Doug Eley is a experienced Retail Professional with over 25 years of experience in the Retail Grocery industry. Currently I am serving as a Senior Manager within the Shelf Merchandising department of Delhaize America where I lead a group of experienced professionals towards the implementation of merchandising strategies and assortment offerings across multiple operating banners. Throughout my years with Delhaize America, I have gained valuable experience in all areas of Retail Operations including holding the positions of Department Manager, Assistant Manager, Store Manager, Divisional Training Manager, Divisional Shrink Manager, and District Manager where I was responsible for operating results, customer satisfaction, and multi-store execution across 16+ store locations. I have a firm understanding of standard operating practices across all retail departments and leverage this experience to help lead effective teams towards serving our customers.Positions held outside of Retail Operations include Manager on Standard Practice Team where I led the creation, documentation and execution of standard operating procedures, Manager of Cost Optimization where I led efforts towards the realization of 30 mm of annual cost savings, and currently Manager of Shelf Merchandising where I lead on-shelf strategy implementation across Delhaize America. Other key strengths within my leadership style include a strong work ethics with a passion for serving our customers and retail locations, excellent communications and team working skills, strong ability to identify and grow talented associates, dedicated and trusted, customer focused and a strong drive to grow and develop as a leader.
Listed skills include Store Management, Leadership, Team Leadership, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 28 others.