviewed site cross sells, up sells, and tracked price changes resulting in profits
•Ensured buying process were in line with the merchandising timelines
•Maintained strong vendor partnerships including balancing workloads between vendors and re-sourcing as necessary
•Negotiated costs and made key financial decisions providing customers with greater value
•Presented financial plans/results, forecasting, and action plans to managers in key meetings
•Product Sales and analysis
•Developed successful and unique product assortments by achieving margin profitability
SKILLS_______________________________________________________________
•Bilingual (English and Spanish)
•Oracle
•SAP
•People Soft
•Expedition
•AgilQuest
•Ariba
•CDice
•Microsoft Outlook
•Microsoft Word
•Excel
EDUCATION_________________________________________________________
1991-1994 West Valley College (Fashion Design Program) Los Gatos, California
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