11/29/2022
Ryan Young employee spotlight! 💫 Meet Linda our Purchasing Manager who has been with us since 2011! Linda has over 35 years in the design industry and experience as an Interior Designer. She is thorough, extremely knowledgeable and takes on any challenge with a smile! We are thrilled to introduce her to you all!
What’s your day to day like? This job can be very rewarding, but it is also a lot of responsibility. Overall, most of my time is spent at my desk working on a computer. I use Excel and Teams daily, and constantly respond to emails and phone calls. The remainder of the time is managing the purchasing team and communicating with others regarding projects, troubleshooting and physically making sure we have orders / labor then ensuring that those orders ship out to meet a deadline and budget. I try to fulfill all of the internal and external demands seamlessly. It can be hectic and stressful, but if you are organized and detail oriented, you can easily succeed. In other words, there’s a lot going on.
What do you love about your position or working at RYI? Actually, enjoying going to my job every day! I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers.
About myself: I cherish my husband Dave, our two daughters Brooklyn and Haley and my step daughter Crisy and family, we all have each other’s back with support, security and unconditional love. I also love fitness because it is my outlet. Being active, sweating, lifting weights, these all help me blow off some steam and get my mindset right for at least an hour. Even on days when I wake up feeling lethargic and not feeling the gym, I look forward to this "me time" and the time period where I get to focus on both my physical and my mental health.