Bryan Butler
Buyer / Purchasing Agent at Hal Leonard
- Role
- Buyer Purchasing Agent at Hal Leonard
- Location
- La Crosse, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bryan Butler
Veteran sales management professional with demonstrated success in building and…
Experience
Buyer Purchasing Agent
Apr 2022 — Present · Winona, MN, US
Forecast and manage MI and Tech brand inventory levels, ensuring they align with management expectations. Monitor and adjust inventory and purchasing levels as per recommended guidelines. Identify, support, and implement cost-saving initiatives. Manage supplier relationships, staying informed about economic and business factors affecting the supply chain, and resolve vendor conflicts or issues. Develop procurement/purchasing policies and standard operating procedures. Order MI hard goods, software codes, and process Avid renewals, dropships for consoles/parts, and other MI dropships. Handle imports for MI products, including HTS codes and Lacey Act documentation, and support import processes for HL USA print imports. Track tariff changes, ensuring appropriate price adjustments are made, and assist when containers are stuck in customs. Manage product cost updates in AS400, monitor new items for accuracy, and assist with inventory balancing when needed. QC flagged products and address Prop 65 compliance issues. Regularly attend cross-functional meetings to provide input on business strategy. Support brand managers and assist in stock balancing and rework issues. Prepare monthly reports for billing. Serve as a connector for products between Hal Leonard Locations. Manage MI returns, categorizing issues (warranty, shipping damage, or potential B-stock) to recover value.
Education
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Bachelor's degree
1996 — 2004
Skills
- Mastering
- Sales
- Music Industry
- Sales Management
- Singing
- Percussion
- Keyboards
- Band
- Bass
- Musicians
- Concerts
- Music Licensing
- Blogging
- Audio Editing
- Audio Engineering
- Live Sound
- Guitar
- A&R
- Account Management
- Music
- Composition
- Event Management
- Drums
- Audio Post Production
- Ableton Live
- Av
- Recording
- Music Publishing
- Music Education
- Customer Service
- Guitarist
- Music Theory
- Social Media
- Entertainment
- Marketing
- Logic Pro
- Music Production
- Professional Audio
- Midi
- Music Composition
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