Katy Mercer

About Katy Mercer

Accomplished and innovative leader with significant experience in operations, finance…

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Color Me Beautiful Inc

   Jun 2013 — Present · Manassas, VA, US

   Coordinate domestic and international logistics with creative cost savings measures implemented to combat period of volatile freight costs • Maintain vendor relationships, including payment terms, product pricing and delivery timelines following Covid pandemic and heightened concerns about sustainability • Reduced cost of goods expense to pre-pandemic levels with designs in place to realize further savings within next year • Direct all human resource, inventory, customer service and IT functions in addition to all accounting functions • Lead operations of warehouse facility and maintain up to $3.5MM cosmetic & skin care inventory • Coordinate communication between sales, marketing and customer service with warehouse production and packing to ensure effective project completion, customer satisfaction and company profitability • Reduced annual operational costs by while improving corporate environment through use of organizational re-designs and employee recognition • Direct all accounting supporting gross annual revenue of up to $4MM • Designed and implemented streamlined inventory management system and POS system with reduction in personnel

Skills

• Risk Management
• Operational Streamlining
• Strategic Planning
• Criminal Defense
• Customer Service
• Financial Analysis
• Budgets
• Small Business
• Mortgage Lending
• Mortgage Banking
• Credit