• Manage 19 categories in areas of Specialty cheese, fresh pasta, cracker/dry items with year over year sales increases, growth and profitability well above industry standards, despite down economy.• Develop and implemented 18 Schnucks Specialty Cheese departments including product assortment and training.• Create 85 ads and specialty marketing promotions yearly for Deli in all markets.• Create and teach 3 Specialty Cheese and wine education sessions per year for Schnuck teammates. Studying for Certified Specialist of Wine certificate.• Supervise 2-3 trips (cheese plant, cheese making, farm tours, retailers) per year for Specialty Cheese associates education.• Implement new promotion and merchandising plans system wide at corporate and store level.• Establish and maintain 280 vendor relationships.• Order and manage 400 items of perishable deli inventory—top 10• Write Specialty Cheese articles and produce ads for Schnucks Cooks Magazine yearly.• Created and appeared in Storing Cheese Varieties on video at www.schnuckscooks.com

• Sales and movement analysis reports for Deli/Seafood/Food Bars using Report Writer software.• Create merchandising sets and plan-o-grams for 20 areas of Deli, Seafood and Food Bars using Apollo software.• Create set layouts and diagrams using PowerPoint for 90 stores (Deli/Seafood/Food Bars).• Communicate implementation of department sets for maximum sales and gross profit to corporate and store management.