Buying Professional Highly motivated buying candidate with experience excelling in sales and customer service Seasoned buyer with more than 10 years experience in fast-paced business to business environment, combined with innately strong customer management skills. Excellent at developing long term vendor relations, price negotiating and analytic business skills. Track record of achieving exceptional results in increasing sales and a company profitability generator. Track record as a team player, clear communicator, creative thinker and problem solver. Core Competencies • Systems Analysis of Sales Trends and OTB Forecasting • Inventory Analysis and Management • Ecommerce experience • Customer Needs Assessment • Strong Market Awareness • Cross-Functional Team Collaborator • Management of Financial Resources • Judgment and Decision Making • Rapid Learning of New Products and Services • Experienced MS Office Suite

1. Gail-Anne G. Vizzarri
207 Oxford Hill Lane Havertown, PA 19083
gailvizzarri@gmail.com
H 484-454-3968 C 484-557-0775
Buying Professional
Highly motivated buying candidate with experience excelling in sales and customer service
Seasoned buyer with more than 10 years experience in fast-paced business to business environment,
combinedwithinnatelystrongcustomermanagementskills. Excellent at developing long term vendor
relations,price negotiatingandanalyticbusiness skills. Track record of achieving exceptional results in
increasing sales and a company profitability generator. Track record as a team player, clear
communicator, creative thinker and problem solver.
Core Competencies
 Systems Analysisof SalesTrends andOTB Forecasting
 Inventory Analysisand Management
 Ecommerce experience
 CustomerNeedsAssessment
 StrongMarket Awareness
 Cross-FunctionalTeamCollaborator
 Managementof Financial Resources
 Judgmentand Decision Making
 RapidLearningof NewProductsand Services
 ExperiencedMSOffice Suite
Experience
Fit Pro Travel FitPro Bodies, Inc. International Presenter 2010-present
Fitnesseducator. Travelsinternationally togive presentationsandinstruction
Town Sports International Radnor,PA 2000-present
Sales/Entrepreneur
 100 %businessgrowth aspart of the largesthealthclubcompanyinNE USA
 Met with45-55 clientsperweekmaintaininga95% clientretentionrate.
 Organizedaportfolioof 55 accountstotaling$300,000 in annual sales.
 Contacted65 of newand existingcustomersperweek
 CreatedandImplementedhealthylifestyle planstomeetthe clients’goals
Gold’sGymBroomall,PA 1997-2000
Director/Manager
 Increasedrevenue streamsthroughdevelopingstrongclassschedule whichretainedmembers.
 Provided leadershipforstaff intrainingandmentoring toensure cohesion

2.  Workeddirectlywithownersandotherlocationsmanagement
 Developedandrolledoutnew policies.
 Exceededcompanyobjectiveswith25% increase inmonthlysalesprojections.
Eastern Athletics Springfield,PA 1993-1997
Director/Manager
 Strengthenedcompany'sbusinessbyleadingimplementationof healthandwellnessschedule
whichofferedthe topof fitnesstrends.
 Providedleadershipforstaff intrainingandmentoring toensure cohesion
 Implementedinnovativeprogramstoincrease employee loyaltyandreduce turnover.
 Increasedprofitsby45% inone year throughrestructure of businessline.
Rittenhouse Book DistributorsKingof Prussia,PA 1986-1993
Medical Book Buyer
 Responsible for75.0 millioninsales
 Establishedinventorylevelsforecommerce
 Consistently firsttoreceive andhit100% fulfillmentof majorcustomers andmajortitles
 Analyzed inventorylevelstomaximize sales,turn andprofitability
 Improvedsupplychainprocessesbyimplementingcross-functional effortsincustomerservice
and promptdeliveryof goods
 Createdstrategiestoincrease clientrevenue andreduce clientspending.
 Synthesizedfinancial andbudgetaryinformationtosolve problemsanddevelopalternative
solutions
Urban OutfittersPhiladelphia,PA 1982-1986
Buyer Children’sandHousewares
 Startedas an AssistantBuyerandwas quickly promoted
 Developedandorganizedprivate label productsinputonfinal product
 Responsible for25.0 millioninsales
 Analyzingassortmentmix (privatelabelandmarket) forretail business
 Managed vendorperformance tomaximize profitabilityandachieve financial objectives.
 Negotiatedstrategiesrelative toproductcosts,termsand returnissueswithvendors.
 Managed pricingdecisionstoachieve competitive position.
 Assessedmerchandisemix tocontinuallybroadenandimproveassortments.
 Organizedstore planogram
 Trainedassistantbuyers
EDUCATION
Drexel University BS DesignandMerchandising
Board Certifications
National Academyof SportsMedicine (NASM) CPT AED/CPR Certified
PHI Pilates Mat Based I, Mat Based II, Reformer I, II
CommunityServices
Delaware ValleyBichonRescue