David Vaughn Email & Phone Number

Irving, TX, US

Farmers Branch, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Member of the executive team, reporting to the President. Responsible for profitability through purchasing inventory, ensuring inventory accuracy, maximizing fill rates, and vendor negotiation.
• Transformed purchasing department by harnessing a dormant purchasing module in ERP resulting in a 62% increase in purchase order generation and a 40% increase in fill rates.
• Conducted first ever full inventory counts at all 12 branches and DC and instituted quarterly inventory auditing program to ensure inventory accuracy and accountability.
• Facilitated a quantum leap in Supply Chain reporting sophistication from static text files to interactive Power BI dashboards allowing for rational, data driven decisions-making.
• Oversaw introduction of first ever Warehouse Management System at the Distribution Center reducing warehouse employee on-boarding training from 2 weeks to 2 days.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Responsible for total spend for the retail division. Reduced inventory by 39% by uncovering waste, enforcing financial discipline, and leveraging ERP (Epicor) to automate replenishment of key products, identify dead.
• Developed and lead purchasing directives resulting in 39% decrease in overall inventory, 100% GMROI increase, 16% GM % of sales increase, with a net sales positive impact 2019 -2021.
• Established department budgets, advised department managers on purchasing guidelines, and established requirements for vendors.

Dallas, TX

Responsible for Purchasing, IT, Fleet Management, Delivery and Installation Services, Warehouse, Inventory, and Grounds and Maintenance.

Richardson, Texas

• Responsible for strategic planning, alliance partnerships, marketing campaigns, and technology systems. Improved operational flow by identifying value-added processes, systems constraints, and implementing solutions..
• Changed focus of company from delivering mostly physical goods to a subscription based digital product delivery method which reduced inventories by over 75% and significantly increased gross margins.
• Evolved marketing model from traditional product offerings to a “freemium” strategy resulting in increased sales presentations by 70%, increased revenue per presentation, and created new revenue streams.
• Transitioned from internally focused production to forging partnerships with outside producers which drastically increased product offerings and customer value. Negotiated commissions, percentages, and rates in.
• Initiated affiliate marketing program resulting in broader marketing exposure and revenue streams. Responsible for deploying affiliate marketing software internally and supported external affiliates to deploy.

Richardson, Texas

• Responsible for strategic marketing by developing sales campaign strategies for each product, training sales staff, setting weekly sales goals, sales incentive programs, determining price points, managing compensation.
• Implemented new auto dialer technology increasing call volume by 100% and developed CRM integrated email marketing campaigns increasing sales and lead generation.
• Initiated marketing research by conducting interviews with target market focus groups for the purpose of new product development. Gained a better understanding of current and potential customers by meeting with them to.
• Introduced a new lead generation position to the sales team in order to optimize the number of sales presentations per sales rep. The result was a 100% increase in revenue per sales rep.
• Develop campaigns for email, Google AdWords, SEO, social media marketing, affiliate marketing, cross promotion, direct mailings, catalogues, and trade shows. Responsible for color schemes, ad copy, font type, creating.

Richardson, Texas

• Responsible for bringing over a dozen long-term projects from conception to market implementation including ongoing product support and consumer training. Worked with artists, editors, printers, and web developers to.
• Gained a clear picture of expected revenues by analyzing cash flow, predicting budget needs, conducting cost/benefit analysis, and analyzing shifting market conditions to best determine product mix and marketing.
• Involved in multiple film shoots, worked behind the camera and on camera with video series, commercials, and movies. Responsibilities included directing, acting, production assistant, and involvement in the editing.

Richardson, Texas

• Responsible for creation, management, and continuous improvement of the company's flagship product. Monitored implementation of program work flow. Authored written program material including end user curriculum.
• Created the Letters from Dad program and defined, measured, analyzed, improved and controlled (DMAIC) program resources to continuously add value to the overall customer experience. Duties included program training.
• Coordinated development of the program’s customer-facing and business-facing online platforms to improve customer experience, provide business ecommerce capability, and improve customer and business reporting features.
• Responsible for writing sales scripts, objection sheets, advertising copy point, and capturing client testimonies for marketing purposes. Created and revised leader’s guide training manuals which improved overall.
• Coordinated and led live, multi-day training events and distance learning training seminars for 4,000+ senior customer representatives over a 5-year period.

Fresno, California Area

• Responsible for the transition of medical records from hard copy to microfilm to digital imaging. Correcting them for clarity for newly adopted HIPAA/EHR standards.
• Traveled around California’s Central Valley to copy medical records at hospitals and doctors’ offices when requested by insurance companies.
• Transferred 1 million pages of Fresno Independent School District purchasing records to microfilm.