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Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Responsible for sourcing, ordering and merchandising all Specialty (beer, wine, cheese & grocery) products within the Bethesda location. Curating, buying and cutting all cheese for 2 locations. Working with local breweries to source high quality fresh beers as soon as they are released and to develop collaborations and private label opportunities. Working with an integrated Square platform to develop reports, manage loyalty program members and create marketing promotions.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Curated a unique, world class beer department within a nationally recognized specialty wine and cheese shop. Placed all orders for beer, received deliveries, set prices to maintain profit margin goals and executed departmental merchandising and inventory management.Responsible for entering and updating all departmental product information including description, photos, and pricing into Shopify for online retail ordering as well as Vend for in-store POS. Educated customers on… Show more Curated a unique, world class beer department within a nationally recognized specialty wine and cheese shop. Placed all orders for beer, received deliveries, set prices to maintain profit margin goals and executed departmental merchandising and inventory management.Responsible for entering and updating all departmental product information including description, photos, and pricing into Shopify for online retail ordering as well as Vend for in-store POS. Educated customers on new products and events by sending weekly newsletters utilizing MailChimp and Klaviyo platforms. Provided additional beer education and promotional opportunities by writing the “Your Beermonger” guest column for ArlNow.comAnalyzed reports from all available retail and marketing software platforms to generate weekly sales reports for the store’s owner. Developed templates within Google Sheets for use by all departments for use in order budgeting, pricing calculations and labor spending. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed a small team of the store’s buyers. Provided mentorship and guidance while being responsible for ensuring that budgeting, sales and inventory goals were met across the board. Administered the LOC Store Management System backend that powered the store’s POS. Standardized item creation to allow for consistent and more robust reporting options. Trained appropriate staff on entering new items, maintaining pricing and vendor information and implementing promotions.Provided… Show more Managed a small team of the store’s buyers. Provided mentorship and guidance while being responsible for ensuring that budgeting, sales and inventory goals were met across the board. Administered the LOC Store Management System backend that powered the store’s POS. Standardized item creation to allow for consistent and more robust reporting options. Trained appropriate staff on entering new items, maintaining pricing and vendor information and implementing promotions.Provided in-depth reporting weekly to the store’s Founder and Director of Operations. Worked with buyers to improve their analysis of information available and to learn how to customize reporting.During this time also acted as the store’s Beverage and Specialty buyer. Managed bar staff and a cheese production assistant. Expanded the selections of local beers as well as Natural and Organic wines from around the globe increasing alcoholic beverage sales by 20-30% for three years in a row. Show less

Arlington

Responsible for weekly ordering of cheese and charcuterie items, maintaining inventory, seeking new items and developing relationships with vendors. Set pricing on new items and regularly audited cost information to stay within margin goals. Created new PLUs and maintained a database of current PLUs within the scale system and ensured accuracy with point of sale systems.Organized special events including regular beer and wine pairings. Consistently saw sales increases of 10-30% from… Show more Responsible for weekly ordering of cheese and charcuterie items, maintaining inventory, seeking new items and developing relationships with vendors. Set pricing on new items and regularly audited cost information to stay within margin goals. Created new PLUs and maintained a database of current PLUs within the scale system and ensured accuracy with point of sale systems.Organized special events including regular beer and wine pairings. Consistently saw sales increases of 10-30% from previous years, especially in charcuterie. Competed in the Cheesemonger Invitational, San Francisco in 2016 Show less

Rockville, Maryland

Responsible for ordering and pricing of all beer, wine, charcuterie, cheese and other gourmet items from local vendors and producers in line with the store’s local and sustainable philosophy. Planned and executed special events, promotions and displays. Managed a small team and trained them in product offerings and service techniques.

Mount Airy, Md

Opened 12 different restaurants in 8 years (Greene Turtle and California Tortilla franchises, New York J&P Pizza family owned restaurants and one brand new concept Mount Airy Inn.) Company managed day-to-day operations of restaurants and both commercial and residential real estate holdings.

Laurel, Md

2nd Shift. Completed nightly batch processing, backup of critical systems and executed nightly reports. Called upon to troubleshoot problems and provide help desk support after-hours.Worked with senior & supervising staff to migrate daily processing jobs and scheduling from MPE text based to a UC4 graphic interface.