Michael Drouin Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

• Made baseline and promotional lift forecast recommendations across multiple accounts after reviewing their sales and forecasts;• Created a sales and inventory tracking system assisting account managers to analyze vendor orders and POS trends;• Responsible for item level weekly forecasts;• Worked with various teams to fulfill weekly orders from Amazon;• Created digital dashboards to optimize analyzing sales trends;• Reported sales and industry share trends to leadership teams

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

 Order inventory and maintain store inventory levels Collaborate with vendor community to drive sales and maintain inventory within stores throughout the midwest Prepare item level sales forecasting through Meijer forecasting system Follow through on departmental ads from set up, ordering for ads, to print Generate analytic reports analyzing in-line and endcap programs, clearance sales, and advertising needs

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

 Prepared sku ranking reports, Nielsen Analytics, and other data to support category reviews Created an item assessment tool to assist Own Brand Leads evaluate financial costs of introducing new items to a category Analyzed sales trends through Meijer shopper insights system Produced analysis on effectiveness of ad pricing strategies Interpreted and provided insight from Nielsen and Fresh Facts data

Execute the buying desks ad plans by making sure that the promotional ad is set up correctly;Follow through with proper retail pricing of the items across all stores and states;Approve monthly and daily beer and liquor contracts from distributors;Resolve issues that arise within the stores or with distributor partners.

Created and implemented a financial tool to analyze the optimal selling space for a category within the frozen department on a store-by-store basis;Responsible for reporting and analysis of Meijer Brand products, measuring fair share and sales penetration versus National Brand items; Provided SKU ranking reports, Nielsen Analytics, and other data to support category reviews; Analyzed and compared promotional ad performance versus items on promotion from competition;Worked with direct-to-store delivered products and vendors to help maximize sales and service levels for the stores;Assisted with managing the promotional and display plan for a buying team;Taught and trained new team members on the recently installed ad planning system;Worked closely with buyer on assortment and planogram decisions;Provided exceptional service and support to the buying team;3 year member of the Perishables team for In-Store Bakery and 4 years in the Grocery Department.

Effectively supervised a staff of 30+ employees including training and performance evaluations; Analyzed store budgets and followed through to remain within said budgets;Coordinated store merchandising plans;Reviewed store sales to examine trends in purchases;Executed all corporate defined plans and increased sales in the bike department to become the 3rd highest in the company.

Primary responsibility included sales and customer service.

Bachelor Of Arts, Finance

Master Of Business Administration, Marketing