Steve Bode Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Ne

Help members with Retail Business Solutions, includes Point of Sale, Payment Systems, Ordering Systems, Printing Solutions, and Retail Pricing.

Coddington & West A Street

Center Store departments, safety committee, store operations.

Home Office

• Responsible for category sales growth.• Responsible for category margins.• Write Ad Plans.• Forecast Ad Sales.• Maintain competitive pricing.• Buy items for Ads, In Store Specials and Distribution Center.• Approve new items, discontinue slow selling items.• Planogram new items and maintain planograms.• Oversee store resets. • Communicate with stores all category merchandising strategies.• Develop relationships with vendor partners.

Home Office

• Implement Computer Assisted Ordering System (INGEN).• Implement Perpetual Inventory through INGEN system.• Establish Best Practices and Procedures.• Develop reporting and email notifications.• Monitor data transmission to and from INGEN.• Research and Resolve errors in system.• Manage and support Merchandising department.

Home Office

• Responsible for pricing all UPC items in six markets.• Maximized Gross Profit margins through pricing initiatives.• Developed pricing methods supporting Russ’s Market Privilege Plus Card. • Helped develop Russ’s Market, Card Marketing like Fuel Saver, Clip less Coupon of the week, Value of the Week.• Brought price checking system online to ensure competitive pricing.• Increased Pricing accuracy from 92.5% to 99.4%.• Implemented tag printing software.• Designed and implemented all sign and tag formats.• Very knowledgeable of IBM A/S 400. • Support for Scanning personnel and other store level personnel.