Drew Randolph Email & Phone Number

La Quinta, California

Encino, Ca

Oversaw the management of various high-profile and profitable categories. Have managed numerous Grocery categories, as well as Frozen and Dairy. Most recent commodities included: - Seasonal confection (Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas) - Kosher (daily and holiday) - Non-alcoholic beverage and water - Shelf stable juice - Canned fruit/dried fruit/fruit snacks Collaborated with vendors/brokers/manufacturers to accomplish goals, authorized/discontinued items, analyzed sales performance at item and commodity levels, established everyday and promotional item pricing, scheduled displays, submitted items for newsletter ads, maintained inventory management of warehouse SKU's, purchased all non-direct seasonal items, effectively communicated holiday itemization, pricing, game plan, etc. to store personnel. Key Accomplishments: - In 2016, increased beverage sales by 5.56% and water sales by 2.9% for same stores. - Category growth for grocery categories was 2.15% in 2016 - Successfully coordinated item authorization/delivery, new item funding, displays and grand opening ads for 7 new stores over a five-month period in new geographical areas (I.e. Rancho Mirage, San Diego). - Converted non-direct vendors into direct vendors where it made economic/business sense.

Encino, Ca

Responsible for all facets of company’s Construction, Design & Maintenance department. Included general maintenance of entire chain; from flooring to roofing, painting to asphalt, plumbing to electrical, and refrigeration to HVAC. Interacted with numerous trade vendors and store personnel to accomplish goals. Key Accomplishments: - Constructed three new stores (Dana Point, Irvine and Pasadena). - Remodeled five locations (Century City, Marina del Rey, Santa Barbara, Silver Lake, Westlake Village).

Encino, Ca

Responsible for overall buying, pricing and establishing/maintaining vendor relationships and contracts for various commodities.

Encino, Ca

Implemented an automated Direct Store Delivery (DSD) receiving system in each store. Coordinated the efforts of the Accounting, M.I.S., Store Operations and Buying departments to achieve goals.

Encino, Ca

Performed product schematics at store level with Merchandising team. Responsible for budgets, P&L’s, labor scheduling, production, etc. of Gift Basket Center.

Encino, Ca

Collected, analyzed and compared scan data of numerous items and categories, past versus present sales. Presented results to upper management.

Compton, Ca

Monitored marketplace positioning in relation to competition via price survey analyses. Reported directly to Sr. Vice-President of Advertising and Promotion.

Compton, Ca

Supervised all aspects of bakery merchandising and operations for over 30 stores.

Compton, Ca

Held several positions at store level, including management levels. Highest level attained was Manager of Store Operations or Assistant Store Director.

Certificate, Food Industry Management Program

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing