Dean Sutton Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

· Primarily responsible for managing private label brake rotors and pads, engine parts, and sensors categories· Manage global sourcing activities, supply chain import timelines, HTS codes, factory/product evaluations, quoting/price negotiations, and SKU creation· Key project building private label program for four auto parts categories from concept to.

Chapel Hill, NC

• Managed inventory levels for apparel in over 100 retail stores for highest SKU count, highest margin products in portfolio
• Turned around declining sales trends by rebalancing system-wide inventory to support demand across e-commerce and retail channels

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Managed design process of industry leading bicycle accessory lines, including Performance, Forte, Travel Trac, and Transit
• Worked directly with vendor/suppliers on price negotiations, materials selections, and manufacturing and shipping schedules for new retail product
• Coordinated workflow between project managers, designers, manufacturers, and legal to keep projects on schedule
• Met aggressive deadline for an on-time successful launch of the Parts and Accessories Line for Tuesday Cycles

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Managed bicycle inventory levels in over 100 retail stores with emphasis on meeting deadlines, promotional dates, and product launch dates
• Assisted long-range planning to support store sales and growth goals
• Utilized statistical analysis to balance product availability with inventory cost, ensuring product availability while minimizing excess inventory
• Developed a novel technical solution allowing data from Excel to be directly exported to mainframe environment, eliminating errors and allowing 2 full-time employees to be redeployed to more productive pursuits

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Tasked with restoring integrity in an under-performing store and re-establishing a growth presence in a competitive market
• Hired, trained, and motivated staff of 30 to meet sales goals, ultimately increasing revenue 50%, making it one of the top performing stores in the region – subsequently asked to train and prepare all staff members of.
• Established and enforced safety and security codes of conduct, reducing annual losses by over 60% to one of the lowest rates in the company

Columbus, Ohio/Columbia, MD

• Created high-impact report illustrations, map archives, sampling records, graphic logs, and technical diagrams for reporting to U.S. Army and other government clients
• Integrated AutoCAD, ArcView, Surfer, and vector design programs to provide industry leading graphics for regulatory approval and inclusion in research summaries
• Added ArcView GIS capabilities to company, bringing advanced 2D and 3D visualization, analytics, image processing, data management, and integration of geographic Information (GIS) data

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Worked closely with engineers and designers to turn complex ideas and processes into high-impact graphics for reporting, promotional materials, and presentations
• Earned multiple key contributor awards for design work including “Best-in-Show” poster at annual EPA Groundwater Convention, design schematics for a state-of-the-art engineering process, poster design for a novel.
• Created animated, web-based, interactive educational tools for U.S. Navy’s technology transfer (T2) initiative

Created process design, using drafting software and hands-on machining, to demonstrate bench-scale on-site manufacturing technique.Designed database and GUI using Access for warehouse inventory management.Through professional training, became vacuum pump technician to expand service capabilities.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Hired, trained, and supervised sales and service associates
• Developed service procedures which were adopted as corporate standard
• Oversaw service department that was recognized for largest department growth, with revenue more than doubling and becoming the highest within the 10-store chain

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Managed supplier relations, product selection, pricing, purchasing, and distribution of product for 10-store chain

Columbus, Ohio Area

Managed team of bicycle mechanics and developed new talentIntroduced 24-hour turn around policy on all service ordersLed department to largest growth in entire company

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Additional study (20hrs) in Industrial Design Photography Photoshop Java

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Economics