Rob Rains Email & Phone Number

Farmington, UT, US

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

United States

• Promoted to work as a utility resource in merchandising and marketing. Develop training methods and continually assess training programs. Serve as subject matter expert to stand-in as needed in a backup capacity in any.
• Reduced workforce by 20% by implementing new processes.
• Collaborated with five team members to develop 53 company-wide processes for category management to implement new products in a streamlined, consistent process.
• Increased customer satisfaction and trust by developing a single process for new products going to market for all distribution centers.
• Improved efficiency by reinforcing and refining procedures for bringing in new products, discontinuing products, and outlining the same processes for all staff involved.
• Developed Process Manual in collaboration with the Process Consulting Group to assist all company locations to follow the same procedures. Deployed new processes across two regions.

• Promoted to lead a strong team of Vice Presidents to build a consensus regarding cluster requests for proposals. Developed reporting tools to include lost income reports, and cluster business reviews. Developed an.
• Increased income by $24M the first year and $36M the second year by implementing a new Request for Proposal program for vendors.
• Exceeded Annual Operating Plan goals of $6M and stretch of $9M by $13M.
• Created proposals to report on annual sales of vendors’ line of goods, present advantages of buying all goods from US Foods to obtain an increased rebate for US Foods.
• Created monthly reports for vendors to identify loss of income by selling non-US Food products.
• Collaborated with Regional Vice President to analyze manufacturer’s quality, freight procedures, and other factors to determine if a vendor would be advantageous.

• Monitored pricing changes and inventory of grocery, dairy, frozen, non-food, and commodity products. Determined which products to stock by evaluating markets and pricing products accordingly to incentivize sales force.
• Re-evaluated inventory based on price of the last product received and made appropriate adjustments for all categories involved.
• Reduced excess and obsolete inventory and developed methods to move slow-moving, and excess inventory to assist buyers.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area