⭐️Established and maintained strong working relationships with growers, buyers, and transportation partners, resulting in sales growth.⭐️ Conducted prospecting exercises to find new business in the areas of retail, wholesale, brokerage, and food service channels and oversaw the pre-sales and post-sales account management and achieved high retention rates.

Store Manager (2003-2004, 2007-2008)Produce Specialist / Merchandiser (2004-2007)Floral Warehouse Manager (2002-2003)⭐️Directed store operations, ultimately driving $31.2 mil in annual revenues. ⭐️Coordinated recruiting efforts, customer service, facility maintenance, and asset protection; oversaw all inventory control and merchandise management in conjunction with vendors. ⭐️Spearheaded the product merchandising operations for 3 departments across 25 stores including availability, lineup, space allocation, and distribution for existing stores and store launches to improve market growth.⭐️Mentored district and general managers in the implementation of new policies, procedures, and programs; implemented innovative inventory reduction strategies to reduce shrink.⭐️Handled the QC for shipping, and facility maintenance for 180 floral departments; manged resource allocation, sales and tracking of stock; trained staff on performance and product handling to increase customer satisfaction.