Jon Muir Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Oak Point, Tx

Sales leader for three 800+ store national retail chains.- Developed new forecast process for key product category to increase sales by over 400% and over $2 million from 2022 to 2024 and improved shipping rates from 53% to over 95%.- Increased gross margin percent by 11% from 2023 to 2024 for accounts by improving pricing and product mix assortment.- Achieved annual inventory reduction goal four months ahead of schedule.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Founded sales and sourcing company connecting factories with the North American market selling a wide variety of home decor, housewares and consumer packaged products from a self-developed database of over 200 factories.- Increased largest client's sales 26% in 2020 despite pandemic challenges.- Established Fun Kingdom's first back-to-school program at Michaels with over $400k in sales. - Established Honey Can Do's first line of home decor and storage items with over 50 new SKUs at At Home Stores.- Established Flex Seal's first line of adhesive products at Michaels Stores.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Led both U.S and China-based Sales, Marketing and Product Development teams in the expansion of private-brand product sales for one of China's largest stationery, office product, home organization and party supply corporations.- Increased key retailer sales by 41% to $62 million from 2013-2016 rapidly turning around a business that was down 32% in 2012. Sales growth highlights include: 1. Grew sales to Walmart on average 51% each year from 2014-2016 while increasing category market share from 4% to 21% and becoming the market-share leader in the 3000+ store-count planogram in 2017. 2. Grew sales to Michaels by 97% in first three years by expanding product lines. 3. Grew sales to Dollar Tree by 70% from 2013-2016.- Developed customized programs for both direct-to-retail and US import customers.- Developed project management processes to simplify product development workflow resulting in improved delivery deadlines and account satisfaction for companies that include Walmart, Tesco, Staples, Office Depot-OfficeMax, Big Lots, Dollar Tree, Michaels Stores, etc.

Irving, Tx

- Increased account's retail sales in company's consumer packaged goods from $60 million to over $93 million in less than three years.- Increased in-line, re-orderable SKU counts by nearly 70% to over 1400 SKUs.- Streamlined project management process to improve on-time deliveries of projects.- Oversaw all quote submissions for both import and domestic shipped programs.- Designed and set up new Dallas-area showroom

Flower Mound, Tx

- Increased major customer base by 180% in first 18 months- Developed three brand new product categories to expand business- Led launch of new, technology-based products and software- Initiated Supply Chain training cutting customer chargebacks by 86%- Reduced company's distressed inventory position by landing large closeout retailers Big Lots, TJMaxx, Marshalls and Ollies.- Landed Amazon.com account with initial placement of over 500 items.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Increased account's retail sales in company's products from $50 million to over $140 million- Received largest account's Vendor of the Year Award in 2008- Led takeover and launch of two 500+ SKU introductions into largest account.- Managed over 3,000 replenishment SKUs in largest account- Opened Dallas-area showroom

Mba, Marketing; International Business

Ba, Marketing, Chinese, Japanese