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Madison, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

‣ Participated with the publishing team product development, marketing planning and provided the Publisher with retail market trends and sales analysis.‣ Weekly replenishment, product groupings, assortment planning, inventory management and planogramming for brick and mortar and online.‣ Developed and implemented consumer facing retail marketing plans, served on implementation teams for new software Relex and D365.

Nashville, Tn

• Lead the buying team through assortment planning, promotional planning and inventory management to create growth and increase profitability for brick and mortar stores and online.• Oversaw weekly replenishment/allocation, product groupings, sales planning and utilizing RELEX dynamic replenishment system to lower inventory levels while still driving higher sales and margin.• Develop and maintain vendor relationships negotiating discounts to increase margins.

Nashville, Tn

• Lead the buying team through assortment planning, promotional planning and inventory management to create growth and increase profitability for brick and mortar stores and online. • Weekly replenishment, product groupings, sales planning, inventory allocation and planograming.• Develop and maintain vendor relationships negotiating discounts to increase margins.

Nashville, Tn

• Developed assortment and promotional plans, improved inventory management to increase turns to create growth and increase profitability. • Weekly replenishment, product groupings, sales planning, inventory allocation and planograming.• Developed custom products; maintained vendor relationships including negotiating terms.

Nashville, Tn

• Developed assortment and promotional plans, improved inventory management to increase turns to create growth and increase profitability. • Weekly replenishment, product groupings, sales planning, inventory allocation and planograming.• Developed custom products; maintained vendor relationships including negotiating terms.

Nashville, Tn

• Developed assortment and promotional plans, improved inventory management to increase turns to create growth and increase profitability. • Weekly replenishment, product groupings, sales planning, inventory allocation and planograming.• Developed custom products; maintained vendor relationships including negotiating terms.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

‣ Led transformation with 175 franchise stakeholders in the Northeast Region the best performing region through training workshops and on site visits.‣ Devised and implemented strategy adjustments for each franchise based on financial performance, consumer insights and competitive analysis.‣ Collaborated with franchise owners on best practices in all financial aspects including business planning and forecasting, P & L training, debt restructure, marketing, E-commerce applications, and insurance analysis attaining a clear picture of cash flow and operational needs.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Created the successful execution of management training manual update to optimize training of new management candidates at store level.• Made recommendations for improvements to receiving area to improve productivity through improved product flow.

‣ Recruited, interviewed and recommended management candidates for the Nashville market‣ Directed a team of management associates ensuring the execution of all merchandising and operational directives‣ Oversaw the training and coaching of 155 sales associates and support staff, including product placement, visual merchandising standards and communicating fast and slow sellers to corporate buyers.

‣ Managed client's financial portfolio through consistent communication and offering products or services that benefited the clients end goals. The products and services included stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CD's and Life Insurance products.‣ Displayed exceptional grasp of market trends and strategies to individuals and companies.‣ Demonstrated exemplary customer service promoting client and company success thru relationships.

• District Operations & HR Manager duties included partnering with all levels of management to recruit and hire new management candidates, evaluating salary dollars usage, leading store planning for future salary dollars need, leading store evaluation of store expenditures, insuring all training is accessible and administered and auditing each store to insure all operational standards are met or exceeded.• Regional Men’s Division buyer duties included the sales and profit growth with a sales budget of over $425 million, assortment planning by individual market, developing planograms for each store, continually updated inventory replenishment and allocation by store and acquiring new product lines for regional interest.• Regional Men’s Division Buyer results included leading the nation in sales and profit improvement.• Basic Logic Coordinator duties included Project Manager for the transition of purchasing from the store level to a district and regional level, Project Manager for installing new computer hardware, Project Manager for installing new computer software which drove the transition to a dynamic replenishment, Project Manager for implementing dynamic replenishment system and training management associates in the use and execution of this system.• Basic Logic Coordinator results included ranking second in the nation in sales and profit improvement three consecutive years.• Interim Store Mgr./Assistant Store Mgr. duties included displaying leadership in building sales through merchandise selection, visual presentation, management and associate training, planogram development and execution and monitoring open to buy and inventory levels