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Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Results-driven and entrepreneurial Vendor Manager with over 5 years of experience in account management, project and program management, and buying within Amazon's dynamic PC category. Proven track record of owning Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibilities and establishing strategic relationships with major vendors. Skilled in driving business performance across inventory management, marketing, merchandising, pricing, operations, and finance. Acted as Vertical lead for the Components category, demonstrating success at both strategic and tactical levels.

Seattle, Washington

Devloped annual plans and owned the P&L. Identified new brand and product business opportunities, own strategic relationships with key vendors, negotiate competitive business terms, and define and drive promotions and marketing programs. Accountable for the business results for your product subcategories. Operated with strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations, relationship management with proven analytical thinking that draws metric-based conclusions from data, project management skills, attention to detail, and exceptional organizational skills.

Managed implementation and launch of program. Oversaw daily operations of drivers for client's member-centric premium mobility platform. Hired, trained, and developed 8 operations staff and a team of 95 drivers. Responsible for sourcing, hiring, on boarding, training and off boarding of all staff, updating stakeholders including executive level. Documenting and driving progress for individual projects launched for continual process improvement for internal and external member experience.

Greater Seattle Area

Contractor executing large-scale hiring events on behalf of Amazon Fulfillment Centers in Washington State.

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for leading, challenging & coaching management and operations staff of 10 area locations• Managed $6 Million sales revenue across 10 area locations• In-store sales growth of 3% thru active P&L management• Hired and promoted 6 assistant and store managers• Payroll for a team of 300• Developed community partnerships thru marketing to increase store traffic• Increased profit as a district by 12% in 6 months by identifying performance opportunities and improved controllable management• Developed training materials and shared best practices across the company• Recruited, trained, and coached operations teams• Management of engagement with guests on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, Google+, and Foursquare

• Responsible for inventory, sales performance and customer experience• Managed a self-hired staff of up to 35 team members• Trained, mentored & developed store managers new to brand from day 1 to store turnover• Area frontrunner in sales generation thru community partnerships• Obtained Certification from Jamba Juice Corporate to train both new and existing talent into Store Managers• Increased community partnership sales by 490% or $25,000 year-over-year.• In-store sales growth of 11.9%• Increased guest satisfaction by 31%• Trained and supported transition of new store managers into their own locations. Mentored to ensure success• Created and executed monthly & quarterly training classes for new hires and store managers• Developed contracts for use throughout company for community partnerships

• Lead one-million-dollar yearly sales location• Executed brand’s commitment to customer experience thru team building & development• Responsible for P&L statement• Purchasing and budgeting for cost of goods and labor• Increased controllable profit by 10%• Supported New Store openings in Washington & Oregon from contractor turnover, initial team staffing & training, setup to day one opening