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Palatine, Il

Manage small team whose goal is to assist the Vice President of Sales, National Account Managers, and Field Sales team. Changing and fast-paced environment where attention to detail and organization are essential. Our team works with a variety of vendors that sell their items in Co-Op market, Ace, True Value, Do It Best and Orgill stores.Highlights: Managed staff member: responsible for work load and performance reviews Collaborate with various teams inside and outside organization Analyze sales data to optimize our efforts and get the highest rate of return Mastered Vendor Item Management Systems

Hoffman Estates, Il

Collaborate with buying teams to execute monthly display plans in over 700 stores Nationwide. Communicating with stakeholders to ensure that we have cohesive messages, which create a great experience for our members.

Hoffman Estates, Il

Part of a team of engaged associates who support Business Units. This is achieved by ensuring pricing integrity and quality assurance of promotional offers. This overall effort helps achieve operational excellence to drive profitable sales.

Long Grove, Il

Collaborate with international client to purchase and source various products for their business needs. Coordinate shipping and fulfillment of funds. Full charge processing of all accounts receivable and payable. Manage all petty cash and office supply expense accounts. Reconcile bank balances; record general ledger entries.Coordinate travel arrangements for employees who travel for sales meetings and trade shows.

Itasca, Il

Key point of contact for client interaction and supported products and services. Executed email marketing campaigns on target and on budget. Initiate and maintain interaction with developers and clients on project basis. Support day to day efforts for client billing, reporting and program forecasting. Liaison between cross-functional teams. Managed project and support requests from client.

Deerfield, Il

Coordinate and implement the weekly advertising for targeted market ads. Planned and executed circulation strategy to determine merchandise space allocation. Utilizing merchandise sales results to drive sales. Cultivated relationships with store managers and buyers, gaining essential knowledge to provide the best advertising for targeted stores. Thus, raising sales and profits.

Deerfield, Il

Managed the production of weekly circulars from layout to print. Ensured 100% accuracy of over 55,000,000 copies, which supported over 8,000 stores nationwideHighlights:Interfaced with key purchasing staff to build and execute product category plans. Produced point of sale materials, such as signs and rebate catalogs. Input accurate data into AS-400 database with exact promotional pricing for store scanning.

Deerfield, Il

Managed direct mail campaigns focused on gaining new customers and retaining existing customers. Gathered scanning data to calculate redemption percentages for each store's mailing to gain insight as to how well the campaign succeeded. Collaborated with Direct Mail agency to come up with effective strategies to gain new customers. Communicated with mail house to ensure weekly mailings were mailed to households on time.

Downers Grove, Il

Communicated with client and newspaper to gain a complete understanding of the market. Gathered pertinent sales data, newspaper circulation and distribution capabilities. Assembled finished analysis reports to present an improved more efficient buy. Negotiated newspaper buys for the client. Communicated with newspapers nationwide to place weekly newspaper ads.

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