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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Boca Raton, Florida , Us

Led the functions of Merchandising, Inventory Management, Private Brands, Promotional Strategy and Execution, and Pricing for all Beyond / Hello dispensaries as well as National Wholesale Sales and E-Commerce for Jushi. Acted as Commercial Lead on company S&OP process.

Boca Raton, Florida , Us

Led Merchandising and Purchasing for all Beyond / Hello dispensaries nationally

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Led Pricing, Merchandise Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting and Merchandising Process Governance for Pilot Flying J. Member of corporate EPMO strategy team.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Responsible for a $150M+ P&L for Pilot Flying J, including a $4M salary budget across ~150 full and part time team members. Provided leadership over revenue, margin and expense management over 17 Travel Center, Deli and QSR concepts.

Cramerton, Nc, Us

Led Merchandising, Sales, Store Operations, and Marketing for a new retail chain with four stores in Charlotte and plans for 500 nationwide.We drove a 300% increase in sales volume through innovative promotions, sales incentive plans, and team member engagement and decreased inventory more than 40% through strategic action plans and vendor negotiations.

Chesapeake, Virginia, Us

Led, developed, and motivated a 55-member team that included Pricing, Forecasting & Analytics, Merchandising, Project Management, Supplier Development, Plan Administration, and Merchandise Data Management personnel.Generated an estimated $300 million in incremental revenue for FY16 and $20+ million in cost savings in FY15 through a CPI initiative. Executive Project Manager for all labor scheduling for 8,000+ stores including a national rollout of Beer, Wine, and Tobacco. Also served as the executive liaison for all Merchandising software including SAS, Retek, Aptaris, Revionics and RSI.

Chesapeake, Virginia, Us

Progressed through increasingly more accountable roles to management of 100% of the company’s total inventory (average carrying inventory of $2.5 billion) which drove more than $10 billion in annual sales and annual receipts of $12 billion. Led a 78-member team and administered a $4.3 million annual human capital budget.Talent management initiatives resulted in a 53% reduction in staff attrition and inventory management initiatives reduced inventory $132+ million with minimal impact on sales velocity.Spearheaded the first-ever integration of seasonal, basic, and direct-to-store inventory management initiative, opened new distributions centers below or flat to inventory plan, and led purchases/inventory flow for 100% of advertised SKU count and annual promotional sales volume of $500+ million.

Chesapeake, Virginia, Us

Led replenishment of all Basic product for FDO, including Food, HBA, Household Products, Apparel, Home, and Direct Imports

Chesapeake, Virginia, Us

Led replenishment for Food, Health & Beauty, and Household ProductsGraduate of Family Dollar's 2012 "Emerging Leaders" Class

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Selected to participate in a rotational program that develops general managers to be future Presidents of newly acquired companies.As Channel Marketing Manager in 2009, developed and managed the division’s promotions and programs. Delivered a 56% increase in sales in a monitor promotion and 38% increase in a light promotion.As Product Manager: Open Innovation from 2008 to 2009, I met the challenge of developing a new line of vacuums and compressors. I was able to develop a strategic manufacturing partnership with the Gast Group and to deliver $5 million in incremental revenue for the launch of AeroPure.As Product Manager: Infection Control Technologies from 2007 to 2009, I spearheaded the development of a new sterilizer, the Delta Q, which increased category sales 21% and market share 500 basis points. Incremental revenue was generated through a price analysis tool, the first-ever promotion geared toward service technicians, and a Sterilizer Standard Work Kaizen event.

Redmond, Washington, Us

During my MBA internship, I conducted due diligence on three companies and presented acquisition recommendations to the Xbox GM. In addition, I developed a strategy for saving the division $100 million ($74 million in NPV) through a strategic partnership and presented the plan to the CFO.

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I was promoted to manage the purchase of $850 million in national inventory; I led an eight-member team of inventory analysts and one inventory coordinator. I developed, and administered sales budgets, inventory budgets, and sales forecasts for $1.1 billion in annual business. Under my leadership, we earned many company awards for financial performance in 2004, improved forecast accuracy 44%, and improved annual inventory turnover 16%.I organized Circuit City’s first-ever Angel Tree Drive, designed and implemented the first-ever Hurricane Supply Chain Strategy, and negotiated a purchase order of over 200,000 Apple iPods for Q4 of 2004.

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Prior to my promotion, I led a five-member team and corporate sales and inventory budgets for a $350 million annual business. I was able to successfully resolve an overbuy situation of $20+ million in cost inventory within two months.

San Francisco, California, Us

I was promoted through a series of merchandise planning positions to a senior role after completing a year-long retail management training program. As Senior Merchandiser Planner, I managed inventory and sales budgets for more than 60% of BananaRepublic.com’s volume.I played a key role in helping the division exceed sales plans by 15% and personally generated $500,000+ in cost inventory transfers. We either met or exceeded all financial and inventory targets for the first half of 2003. Also held the roles of:Merchandise Planner - Womens - Banana RepublicMerchandise Planner - Mens - Banana RepublicAssistant Merchandiser - Mens - Old NavyAssistant Merchandiser - Mens Wovens - Banana RepublicAssistant Production Manager - Mens Knits - GapBusiness Development Analyst - Gap.comAssistant Merchandise Planner - Womens Denim - Old Navy

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ba, Economics

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