Kyle Ware Email & Phone Number

Coralville, Ia, Us

Coralville, Iowa

Vendor Relationships:• Establish and maintain long-term relationships with key partners.• Negotiate price, discount and terms.• Manage vendor performance to maximize profitability and achieve financial objectives.• Plan and process scheduled orders and/or stock orders, based on category and vendor requirements.• Source new suppliers.Inventory Management:• Develop a compelling and competitive product assortment representative of customer needs, margin potential, turn and consistency through channels.• Achieve sales, gross margin, inventory turn, and in stock goals per financial plan.• Manage regular inventory replenishment and process purchase orders.• Provide leadership and direction to ensure the special order process is smooth and efficient.• Identify, analyze and pursue sales trends.• Monitor category sales and react to maximize business trends.• Identify, manage and proactively dispose of slow-move, clearance and obsolete inventory at highest possible recovery rate.• Analyze pricing to assure competitiveness, consistency and profitability.• Analyze and monitor vendor lead time.Training/Communication:• Attend and lead bi-weekly product e-sessions with Team members.• Communicate regularly with Team regarding pricing and availability.• Actively seek merchandise feedback from associates and customers.Marketing/Merchandising:• Collaborate, contribute and assist in the development of the marketing plan.• Negotiate strategic deals tied to training and marketing, outlining specific sell-through benchmarks.• Increase product presence and consistency between all locations and channels.• Contribute frequent updates to web and social media sites with product information and sales incentives.File Maintenance/Administrative:• Set-up and maintain inventory Item Card record.• Maintain price changes and sale/promotion pricing.• Manage backorders, open purchase orders, and purchase order confirmations.• Assist with department projects and events.

Coralville, Iowa

Customer Relationships:• Assist teachers/music therapists with product suggestions• Worked to maintain with budgets and guided teachers to possible grant projects• Assisted customers with any problems or technical support needed with regards to software/technology• Attend music education conferences and assist with booth setup/tear-down and salesMarketing• Set-up and maintained social media presence via Twitter and Facebook• Assisted and maintained bi-monthly eblasts with marketing team• Worked with web team to add additional products to website• Created blog and vlog content for eblasts and website• Collaborated with other Educational Consultants to create a yearly 190+ page catalog, consisting of products chosen by us with creative content

- Managed, hired, and scheduled all BOH employees- Coordinated all training for menu changes- Handled all food orders and managed BOH inventory

- Managed, hired, and scheduled all FOH employees- Handled all liquor/beer/wine orders and managed inventory