Christopher E. Rosser Email & Phone Number

US

South St. Paul, MN, US

Lead the hardlines business and serve as a change agent in a merchandising organization moving from an item based, closeout format, to an in-line retailer. Recruit, train, and mentor product, Merchandise Managers, Buyers and Assistant Buyers, promoting personal and professional development. Develop and implement strategies for growing market share in the.

Lead a $500M shooting sport business and serve as the primary point of contact for suppliers while partnering with stakeholders to meet organizational objectives. I recruit, train, and mentor product, category, and inventory managers, planners, business analysts, and merchandise specialists, promoting personal and professional development. I establish.

Lincolnshire, Illinois, US

As the senior product manager for shooting sports, I oversaw a $140M ammunition business and $190M firearm business while training and mentoring business analysts and merchandise specialists and encouraging professional development. In this role, I created data-driven product, merchandising, and marketing strategies that resulted in improved vendor.

As a merchant, I designed and implemented strategies, and oversaw daily operations, including assortments, presentations, financials, and analysis for $200M in annual in-store and online business. In addition to completing market research to identify market trends, I made decisions related to product and assortment selections and visual merchandising to.

I analyzed, executed, processed, and applied business tools and metrics to ensure correct products were in the correct distribution centers as a senior demand planning analyst. I monitored SKU inventory levels and created purchase orders in compliance with financial Open-to-Buy that ensured in-stock goals were met, partnering with leadership to process.

• Work closely with merchant and vendor partners to develop a relevant assortment based on sell thru, carrying cost, initial inventory investment and GMROI.
• Provided input and worked side by side with forecasters and merchants in the versioning process.
• Manage over 200 headphone and speaker skus through the supply chain from the vendor to all Best Buy stores, including international direct import skus.
• Partnered with Vendors to help them develop a better understanding of the Best Buy supply chain and how they can work most effectively with it.
• Worked on the youth marketing initiative within Best buy by managing Monster Beats headphones inventory, supporting our DJ stores and involvement in marketing decisions to engage youth in Best Buy stores.
• Work to develop simple solution to complex problems within systems and initiatives

Richfield, Minnesota, US

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General

Psychology