Natural and Organic Grocery Broker

Publix, SEG, North Carolina and more

Mostly called on Publix and Southeastern Grocers. Also called on SE independentd and covered business at Harris Teeter, Ingles & Food Lion. My largest customer was Publix. I grew the business from $19 million to over $80 million. Also increased business at SEG and gained key placement at the rest of the accounts.

I called on all NE Conventional Grocery accounts. My largest customer has been Royal Ahold with 47% growth over the first 2 years. I also grew business at Shaws, Delhaize, Market Basket, Big Y, Roche and Dave's Marketplace

1 Negotiate and execute advertising for grocery and frozen national categories for customers in Pennsylvania and New York markets & find lowest cost solutions for our customers as well as provide alternate deals via survey to provide lower retails or higher profits.2 Proof all newspaper, web & other forms of advertising to ensure they are free of error and will allow the various retailers the ability to maximize sales.3 Insure that vendor funds and accruals are being properly managed to maximize advertising & sales for our customers.4 Creating ad planner to coordinate advertising for all lines based on price points and front page worthiness based on sales & seasonality.5 Provide coverage for Merchandising Manager by performing many of this position’s duties, not limited to running ad calls, retail pricing, providing proper gross profit and managing P&L.6 Set up new items, monitor service levels, conduct periodic business reviews with vendors & assist other departments to maximize business out of our warehouse.

Serviced a proprietary version of an AS400 buying system for grocery and C-store customers.Wrote documentation for uses of the system for customer consumption and training.

1 Purchase and manage nearly 50% of Dairy, Grocery, Beverage & General Merchandise items warehoused for Giant Markets. 2 Monitor commodity markets to optimize market sensitive purchases.3 Responsible for managing items purchased and vendors/manufacturers.4 Negotiate price, negotiate and execute advertising, and finding lowest cost solutions for our customers.5 Setting up of new items, monitoring service levels, and conducting periodic business reviews with vendors. 6 Insure that vendor funds and accruals are being properly managed to maximize advertising, retail pricing & sales.

this job took over for Daymon position. Same position, different company.1 Purchased and Sold HBC, grocery, frozen, dairy, bakery, meat, and general merchandise for Penn Traffic & Olean Wholesale.2 Earned Penn Traffic a 12% profit margin and Olean Wholesale a similar rate, negotiating the lowest possible buy price and the highest possible sell price using marketplace information. 3 Provided items in HBC and Grocery vital to Penn Traffic that were not currently available to them from traditional vendors.

1 Purchased and Sold HBC, grocery, frozen, dairy, bakery, meat, and general merchandise for Penn Traffic & Olean Wholesale.2 Earned Penn Traffic a 12% profit margin and Olean Wholesale a similar rate, negotiating the lowest possible buy price and the highest possible sell price using marketplace information. 3 Provided items in HBC and Grocery vital to Penn Traffic that were not currently available to them from traditional vendors.

1 Sourced Cheeses, Meats, Sauce, etc. for manufacturer of C-store food items. 2 Sourced all of the packaging for the completed food products. (Such as boxes and labels)3 Transitioned the old buying system into a new MRP buying system.

1 Was 100% responsible for buying for 2 grocery regions in the investing (diverting) department, Richmond VA and Harrisburg PA warehouses. 2 Bought in excess of 100 million dollars of product a year, making around 13% profit.3 Bought grocery, general merchandise, frozen, and dairy product from third parties and inter-company. 4 Negotiated pricing and worked with buying parameters, such as dating issues and company contracts.

Managing 2 different retail liquor store locations. Net sales 3 million plus.