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Dallas, TX, US

San Antonio, Texas, US

Irving, TX, US

• Responsible for all aspects of the P&L including business strategy, product assortment, promotional plans, cost negotiations and vendor management.
• Negotiated annual vendor contracts and promotional dollars that led to a 12% increase in category margin.
• Led a pricing elasticity test of two main subcategories that yielded a 7% average margin lift.
• Increased YoY sales 12% while increasing profit margin 3.7% through vendor negotiations, promotions, SKU rationalization, and regional planogram development.

Irving, TX, US

• Managed all merchandising needs for four different categories spanning over 4,000+ stores within the United States as well as regional sales plans/schematics to grow categories sales and gross profit dollars.
• Partnered cross-functionally on planning and executing of the “Expand the Assortment” initiative, which provided merchandising guidance to 8,500+ stores and yielded a 28% YoY sales increase.
• Successfully planned and led the 7-Eleven’s holiday prebook promotional strategy, which resulted in a 37% revenue improvement over prior year.
• Increased sales by $10M by identifying, internationally sourcing, marketing, and releasing a new line of South American snacks into a regional market.

Irving, TX, US

• Responsible for a network of (12) 7-Eleven locations within Imperial County with a concentration in site profitability, relationship management, brand marketing, and merchandising.
• Developed 1 Franchisee to be the recipient of the CEO’s Big 3 Award, 3 Franchisees to be Retailer Initiative Award recipients and 2 Franchisees to be qualified for multiple stores.
• Created a nationally recognized sales initiative for Chicken Dippers. Sold a company record 6,133 units in a single day, a 380% YoY Fresh Food sales increase.

Irving, TX, US

• Responsible for all merchandising and operational activities of 7-Ventures portfolio companies, including market testing, national and international product launches and data-centric verification.
• Co-created 7-Eleven’s/7-Ventures’ first ever emerging brands event “Brands W/❤” and emerging brands testing platform “Sips and Snacks Program”.
• Expanded two portfolio company’s distribution from 400 stores to 10K, and attained an 85% product penetration during the first week of the launch.
• Led a data-driven emerging brands test in 125 stores, which resulted in an average sales increase of 28%

Chicago, IL, US

• Directed and managed all operations of 6 financial institutions, including 120+ customer service rep. and 25+ managers.
• Effectively recruited, developed and promoted successful Management teams, and reduced employee turnover rate by 27%.
• Directed development of business-to-consumer and business-to-business marketing programs that drove incremental annual sales of $77,000.

US

• Responsible for overall operations of 3 departments within retail location with revenue of $25 million per year, managing and training 6 department managers in addition to 80 – 120 sales associates.
• Increased customer traffic 48% by designing and executing a men’s department new layout.
• Developed aggressive strategic B2B marketing campaign to increase revenue $12,000 during the initial month of implementation.

La Jolla, CA, US

• Supervised, trained and coordinated a group of Community Health Leaders and agency volunteers, prepping for public appearances in San Diego and Imperial County region.
• Bilingual media spokesperson for USDA’s largest social marketing nutrition initiative in Nation “5 a Day Campaign”.
• Oversaw the planning and implementation of strategic mass media events, public relations, training, operating plans, for the 5 a Day Camping.

San Diego, California, US

• Grew yearly applications 28% year over year as media advocate through creation and implementation of marketing campaign for “Cover the Uninsured Week.”
• Developed maximum efficiency training method for computer-based program utilized County-wide, resulting in 12% decrease in rejected applications due to errors.

• Headed daily store operations for three separate locations, handling human resources issues such as hiring and development, inventory, budget, sales report management, and customer care.

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