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Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Providing comprehensive sales support and analytics services to global consumer products and retail organizations.

Dallas, TX

Served as senior account executive for multiple regional and national account categories. Responsible for managing inventory and production planning for multiple men’s division accounts. Successfully opened new accounts with Buckle and Tuesday Morning. Reduced excess inventory by more than $1MM across branded and private label businesses. Improved major.

Dallas, TX

Oversaw nearly $90MM in point-of-sales revenue across accessories categories representing approximately 50% of company’s annual shipment volume. Built and supervised analytics team including retail planner and replenishment manager.Managed Wal-Mart team profit and loss planning and budget tracking.Established business with Walmart.com to more than $100K in.

Grapevine, TX

Created and led sales forecasts, promotional plans, and trade funds for $200MM Color Cosmetics Brand. Increased linear space by 10% through fact-based category analytics. Established demographic segmentation opportunities including Hispanic, low-income, high-income, and small store formats to maximize sales through plan-o-grams and promotional displays.

Arlington, TX

Handled joint sales and marketing efforts with more than 5,000 nationwide bowling center owners. Increased youth bowling annual membership sales +5% by collaborating with proprietors on strategic marketing programs.

Southlake, TX / Bentonville, AR

Responsible for developing positive growth plans.Achieved minimum 10-15% annual growth on all brands through increased distribution and promotion.Maximized merchandising efficiency to improve overall presentation and productivity.

Southlake, TX

Developed, implemented, and evaluated promotional display strategies and sales performance.Increased promotional point-of-sales by 25% through increased distribution and promotion.Improved average cost dollar productivity of promotional displays by 15%

Southlake, TX

Oversaw merchandising needs on all brands.Provided value-added insights on product assortment and merchandising location within modules/planograms.Developed innovative, automated analytical tools dramatically improving team analysis and sales function efficiency by more than 30%.

Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: S.I.F.E. - Students in Free Enterprise - Lead Presenter Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity - President (2002-2003)

Diploma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Varsity Baseball, Band, National Honor Society