Ted Noring Email & Phone Number

I am a positive and passionate leader, with the innate ability to realize and unleash untapped potential within people. I am naturally inquisitive with all challenging projects, and carefully listen to understand the objective(s), deliverable(s), available resources, budget and timelines to achieve exceptional results.In addition, I am trusted by fellow leaders to ensure tasks and objectives will be done right.

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  Director Of Visual Merchandising

  True Value Company

  1980 - Present

  Supervised 85,000 SKU’s stocked in warehouse and annual category reviews. • Oversaw semi-annual company trade shows including 500,000 of sales floor square feet and $18,000,000 vendor revenue. • Met and exceeded trade show revenue while reducing sales floor square feet by 10% resulting in incremental profit of $1,600,000.• Increased SKU productivity every year eliminating slow moving or non-productive SKUs. • Oversaw category line reviews for 100+ categories per year resulting in 7% average increased margin.• Directed space planning team to create and maintain 2,200 planograms, average planogram SKU turns increased 68% • Managed private label brand portfolio for 7,200 SKUs.Led design and implementation of “Destination True Value” new stores and remodeled stores. • Oversaw store planning, financing, implementation and merchandising teams (7 managers and 65 associates).• Developed implementation processes for 200 stores per year.

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  Riverside City College