St Louis Music (SLM) has announced that Julie Baskin has joined the SLM management team as director of purchasing.
Baskin comes to SLM from Sportsman’s Supply, one of the nation’s largest sporting goods and outdoor equipment distributors, where she managed the purchasing department and gained extensive experience in a high SKU count, high sales volume environment. She will be reporting to Dale Kroke, Senior vice president of Operations.
“I am excited to join St Louis Music, “ stated Baskin. “There is a great spirit of teamwork at SLM, and I look forward to helping SLM continue its aggressive growth plans. The sporting goods business from which I come from bears an amazing similarity to the music business in terms of best practices in Purchasing.”
“We at SLM are happy to have Julie join the SLM team, “ said Mark Ragin, president and CEO of St. Louis Music. “Her depth of knowledge of the art of purchasing will greatly benefit SLM as we continue to work hard keeping up with our growth curve.”
Julie can be reached at Julie.Baskin@stlouismusic.com or (800) 727-4512, extension 294
