Maintain vendor relationship for top vendorsNegotiate terms, discounts, and maintain pricing fileProcure custom grown crops and bookings

Retail Garden Center Special Projects Manager:Vetted, implemented, and manage Learning Management System (LMS). Content Creator for associate product knowledge, safety, and SummerWinds culture training .Executed online sales of eGift cardsOrganize & host bi-annual product knowledge trainings, regionally.Travel to CA & AZ retail locations to work in stores. Interview & onboard new vendors if their product matches our needs & culture.Search for potential acquisition matches regionally.

Analyze department for maximum safety, accountability, revenue and profitability. Implement change to capture efficiency within department and for customer satisfaction and ease. Develop and implement measurable goals for team accountability. Career development and mentorship for team members. Designed & executed layout, process, and shopping flow of new state of the art garden center spring 2021. Worked with variety of consultants, contractors, and vendors to achieve deadline and goals. Visionary in flow and floor sets. Lead team from moving off existing site to new site, keeping minimal lost days of business.

Developed & implemented a strategic plan that managed all faucets of a 15 acre nursery- Established and analyzed revenue and profitability goals for division & staff. - Created yearly procurement plan for greengood and hard good inventory - Analyzed retail pricing of all goods to achieve margins for max profitability - Maintained over 50 vendor relations within 8 states and 3 countries to negotiate discounts, maximize purchasing volume and uphold quality control - Recruited, hired, trained, evaluated performance of ~15 team members - Mentored 4 managers within department - Provided estimating support in commercial & residential construction division which produces 70% of company revenue - Implemented point of sale software. - Continually upheld high standard of customer service for all patrons.Marketed & executed annual event, raising 30K for a local non profit, supporting breast cancer research & survivors. Profitability has grown over 100% in 5 years.

• Manage staff, financials/profitability, purchasing, and marketing. • Motivated supervisors and crews to perform at their maximum efficiency to exceed production rates.• Purchased all greengoods for the location.• Successfully bid, designed and executed residential and commercial annual color programs and plantings ranging from $500-$25,000.• Assisted Senior Designers to assist with takeoffs and estimates for residential and commercial projects.• Grew sales annually by recognizing potential areas for profit and obtaining the contracts necessary to provide the service.

Manage community garden spaces throughout the county.Grew demonstration vegetable and herb garden, showing different styles and methods to accomplish backyard food productionTaught workshops and classes on vegetable gardenCoordinated and scheduled large master gardener volunteer base to accomplish tasks

Assisted Dr. Bob Zemetra in his wheat breeding lab while attending college. Duties included planting, harvesting, and processing field trial plots. Used sterile technique to harvest wheat seed embryos for tissue culture growth.

Harvest crew lead

Traveled OR, WA, CA meeting potato producers and sharing program content with them. Attended industry events

Precision agriculture intern