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• Leads tire & service merchandising, pricing and supply chain for 2,200+ company-owned retail service outlets
• Responsible for driving product and category strategies focused on revenue and margin growth through oversight of category management resources
• Builds and leverages relationships with external suppliers, marketing, operations, store teams, and procurement
• Oversees dedicated tire supply chain organization responsible for optimizing assortment and distribution
• Oversees dedicated pricing team responsible for margin management and discounting optimization
• Strategic-level planning to leverage financial profit drivers for long-range product category strategy

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Greater Nashville Area, TN

o Lead annual strategic planning to align team objectives with organizational KPIso Deliver sales, unit and profit budgets for Tire categoryo Lead team through category planning processes for key categorieso Develop team through performance management collaboration with HRo Optimize enterprise profit on 12M tire unit sales through sell-out mix managemento.

Bloomingdale, IL

o Lead Service Merchandising team consisting of Category Management, Pricing and Sourcing functionso Own category leadership planning process and overall category financial managemento Develop strategies to maximize sales and profitability across all Service categories including Brakes, Oil, Batteries, Maintenance, Alignments, Undercar, Inspections and.

Greater Memphis Area

o Oversee all analytical activities that flow through three Merchandising Analysts and two Senior Merchandising Analystso Develop initiatives for Merchandising Analysts and conduct annual performance reviewso Manage relationship with NPD consumer market research including contract renewals, Category Captain access and on-site NPD representativeo Identify.

Memphis, TN

o Analyze sales, inventory, gross margin, turns, category contribution and other performance indicators and advise category management team on product decisionso Track and analyze deals and promotionso Train and provide guidance to other analystso Write SAS programs to extract information from data warehouse tables efficientlyo Remain available for.

Greater St. Louis Area

o Worked closely with company executives on various assigned and self established analytical projects o Compiled and reported weekly financial data including gross margin summaries, Internet sales metrics, distribution center shipping and receiving metrics and commission reportingo Tracked and analyzed retail store sales and work with retail department on.

Greater St. Louis Area

o Monitored inventory levels of multiple vendors to ensure most efficient amount of stock is on hand o Maintained close relationship with vendors o Negotiated discounts and delivery dates

Bs Business Administration, Business

Mba, Business