talent acquisition manager

• Negotiate all vendor assigned contracts to show increase in vendor support with all vendors.• Awarded Personal Care and Gift category buyer in March 2014. Transitioned to new role in July 2015. Category sales up 86% at time of transition.• Awarded Fitness Category buyer in July 2015. EOY 2015 Activity Trackers up 120%, Fitness Equipment up 34%, Fitness Accessories up 128%.• Team with marketing, management, and vendors to create events to enhance customers’ shopping experience.• Created aged inventory database to reduce aging inventory. Achieved 2015 goal.• Work with web team to create a world class website. Maintain price leader strategy in a competitive marketplace.• New product selection to ensure quality high turning goods in store and on the web. Increased 2015 turn by more than a full point.• 2014 Nebraska Furniture Mart Presidents Award recipient; NFM’s highest honor

• Negotiated and grew all movie studio contracts for the 2013 business year.• Worked with marketing, sales management and vendor partners to create events to bring excitement from customers and additional sales to NFM.• Managed, marketed, and grew InComm POSA Gift Cards.• Merchandised Gaming, Movie, and Gift categories using planograms while adhering to NFM and Vendor requirements.• Assisted category Buyer to create, proof, and finalize circular ads.• Maintained ad in-stock above 98 percent and overall in-stock above 90 percent each quarter.• Negotiated vendor programs that contributed to reaching the turn goal in 5 of 8 quarters

• Responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining company procedures to improve the bottom line.• Act as a liaison between IT(Information Technology) and end user to create efficient and effective company processes.• Balance month end and yearend sales and inventory reports between Inventory Control Manager and Corporate Accounting.• Perform audits of specific areas where opportunity for company growth exists.• Assist internal and external customers with all business needs• Created and implemented an aged inventory system June 2009 to bring visibility and awareness to more than 85 million dollars in inventory that previously would have been greatly discounted and even trashed with no vendor credit given.• Maintain inventory shrink by .02% or less.

Responsible for performing floor counts of all on hand inventory following Berkshire Hathaway guidelines. Create and send weekly and monthly reports to company Officers and Directors. Organize and facilitate training sessions as well as company meetings. Build and market a strong internal customer base while maintaining relationships.

Effectively supervise more than 30 employees.Ensure properly scheduling to secure adequate coverage for each shift.Monitor interaction with customer to ensure a safe and positive interaction.Address incoming customer complaints and coach for improvement.

Load customer vehicles in a safe and secure manner.Responsible for customer satisfaction.Address upset customer to coach for satisfaction. Know escalation points if customer is still unsatisfied.Work towards goal of customer being introduced, loaded, and completed within 5 minutes.