Responsible for sales/category insights and analytics for national accounts (including but not limited to Walmart and a Kroger) along with new item meeting preparation. Use of Nielsen, IRI, Numerator, and retailers internal systems for data and insights. Daily use of Excel, Power Query, and PowerBI to produce efficient and user friendly views of data.

Responsible for weekly reporting and analysis, ad hoc analysis, yearly modular review and updates and category insights for Walmart and Sam's Club contact lens businesses. Work closely with category team in order to develop strategies and item focus on a consistent basisDaily use of Excel running complex formulas utilizing Retail Link data.

Responsible for the management of modular strategy and product line reviews, financial decisions that align to the department and category strategies, continuous negotiations to ensure price leadership with a vast understanding of the three tier system.Supporting feature (promotional) expectations based on holiday cycle and company marketing strategy to ensure the correct items during the different times of the year. Budget development and management utilizing past trends and current performance to develop initial budget target.

Managing two different programs:1) Fixture Refurbishment - repurposing used fixtures to bring them to "like new"​ status and save 50% on the new cost.2) Photo Equipment - Collaborating with Operation teams (Walmart and Sam's Club) on Photo Lab Equipment to source items.- Responsible for sourcing items and operational support for both categories- Improve efficiencies for the manufacturing processes- Create and manage SAP articles, PO's and reports- Collaborate internally and externally to increase efficiencies, research new items and streamline current items and inventory.

Collaborate with subject matter experts (SME) in order to create an RFP and analysis template to best suit the needs of the SME. Determine any new suppliers for improved competition during the process and answer questions while the RFP is live. Run the analysis and create multiple scenario's, fitting the criteria of the SME, and present findings. Strong presentations skills ensure confidence in analysis and scenario's from the SME.

Responsible for customer relations, daily book keeping, training on system and counterfeit detection, and collection.