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Clearwater, Fl

Serve on the Board of Directorspositions include Treasurer and Chairman

Syracuse, New York Area

Responsible for the management of inventory levels and the flow of inventory from vendors to the warehouse and stores, including DSD and imports, until sold or otherwise disposed.Oversees the systems, processes and procedures of the supply chain and managing corporate inventory and replenishment. Responsible for training and development of subordinate staff, assigning work, setting goals and completion dates, ensuring consistent application of supply chain systems, development of reporting required by the organization to manage inventory and replenishment.

Charlotte, Nc

Responsible for the continuous development and data integration of all data sources that support category management in order to ensure visibility of market trends and consumer behaviors and how they relate to Family Dollar. - Supported the merchandising organization through the integration of category and market data into annual business reviews. - Helped the merchants think strategically about their position in the market.- Integrated consumer insights and shopper behavior into the assessments provided to the merchants- Partnered cross-functionally with other support areas (Pricing, Customer Insights, Space Management, Global Sourcing, Planning, & Private Label) to coordinate our analysis and presentation to the merchants- Managed the Category Management team at Family Dollar. This included FD analytical staff, third-party support (Nielsen, Symphony IRI, and NPD), and supplier-provided Category Analysts.- Continually improved the reporting and availability of market share and customer insight data to the merchants. This included enhanced usage of syndicated data and syndicated research from IRI, Nielsen, NPD, & Spectra.- Benchmarked performance to key competitors- Instituted new score-carding to ensure the identification of shifts in trendsManaged a team of 10.

Warwick, Ri

o Financial Planning, Forecasting, Analysis, & Reporting o Merchandising Operations - Pricing, Item Control, Promotion Management, Category Mgmt support o Systems Integration, Project Implementation and Process improvement o Coached team to promote bench-strength and individual development o Documented systems and processes to improve reliability o Partnered cross-functionally with other departments to promote efficiency and to ease process change and process implementation. o Used syndicated data and syndicated research from IRI and Nielsen to improve merchant visibility to competitive pressures o Used periodic scorecards to keep the merchants and senior leadership apprised of our performance o Managed a team of 20 associates.

Clearwater, Fl

o Performance Reporting – daily, weekly, and monthly scorecards and all ad-hoc analysis. o Responsible for the POS DataWarehouse.o Systems Management – partnered with IT as liaison between Merchandising and IT o Inventory Management and Reporting – responsible for analysis and reporting of store and distribution center inventoryo Item Control – maintained the files that supported the Merchandising systems o Electronic Initiatives – Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Scan-Based Trading (SBT), and Data Sharing initiatives with suppliers.o Ancillary Revenue Tracking and Reporting -- tracked $300 million of Trade Funds per year.o Ad Management – tactically supported the promotional activity o Planning and Forecasting – responsible for annual financial planning and monthly financial forecasting. o Category Management – supported the Category Managers with the data and analytical insight they required to drive sales and profitability. This included developing category reviews using syndicated data. This allowed for fact-based decision making around strategic initiatives by the merchants.o Team lead on numerous projects ranging in duration from a few months to a few years. Operated tactically and partnered with others cross-functionally to ensure successful outcomes. o Managed a team of 16 associates.

Clearwater, Fl

Manager of Inventory Accounting at corporate with a staff of 16. - Accounted for store and distribution center inventories.- Responsible for proper determination and posting of monthly and annual gross profit to the general ledger.- Implemented process changes that improved the efficiency of the Descriptive Inventory and LIFO Inventory processes.- Optimized the Physical Inventory process by improving productivity at the store level and processing efficiency when the results arrived in the corporate offices - Owner of the DataWarehouse and responsible for its data integrity

Clearwater, Fl

Responsible for all Accounts Payable for the corporation. Managed a staff of 73 associates.

Charlotte, Nc

Responsible for regional accounting functions including: - Accounts Payable - Payroll - Sales & Cash - Inventory Control - Data Processing. Heavily involved in annual Plan development. Primary liaison with Store Operations. Managed a staff of 45 associates.

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