Valerie Perry Email and Phone Number

• Oversee a team of six IT project managers and two team leads with an average of 200+ point-of-sale and mobile projects annually, which includes monthly recoveries of $85k-115k+• Lead communication and collaboration efforts while acting as a liaison to multiple stakeholders, including field operations, point-of-sale business partners, strategy, sales, marketing, and product teams• Created training curriculum for new IT project managers that has been used to onboard over 20 recent hires• Guide direct reports in establishing goals and accountability to foster career path • Coach and mentor team on strategic project scoping, project milestones and timelines, and client relationship management • Develop, advise, and initiate process improvement plans and new tools to enhance work performance • Collaborate with counterparts and leads to establish quarterly and yearly departmental goals, such as increasing revenue for mobile and point-of-sale projects and migrating to a new Smartsheet platform

• Directed the overall retail marketing and merchandising for over 40 hospital retail outlets• Coordinated the implementation of five monthly food and beverage promotions for retail outlets in the Northeast region for approximately four years• Mentored and educated new managers and interns on retail and marketing standards

• Managed 1.3 million retail foodservice account• Lead and coached 11 employees• Forecasted sales goals and budgets• Decreased labor by 8% in the first quarter• Drove sales and marketing initiatives (an average increase of 5-8%)

• Managed the retail operations of Brookwood Café, a Starbucks-licensed coffee shop, catering, and two physician lounges• Supervised 25 retail full-time hourly associates• Partnered with the Executive Chef to strategically plan menus and drive retail revenue