Matt Schleede Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Provide leadership to all inventory management for the University Book Store, Inc. Responsible for leading the buying team across all categories of course materials, gifts, insignia, trade and student/art supplies, serving four locations, and managing course materials for four higher education institutions and six private K-12 schools reaching 55,000 students per term. Key Accomplishments: • Successfully manage multiple key projects simultaneously: most recently the creation of a new physical ‘student store’, including merchandising, design/layout, internal process improvement and staffing plans• Provide strategic and budgetary leadership: develop merchandising strategies for five major categories and establish inventory, sales and profitability budgets for all categories and store locations• Provide effective, honest communication and creative solutions to new challenges and opportunities: manage a retail buying team of 10 staff, develop buying plans, collaborate creatively to identify creative solutions to issues that arise, ultimately increasing customer satisfaction.• Analyze data and make informed decisions: Ensure timeliness and accuracy of purchase order creation, vendor payment and invoicing, data integrity, on-hand stock counts and physical inventory counts. • Responsible for the digital transformation for 4 higher education institutions, including strategic initiatives, launching new business models, delivery methods, committee participation, organic growth and satisfaction for end user, faculty and vendor partners. • Driver of the implementation of Inclusive Access program for the University of Washington, including contract negotiation, Stakeholder commitment and satisfaction. Since inception, participation has increased from 1 course serving 150 students to 25 courses serving over 12,000 students per term.

Seattle, Washington

I oversee Course Materials for 4 colleges and universities and 6 Private high schools at 4 different store locations across the Puget Sound region. We serve roughly 55,000 students per academic term.My main responsibilities include, campus partnerships, vendor relations, profit & loss, strategic leadership, procurement & supply chain and digital transformation, data analysis, technology solutions, customer service.

Allendale, Mi

Managed large-scale inventory of more than 60,000 units across 3 store locations serving Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College. Led implementation of strategic initiatives to better serve customers while also strengthening relationships with venders and campus stakeholders.Key Accomplishments: • Created and implemented in-house rental program that began with 300 titles and grew to over 10,000 titles per semester. Increased customer satisfaction and drove profitable growth by creating the program in-house rather than outsourcing to online rental option. • Developed a delayed billing system to allow students to utilize financial aid to purchase course materials. Served more than 1500 students each year through this program. • Responsible for the creation on an online textbook marketplace utilizing Monsoon software. Grew our online marketplace from $3,000 in sales during the first year to over $1,000,000 in sales 5 years later.

Holland Mi

• Assisted customers with purchases and returns, answered questions, and operated cash register• Stocked and maintained shelves• Managed the Newsstand including magazines, newspapers, displays, and an additional quarter of the book floor • Processed returns of books and magazines• Set-up scripted displays

Michigan

• Ran buyback for smaller colleges in southeast Michigan• Supervised thousands of dollars of merchandise and funds• Made decisions regarding books purchased• Boxed and shipped textbooks to wholesale company warehouse

Mt Pleasant Mi

• Co-wrote business plan, secured financial backing of the CMU Bookstore and built a video rental store located in the main freshman dorms on campus• Hired, trained, and terminated employees; managed weekly schedules in cooperation with multiple managers• Created purchase orders and ordered merchandise• Filled out deposit slips and counted till down• Worked directly with distributors

Mt. Pleasant Mi

• Checked in and received books and general merchandise• Assisted customers with questions, comments, and concerns • Processed and filled general merchandise orders for customers through mail order• Updated inventory of textbooks and general merchandise annually