Workforce Partnerships Lead, Southeast Region

* Category Management – oversee sales analysis & strategic planning for all category updates,from strategy reviews through store implementation* Project Management – plan, organize & prioritize all category update initiatives, work cross-functionally to ensure all projects are implemented according to schedule and within budget* Product Management – help evaluate current product assortment & identify potential adds &deletes as necessary to meet target KPI’s for each category* Sourcing & Procurement – research the market to identify potential fixture vendors, negotiatecontracts/vendor agreements & item pricing, purchase fixtures as needed to support currentstores & new stores* Team Management – remotely manage a team of merchandisers in Brazil, manage & assistwith all team projects, provide coaching & yearly performance reviews to promote personalgrowth & development* Data Analysis – create and analyze various sales & KPI reports to ensure that we are on trackto meet or exceed all category & team objectives

* Sales Analysis – provide comprehensive, fact-based analysis to Category Managers and Merchandising leadership to help increase sales, profit and gross margin* Project Analysis - assist in planning, generate error-reports and create detailed post-mortem reviews of projects & business processes to ensure flawless & streamlined project implementations* Market Share Analysis – create a variety of NPD market share reports to identify areas of strength & areas of opportunity for all categories & sub-categories* Process Automation – create SQL & Space Automation scripts to automate the creation of both sales reports and planograms to reduce redundancies & minimize the potential for error

* Team Management – manage a team of 4 merchandisers, assign & prioritize projects, oversee the completion & implementation of all team projects, provide coaching & yearly performance reviews to promote personal growth & development* Project Planning – Work with Category Managers & Merchandising leadership to ensure that all category initiatives are planned, organized & implemented effectively at the store level* Project Implementation – create complex, store-specific assortment plans, attachment tables & product replenishment files to ensure that all micro-merchandising initiatives are accurately implemented* Post-Mortem Analysis – review error-reports to ensure flawless implementation & monitor sales and inventory KPI’s after implementation to evaluate the level of success for each project

* Planograms – set all new planograms & create accurate planogram drawings in JDA* Replenishment – create detailed product & fixture replenishment files to ensure appropriate inventory levels in all stores as needed to support changes* Project Coordination – ensure that all plans from the category review are accurately captured & communicated to stores* Communication – create detailed instructions to help ensure that all stores have the information needed to accurately set new planograms & displays* Project Implementation – create basic attachment tables to ensure that all stores receive the correct planogram* Customer Service – provide customer service to the stores to ensure that any questions or issues they encounter are dealt with quickly and efficiently

Use ProSpace to create planograms for over 4,000 AutoZone stores. Create detailed store communications explaining all updates and providing any necessary instructions for setting the planograms.

* Merchandising - create and maintain attention-grabbing product displays in 8 regional Lowe’s & Home Depot stores in order to increase sales* Product Exposure – develop relationships with store management in order to effectively negotiate for additional floor space to display products in order to maximize product exposure* Replenishment – place product replenishment orders to ensure that each store maintained proper inventory levels to account for new displays & seasonal sales trends* Sales – provide customers with detailed product information in order to sell Scott’s products * Stocking – ensure that all Scott’s products are fully stocked & organized