Eric Huffman Email & Phone Number

Allendale Charter Township, Mi, Us

● Control over inventory for 264 locations and 3 warehouses ● Establishing minimum balance on hand to meet display and sales forecast quantities ● Pivoting on assortment when faced with item constraints ● Ordering and product distribution based on various metrics including sales volume at location and item specific levels ● Clearance management and mitigation ● Collaboration with core teams to define planograms and product assortment ● Developing and maintaining close working communication with cross functional teams across logistics, supply chain, floor planning and additional operations teams ● Establishing healthy vendor relationships that focus on shared goals and accountability ● Digital/ecomm eligibility and maintenance ● Experience utilizing data visualization tools: MicroStrategy, PowerBI, BIQuery

Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area

● Ran the beer, wine, and spirits department with a focus on sales, margin, and store growth ● Direct influence on increased sales throughout the department by foreseeing sell-able products and initiating the process to bring new items into the store through a multi-step process ● Continuously enhanced assortment to offer customers the best available options while ensuring sales goals were being exceeded ● Worked closely with prospective vendors for potential placement and acted as consultant for up-and-coming businesses looking to enter into retail distribution ● Acted in a leadership role for operational questions and customer inquiries ● Executed responsibilities of setting retails, managing cost changes and monitoring inventory ● Implemented standard operating procedures and guidelines that were adopted into new store openings ● Consulted with other stores to help build their assortment and introduce new brands

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Oversaw payroll, employee benefits, and policy processing, as well as maintained employee records and hiring. Undertook other projects such as maintenance records and invoice filing. Effectively communicated policy changes to employees and fellow managers in a personable yet professional manner that established good relationships with staff. Learned new systems with little supervision and training and helped communicate these systems to other managers.

Petoskey, Mi

Instruction, supervision, and development of high school studentsManagement and communication of records to staff, students, parents (Excel, Outlook)

Kentwood, Mi

Shift leadFace-to-face salesEmployee trainingMoney-handlingData entry and reporting (Excel)Inventory controlMedia outreach

Grand Rapids, Mi

Assist staff in a fast-paced, organized, yet sometimes chaotic environment with emphasis on customer experience, built upon organization, multi-tasking, communication, patience, and teamwork skills

Grand Rapids, Mi

Inventory, merchandising, clerical duties (Excel, Outlook), customer assistance

Harbor Springs, Mi 49740

Primary Responsibilities: Oversight of guest vehicles and keys. First and last contact with guests.Secondary Responsibilities: Building and outdoor maintenance. Set up and tear down of outdoor dining area. Assisting servers, bartenders and kitchen with miscellaneous tasks. Occasional dishwasher, busser, and porter.

Harbor Springs, Mi 49740

Primary Responsibilities: Assist customers with pre-play set up. Course and clubhouse direction. Cart maintenance.Secondary Responsibilities: Range attendant. General maintenance.

Bs, Political Science

Activities and Societies: GVSU Alternative Breaks 2014

Political Science

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Basketball, Soccer - 4 years Baseball, Football, Track - 1 year Student Council Representative - 1 year