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St. Louis, Mo, Us

Direct procurement for the stores, devising and implement effective strategies to maintain product flow while reducing costs. Collaborate with the VMS team to develop item and order templates for pusher systems with the goal of eliminating unnecessary items leading to reduced waste and cost. Build strong relationships with vendors through regular communication and source new vendors as needed to ensure proper pricing. Hire, train, and mentor new staff on company policies, procedures, and best… Show more Direct procurement for the stores, devising and implement effective strategies to maintain product flow while reducing costs. Collaborate with the VMS team to develop item and order templates for pusher systems with the goal of eliminating unnecessary items leading to reduced waste and cost. Build strong relationships with vendors through regular communication and source new vendors as needed to ensure proper pricing. Hire, train, and mentor new staff on company policies, procedures, and best practices. Oversee the staging facility with an average material cost of $1M. Created and implemented an itemized fixture order lists for multiple departments that contained the same item numbers and same costs over multiple vendors and cut the order and lead time process in half while keeping costs consistent. Saved a total of $600K each of the past two years between expense/capital lines last year by devising and executing effective strategies. Show less

Led the day-to-day operations of the grocery, dairy, frozen, and general merchandise departments at store level, coordinating logistics to keep the business running smoothly. Deployed effective strategies for the center store departments to remain current on new merchandise, increase salability of items, maintain proper inventory levels, produce profitable and marketable displays and implement best practices and training. Collaborated with various teams leads to address any issues that arose… Show more Led the day-to-day operations of the grocery, dairy, frozen, and general merchandise departments at store level, coordinating logistics to keep the business running smoothly. Deployed effective strategies for the center store departments to remain current on new merchandise, increase salability of items, maintain proper inventory levels, produce profitable and marketable displays and implement best practices and training. Collaborated with various teams leads to address any issues that arose, streamline workflows, and reduce costs while maintaining the same high-level of service and products. Regularly analyzed store performance and identified opportunities for improvement not only in center store but throughout other departments as well. Show less

Maintained the necessary equipment and supplies needed at every store, regularly checking inventory and equipment to ensure proper levels and that everything was in proper working order. Coordinated purchase orders between vendors and Project Engineers to alleviate time drains on the engineers. Collaborated across the department to implement an AP Feed to speed up and streamline the process of paying invoices.