Melodie Risacher Email & Phone Number

Conceptualize and develop new retail concepts for airports

Coon Rapids, Mn

Partner with newly formed CBR Partners to develop and operate specialty retail stores in airports.

Minneapolis, Mn

CBR has been incorporated under a new division created by our parent company-World Duty Free Group North America.

Managing Partner focused on merchandising visions and structure, category plans, vendor structure, and profitability matrix.

Responsible for all category and profitability performances, P & L, product assortments, establish key relationships with vendors, negotiation, merchandise and paginate catalogs, historical analysis, strategic planning and budget creation, work with inventory planning on buy plans and disposition of excess inventory, work with corporate sourcing on transitioning key domestic items into the direct import program, supply information to Creative, TD, QA/QC and Accounting as needed, hire, train, direct and manage staff of 12.

Specialty Airport Retailer with 9 concepts- 42 store locations in 15 airports. Responsible for all category and profitability performances, product management, marketing, RFP presentations, establish key relationships with vendors, negotiation, store presentation and plan-o-grams, store design, historical analysis, strategic planning and budget creation, inventory management, hire, train, direct and manage staff of 22.

Inventory control- manage inventory within budgets, profitability metric performance- backorder rate, cancel rate, in stock rate, negotiate: prices, cancellations, order requirements and delivery dates, reduction and disposition of excess inventory, establish key relationships with vendors, historical analysis, strategic planning and budget creation, hire, train, direct and manage staff of 12.

Aa, Accounting

Business Management