Molly Calhoun Email & Phone Number

Garden City, Ny, Us

Garden City, Ny, Us

Pleasanton, California, Us

-Grew sales volume annually in a highly challenging retail environment, while improving natural margin performance as well as personally managing the company’s largest tier retailers in the Drug Store, Hardware and Grocery channels (Rite Aid, ACE Hardware, True Value, SaveMart, Safeway, Orchard Supply Hardware (Lowe’s), Albertsons and Bed, Bath, and Beyond)-Initiated the development of E-Commerce retail business and led the way in the onboarding, product photography, packaging, and warehouse process which grew to a multi-million business in a year (included Amazon, Home Depot, Wayfair, Walmart)-Worked alongside the Director of Imports to help develop new products of kitchen, bath, doormats, shower, rugs, throws and bedding with overseas factories which included International trade shows and factory visits -Responsible for all major account presentations, planogram/warehouse changes by working closely with rep firms and point person for all seasonal and basic catalogues-Managed national customers direct import orders which included product testing and factory audits/social compliance

-Responsible for large Northern California territory of national drug stores which included writing orders and managing resets -Managed individual merchandising reps on the West Coast by overseeing schedules, timecards and handling store issues-Developed relationships with the District Managers of the national drug stores by driving special promotions -In charge of all incoming out and outgoing samples as well as product photography (used for e-commerce and catalogues)-Head of all National Trade Shows attended which included coordinating booths, samples, logistics and marketing for shows