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Davenport, Iowa Area

• Manages transfer return program for Fortune 500 heavy machinery company, including tracking movements to and from specific facilities as well as managing client and vendor relationships.
• Manages client’s Dealer-to-Dealer program, overseeing and implementing all transfers involving sold goods between U.S. and Canadian dealerships.
• Oversees all outbound transfer loads out of specific factories, routing finished materials in an efficient and timely manner.

Davenport, Iowa Area

• Assign transportation carriers to orders, ensuring on-time deliveries at reasonable rates.
• Achieved strong results in a heavy volume environment, maintaining constant contact with carriers and customers on each order from processing to delivery.

Fox River Grove, Illinois

• Negotiate for and order excess inventory from vendors for resell through employer’s national network of retailers.
• Maintain contact with vendors including price negotiation, sample requests, and tracking orders.
• Research retail pricing, present negotiated packages of goods to management for purchase.

Addison, Illinois

• Purchase raw material from suppliers in a fast-paced environment.
• Monitor raw metal market conditions to ensure optimal pricing.
• Manage conflict minerals project as required by Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.
• Managed supplier relations, including creating score card reporting for suppliers regarding delivery and quality as well as sourcing new suppliers.

Naperville, Illinois

• Assist lead buyers by ordering, running stock, organizing back stock, and managing inventory.
• Suggest and order new products to increase sales and gain larger margins for location.
• Arrange and display products in aisles, run products from back room to sales floor.
• Assist customers and answer questions regarding products
• Perform quality control, including managing out-of-date items and maintaining accurate inventory

Omaha, NE

• Supervise front-end of store, including checkout area
• Managed 20-30 employees per shift, including conducting performance reviews and implementing disciplinary actions.
• Administer the weekly schedule, balancing day-to-day labor needs with budgetary limitations.
• Handle consumer complaints and comments to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Analyze gross profit of each department, including sales, profit, and tracking movement of hundreds of merchandise items per week.
• Manage the School Receipts Program, working with accounting to ensure timely and correct rebate checks were issued to local participating schools.

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Art/Art Studies, General