Michael Priddis Email & Phone Number

DEALER OPERATIONS MANAGER - Jellyfish Lighting- Manage Dealer Team (Representatives / Tech Support)- Manage Fulfillment- Develop Dealer Accounts- Develop Dealer RepresentativesDEALER REPRESENTATIVE - Jellyfish Lighting- Develop Dealer Accounts- Dealer Sales and TrainingSALES REPRESENTATIVE - Jellyfish Lighting- Selling permanent accent lighting for homes and businesses. PZIGN - Children's Book publishing- Author and IllustratorSALES REP - Business PromotionsPRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER - UI INVESTORS - UTAH IDAHO SUPPLY / MAP WORLD- Service k-12 Schools across the state of Utah- Establish a vision and direction for the company- Develop relationships with vendors and community partners (UEA, Utah PTA)- Hired, trained and coached managers, buyers, accountants- Reduced order processing time by 90% by creating a semi-automated ordering system- Reduced order processing costs by 50% ($24,000) by automating the order input process-Reduced purchasing staff from 2 employees to 1 by automating the order input process- Increased reporting speed by developing online reporting methods which resulted in better adaptation to sales trends- Prepared annual forecasts ranging from $2.5 to $3.5 million- Prepared annual payroll budget of $400K to $500K- Prepared and reported monthly financial statistics and trends to owners- Analyzed and reported retail KPIs- Reduced cost of annual catalog production by 25% through researching printers- Increased successful sale promotions by combining remainder purchases with seasonal catalog promotion resulting in 1000's of units being sold- Negotiated lower waste disposal rates reducing costs by 40% - Increased brand awareness- Reduced the cost of promotional folder product by nearly 50% considering alternatives- Increased Amazon FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon) sales by 500% in one year, by improving FBA product selection and management- Computer systems, repairs, networking, security, hardware and software management- Manage 5 retail locations, 2 warehousesPROPERTY MANAGER - UI DEVELOPMENTMANAGER - DESERET BOOKMANAGER - SEAGULL BOOKSPECIALIZE SKILLSAdobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, DreamweaverMicrosoft Word, ExcelWebsite design, HTML, Wordpress

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