Jessie Li

-Curate, acquire, merchandise, and manage inventory for gifts for Powell’s Books company-wide
-Works within a quarterly open-to-buy budget with established on hand and turn rate goals to meet product fulfillment for all store locations and customer and staff requests
-Attends national and international trade shows to meet and connect with new and existing vendors, review gifts, negotiate terms, and ensure best discount and freight terms for company
-Identifies opportunities to improve margin and turn rates
-Establishes timely and consistent markdown procedures
-Troubleshoots and communicates problems and departmental needs and changes to vendors, staff, management, and relevant departments
-Collaborates and coordinates with Gifts Team and in-store staff company-wide with gift and book cross merchandise displays
-Responsible for reset of in-store gifts displays when needed
-Generates blog posts of gift products and Gifts Department news for internal company website

-Curated gift selection for specialized Powell’s Books for Home & Garden & Hawthorne locations
-Worked with quarterly open-to-buy budget with established on hand and turn rate goals
-Coordinated multi-store purchase orders to maximize on freight benefits and order promotions
-Attended national trade shows to meet and connect with new and existing vendors, select gifts, negotiate terms, and ensure best discount and freight terms
-Collaborated with Visual Merchandiser in the creation of themed gift and book cross merchandise displays
-Responsible for consistent data entry; accurate and thorough product, vendor, and purchase order files
-Maintained accurate autobuy parameters to ensure efficient flow of product replenishment from central Industrial warehouse to stores
-Generated daily and quarterly sales reports to monitor gift sales
-Adapted to new Gifts procedures and workflow and changes within evolving Gifts Department
-Provided extensive customer support with gifts and book recommendations and coordinated special order requests for customers

-Oversaw and managed all Gifts inventory including organizing and upkeep of all back stock, maintaining stock on sales floor, and cycle counting for Home & Garden location
-Collaborated with Gifts Buyer and Visual Merchandiser on visual merchandising of various themed store displays
-Maintained gift and book cross merchandise displays
-Provided support and liaised with central Industrial warehouse to maintain flow of inventory from warehouse to store
-Ran and analyzed daily sales reports for reorders
-Assisted with buying, reorder of backlist merchandise and receiving of gifts
-Communicated with in-store staff on changes in Gifts procedures and displays
-Provided extensive customer support with gifts and book recommendations and coordinated special order requests for customers

-Provided efficient and courteous customer service in fast-paced airport environment while maintaining store operations
-Maintained gift and book cross merchandise displays
-Assisted Gifts Department with restocking and managing inventory levels on sales floor and organizing back stock
-Team player and worked independently at multiple Powell’s Books locations (three locations at time of employment at Powell's Books PDX)

Past Clients include Our Portland Story Volume I, Allez Vous Weddings & Events, Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), AIGA/Portland Chapter

Collaborated and developed logo and identity system for Studio's 18%GRAY exhibition held in Milan's annual FuoriSalone event

Handled print design and press collateral to promote Studio's projects and faculty and students involved

Responsible for Gallery’s "Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio" photography exhibition's text panel designs

Designed Gallery’s print materials to promote and bring awareness to upcoming events, exhibits, and education programs

Provided administrative and production assistance to in-house designers including design, research, proofing copy, sketch work, cataloging, and exhibit preparations