• Assisted in growing the chain from 1 to 81 store locations in a four-year span, covering 11 states• Directs the Merchandising and Marketing strategies and tactics that will increase sales and margin for my department• Ensures that all sales and margin targets for the department are achieved• Establishes Vendor and Inventory Management processes to maximize supplier performance and minimize supply chain costs• Provides forecasting information that ensures in-stock performance by our vendors and DC• Leader in assortment and pricing optimization processes that increase sales/margin while reducing inventory• Maximizes collection of marketing funds in support of Company advertising programs• Provides creative input in support of new Merchandising and Marketing initiatives• Works with 3rd Party distributor teams to determine creative and strategic relationships with vendor partners that give competitive advantages over our competition • Provide support and development for category manager, buyer and coordinator• Established over 50 vendor partnerships• Collaborates and works with all support functions

• Assisted in growing the chain from 1 to 47 store locations in a 10-year span, covering 7 states• Grew department sales to $50M• Created and implemented pricing, promotion, assortment and shelf schematics • Created yearly business plan and budgets by category based on department/company initiatives• Negotiated and collaborated with vendors on pricing, product assortment, promotion, ads, services, promotional calendars, and support• Actively reviewed category and department financials • Helped to manage shrink at a category level• Researched, developed, and implemented merchandising and ad plans • Managed and implemented special items (i.e. local products, etc.) and seasonal items • Conducted post promotional analysis to track sales and profit results at end of each promotional timeframe.• Maintaind price files and competitive price checks to ensure we are priced competitively within each of the market • Worked in conjunction with operations and other departments across the company

• Managed the Meat Department staff including hiring, training, scheduling, coaching, and initiating required performance reviews; ensures staff is trained on all policies and procedures• Balanced the meat general ledger and financial statements