Project Manager
Athens Greece
As a Project Manager, Buyer for Special Projects, I was responsible for the categories: Accessories, Innovation / Gadgets and Incremental Business. In this position, I negotiated annual agreements with suppliers, planned and managed purchase, sales, stock, profit and forecast objectives for category. I recommended business strategies to increase sales and profit margin and determined product line up, planogram, commercial and marketing strategy for category and store implementation (BG, SDA, MDA, Photo, NM, Robotics, wearables, docs, gadgets, innovation). My most significant achievements include:•Introduced new product categories following tech/market trends: STEAM, books (assortment) and energy, stationary (non-assortment)•Initiated the concept of cross-selling Pallet/Basket offers per category and special promos with non-assortment products (ABT “Crazy Days,” athletic events)•Spearheaded an internal e-learning quiz for the entire sales force to determine product knowledge resulting in the establishment of HR training programs