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• Negotiated contract for acquisition and construction of seven commercial rental units to be constructed in summer 2024• Negotiated the acquisition and sale of over $500k in physical assets in 2021/2022/2023• Attained 90% ROI on short term and long-term investments in fiscal year 2022.• Real time in person and online negotiations totaling thousands of transactions and hundreds of thousands in sales.• Liaison for all associated management groups and main point of contact for city/county consultation including permits, surveys, zoning meetings, etc.

• Managing fifteen commercial and residential real estate properties.• Completed the acquisition of four new commercial and residential properties along with the sale of three others.• Developed land use plan for 2.7-acre multi residential town home site with architect, master builder, and city planners. Construction estimated to begin 2024.

• Quality Control lead overseeing two international and three domestic contract manufacturing firms totaling $25 million in consumer product goods.• Designed pack-out audit system that increased direct to consumer (DTC) shipping order accuracy from 92% to 99%.• Developed finished good multi-layered audit system that reduced defective parts per million from 2500 to less than 500• Identified, wrote, and managed corrective action reports that recouped $150,000 in damaged and unusable goods in fiscal 2019.• Created and implemented statistical documentation reports that recorded data ranging from fragrance load levels to DTC shipping pack out accuracy, to defective parts per million (DPMO) across all items.• Authored work instructions, standard work, and item specifications using established key performance indicators.• Designed incoming raw material and outgoing finished good inspections, sample retains retention for five facilities, in line fill rate tests, time trials, line audits, new product and raw material sample testing.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Controlled the development of sales and merchandising programs for fifty-two individual sku’s totaling $65 million in annual revenue for Rubbermaid Commercial & Consumer resin product lines.• Developed merchandise pricing plans to overcome a 22% increase in resin prices in fiscal year 2018.• Designed new bay merchandising layouts to introduce new products without having to remove or replace existing items contributing to a projected growth of $5+ million dollars in gross sales.• Established and maintained business rapport with key Home Depot merchants, associate merchants, sales executives, and support staff to ensure timely completion of projects, promotions, forecasting, and sales data reporting.• Tracked competitor activity and presented action plans to counteract competitor market penetration.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Cross-functional project lead for seven major sales categories. Worked closely with Home Depot merchants, visual merchants, space analysis team, supply chain, and merchandise execution team (MET) as the main point of contact for all aspects of MLX (software) projects including planograms, signage, shipping, project instructions, and execution.• Executed 25 major resets totaling 20,000+ MET labor hours, meeting 100% of project deadlines.• Planogram owner for two major categories (Faucets, Whirlpools). Maintained and executed 150+ unique planograms on a bi-monthly and as-needed basis. Identified program capabilities in JDA software, improving planogram execution efficiency by 60%.• MET Supplier Council member that serves as the main point of contact for MET for the entire company. Attended supplier walks and training events to educate MET leadership and field teams on product-servicing best practices.• Responsible for all office IT, shipping, billing, showroom, and facilities maintenance issues

• Manages the retail facings for three major product brands (Kwikset, Baldwin, Pfister) for over 350 Home Depot stores in the Southeast (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Southern Tennessee, and Northern Florida)• Key participant in cross-functional project for full line review of Hardware department from conceptualization to implementation (involving THD merchants, IPR, Space Analysis, Visual Merchandising, MET field teams, Store field teams, and Spectrum leadership)• Provides training and product knowledge presentations to Home Depot associates and management to ensure ideal store merchandising, maximizing sales, and maintaining proper in stocks• Serves as go-to person for special field projects, such as THD Store Managers Meeting (ensuring displays, product, labels, etc. were ready to go), multiple D25 proof of concept sets along with HOST order maintenance and MET video shoot, Innovation Center quarterly MAP projects, on-site training for multiple partners including YOW, Spectrum Division Leadership, and potential high value HD PRO customers

Vinings Ga

• Executes merchandising strategy for eleven merchandising departments, establishing wide breadth of knowledge store-wide while demonstrating strong attention to detail• Recommendations for re-merchandising Husky tool chests lead to an 80% comp increase in sales in Q1 2014 • Worked at high profile corporate flagship store across the street from The Home Depot Store Support Center (HQ)• Appointed captain by District Manager for highly challenging product category to repair client relationship and to ensure service provided met the highest standard• Appointed Subject Matter Expert/Team Lead by Supervisor for general service best practices, regularly training and updating fellow associates• Appointed Lawn and Garden Captain for maintaining product displays and point of sale materials for mowers, trimmers, blowers, and other motorized lawn care equipment.• Received “Homer Award’ (company award given for demonstrating one of the key company values) for Promoting Shareholder Value by identifying loss prevention opportunity.

• Team lead, fabricator, and installer for multiple firms in the residential, commercial, and industrial construction industries.• Extensive experience in trouble-shooting and problem-solving relating to material shortages, blue print/shop drawing inconsistencies, hazardous materials, improper design, etc.• Proficient in roofing, welding, carpentry, drywall applications, foundation design, engineering tech specifications, blueprints, and other remodel work

Marietta, Ga

• Managed over 500 events for multi-million dollar event hosting business. • Supervised up to 15 employees and 10-12 vendors for events hosting up to 300 guests.• Decision maker for all aspects during event implementation including: guest services, event execution, facility maintenance/clean up, damage assessment, and employee overtime monitoring.• Expanded skills in conflict resolution and customer service to ensure guest satisfaction and safety.

Kennesaw, Ga

• Key member of the first furniture department in the company to break $1 million in sales in a fiscal year• Contributed to single day sales record of $24,300 in furniture sales• Personal sales record of $8,500 in one 4-hour shift• Utilized high sensitivity to confidential information in book-keeping responsibilities including closing paperwork, credit card receipts, cash, inventory counts, stockroom organization and product display rotations

B.B.A. Managerial Sciences, Operations And Logistics Management

Activities and Societies: Global Logistics Roundtable

Business Administration And Management, General

History

Activities and Societies: Mountain Lion Baseball

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