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Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Responsible for managing the 6 person, supply chain focused Solution Principal team at RELEX. Key role objectives include creating development plans for new on-boards, skill expansion plans for existing team members and executing an effective recruitment and hiring process. In addition, the role also acts as a pressure release valve to the presales organization, supporting ongoing selling activities in key focus accounts and industries.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Plano, Texas

Responsibilities include driving a business plan for 3 unique software products, representing the products at customer meetings and trade shows, and driving new sales of the software products.

Plano, Tx

Responsible for reviewing retail customer business processes, building process flows and synthesizing business requirements for compatibility with the NCR Inventory and Replenishment solutions.Maximizing ROI for large and small retail customers through reviewing current processes to ensure the design will optimize the use of labor in the inventory control process.Evaluating the level of success at implementations through the use of established KPIs, and building plans to reach performance goals.

Plano, Texas

Implementation consultant for Demand Driven Replenishment, a forecasting and ordering product offered by Retalix. A client facing position which leverages both implementation and store management experience, to lead clients into a successful integration of the forecasting product.Aided in introducing NCRs Inventory Management software to market through a multi-year project with the second largest travel center company in the United States. Key responsibilities included: training the project team and training department, synthesizing business requirements for future development and detailed and thorough testing of the application. Created and executed a week long application training, which was attended by 20% of the application customer community and has been established as a yearly exercise.

Selected as member of 2 person team responsible implementation of national “Fresh Program”, placing fresh fruit and vegetables into select national markets. Managed store openings, retrofits/fixture installation, store level training and quality assurance testing; delivering each project on time and budget. 14 stores in 3 markets completed. Program on track to generate over $24 Million in annual revenue and increase overall customer traffic and sales per visit. . Received commendation from Division Merchandise Manager for project management after highly successful launch of flagship store in downtown Chicago.Utilized key performance indicators and inventory analysis to update inventory controls that reduced waste across a group of 5 stores by 34%. Executed training & rollout of Retalix Inventory System at 45 New York Duane Reade locations in under 6 weeks.

Responsible for 35 team members as second in charge of store with over $7 Million in annual sales. Designed and implemented strategy to increase revenue through better merchandising and POS selling and reduce store shrink rate. Managed the grocery and seasonal departments and was responsible for employee actions. Created suggestive sell program that improved weekly store performance, which moved store suggestive sell rank from bottom 6 into the top 3 of 45 district stores. Remerchandised and managed an 18 foot Hispanic food section increasing sales by 30%. Improved employee attendance over 5% through attendance documentation and personal accountability.

Promoted to 2nd in charge of a store with over $5 million in sales. In addition to daily oversight of 30+ employees, responsibilities included: supervising the stock room, managing the grocery department and professional training and development of store personnel. Significantly reduced store shrink rate through the development of stock room standards, stricter inventory controls and weekly reporting. Orchestrated 20 district employees to complete a store level remodel and department reset for a National Customer Centric Retail initiative, project completed 20% ahead of schedule. Developed and implemented customer service standards which improved stores customer service score by 9% over a six month period

Shift manager as 3rd in charge of retail operation averaging $5 million in annual sales. Directed the daily activities of 5 team members per shift. Promoted to manager in charge of the photo department with revenue exceeding $33,000 annually and 6 direct reports. Created photo department training program that increased suggestive selling by over 75% and total departmental profitability by over 37%.Responsible for training, development and annual reviews of photo department employees.

Designed and implemented daily accounting practices which helped to reduce register shortages by 75% each nightEntrusted with bank deposits for operation with over $450,000 in annual sales Responsible for inventory control and ordering for operation with assets valued at $50,000 Gained leadership and work experience in a retail environment through shift management and responsible accounting practices

Elected to a 7 member governing body, responsible for developing and enforcing policy for 28 member fraternities with over 2,200 individual membersCreated and managed a $15,000 budget for large scale event planning including scheduling for over 120 potential recruits and 20 counselors for events Prepared and executed marketing campaign which included mailers, emails, face to face meetings. Also introduced the use of social media leading to a 35% increase in participants from the previous year

Bachelor'S Of Science, Business Administration - Marketing

Activities and Societies: Beta Sigma Psi - Social Fraternity, Positive Delta - Service Fraternity, Interfraternity CouncilExecutive Board.

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