Blake Whitaker Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Co, Us

Receiving and Hardlines Visual MerchandiserApril 2013 - July 2014 Camarillo, CA Store #686August 2010 - April 2013 Palm Desert, CA Store #687Drive efficiency of Merchandising Operations and effectiveness of Visual Standards including receiving, tagging, pricing, merchandising product, recovery, setting and maintaining visual sets, ad sets, pricing changes, managing the back room, RTV's, transfers, pack ups, cycle counts and on hand adjustments.Accountable in leading the Merch & Visual Team in efficiently processing merchandise & inventory, maintain the backroom, and merchandising hardlines.Actively and effectively set proper goals, accurately scope out the length and difficulty of tasks, break down work into process steps.Understand and execute company visual merchandising standards, seasonal sets, planograms/guides and KVI's.Ensure Audit Merch & Visual related scores exceed passing levels.Effecively communicate merchandise and assortment opportunities and issues to the store manager and District Manager, and follow up on actions taken to remedy the situation.Train Merch & Visual Associateds through teaming, ovservation and utilizing company training materials.Provide ongoing training and guidance to associates on Merch/Visual procedures.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Camarillo, CAStore 1027Supervising sales floor team members to ensure zoning is completed, abandoned merchandise is restocked, and damaged and re-wrap merchandise is handled properly.Being friendly, positive, helpful and team-oriented; showing respect for all team members and guests; being willing to learn new skills to help the store, the team and myself.Help select, hire, and retain high caliber team members.Evaluating performance, giving frequent feedback, writing and conducting reviews, recommending and administering counseling and corrective action.Using Team Trainers, training tools and the Learning Loop to help train team members; following up on training events to check learning progress.Leading by example and taking actions to keep team morale high.Promoting a safeness culture every day by identifying, reporting and responding to all safeness concerns and trends in a timely manner; and by executing best practices focused on maximizing safeness.Verifying signs and labels are maintained to communicate accurate prices to guests, ensuring team members and specialists are following Best Practices for presentation and signing.Ensure all ads and Sale Planners are set on time.Partnering with In-Stock Team Leader to ensure sales floor is full and Driving Sales Floor In-Stocks Best Practices tasks are completed within individual departments; following up to ensure completion of RIGs, Research, OUTS scanning, manual fill requests and stocking freight to the sales floor.