Phil Rees Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Delaware, Ohio, Us

West Chester, Pennsylvania, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

- Responsible for Building a ground up multi brand private label merchandise program. - Sourced suppliers and negotiated all purchasing terms for both domestic and offshore suppliers.- Designed and implemented all private label packaging.- Consulted/Coached our sister websites for private brand sourcing. - Built the marketing plan to be deployed by brand.- Set up and maintained all freight forwarding initiatives.

Delaware, Ohio, Us

-Responsible for the strategic direction of the JEGS brand.-Responsible for all global sourcing and some domestic sourcing of JEGS brand merchandise. -Conducted all day to day contact with our factories, sourcing agents and freight forwarders.-Developed JEGS brand marketing plans, landing page items and weekly reporting. -Conducted line reviews, negotiated lower costs, extended terms, tariff avoidance to maximize sales and profit KPI's. -Trained and developed buyers. -Worked with my team on packaging, web content and catalog input. -Worked closely with our replenishment team to minimize out of stocks and assure a seasonally appropriate inventory balance.

Memphis, Tn, Us

-Managed $150MM in sales floor merchandise for FY 2014. -Negotiated many cost decreases and payment terms increases. -Created exciting advertising campaigns for monthly sales and off shelf placements. -Research NPD monthly to locate merchandise opportunities. -Worked with a best in class category management process. -Utilized a clustering tool to maximize store assortment by demographic strengths. -Consistent store and DC visits including working with store operations for improved line updates. -Participated in AutoZone's Accelerated Leadership School at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University. -Participated in many strategic planning committees including International Expansion, Shrink, Team 21, Thrift, Great People/Great Selling.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

-Managed $700MM dollars in sales floor area sales in FY2005. -Managed 6 person commodities buying team.-Initiated an updated off shelf placement plan and results tracking system. -Initiated the 2010 company merchandise plan for my categories.-Led my team to develop exciting monthly ad campaigns. -Researched NPD monthly for merchandise opportunities.-Used category management to completely analyze merchandise lines yearly. -Maintain high turn oriented replenishment plan.

-Bought all front room categories for 107 store automotive retail chain. -Prepared financial budgets for all front room categories. -Created diverse marketing plans for all assigned categories. -Conducted sales seminars on new products for our store sales teams.