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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to sales floor.• Assist customers and answer questions regarding products• Perform quality control, including managing out-of-date items and maintaining accurate inventory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