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o Support clients by remotely analyzing business operations and driving process improvements in inventory management, purchasing, product assortment, and merchandising to increase sales.o Develop customized, actionable strategies for remote implementation to boost efficiency, reduce loss, and optimize business processes.o Deliver virtual training to retail.

o Led remote research of new and innovative products for consumables and stationery categories, successfully covering off-price and grocery customers.o Achieved a 91% increase in opportunity buy sales and profit through the development of new customer accounts, managed entirely through virtual channels.o Expanded existing customer accounts by over 25% with.

Henderson, NC, US

o Monitored department sales, reviewed market trends, and sourced new products to maximize profitso Facilitated off price opportunity buys to drive incremental sales and profito Supported sales through pandemic maintaining in stocks, sales growth and GM dollar, despite fewer shopperso Increased sales and GM dollar through strategic product merchandising o.

Memphis, Tennessee, US

o Prepared store operations for seasonal product displays such as spring gardening and seasonal holidays with sales planning, strategic sourcing, and development of floor plans for merchandisingo Served as Project Manager by coordinating marketing installations, vendor relations, and inventory logistics for seasonal categories o Compiled and analyzed.

Memphis, Tennessee, US

o Oversaw six categories across 700 stores by supervising a team of five in completing floor sets, developing product merchandising displays, and coordinating launches at storeso Created a calendar for releases of seasonal books for stores, developed annual packaging for holiday products, and organized annual Christmas regional showso Directed Christmas.

o Increased profit margin by working with subsidiary for manufacturing efficiency and cost savingso Led categories to direct sales force of 100,000 consultantso Served as member of development and implementation committee for PACE merchandising planning and open-to-buy systemo Product development across categories for monthly catalog and e-commerce.

Irving, Texas, US

o Product development, analysis and selection for annual review updating store layoutso Negotiate annual vendor entitlements to include advertising co-op and new store discounts Analyzed market trends and item performance to identify areas for sales improvemento Created and integrated new performance metrics for custom moldingo Developed vendor summit to.