Wayne Lechman Email & Phone Number

List and sell residential real estate in Grand Rapids area

Western Michigan

Called on Walmart, Meijer, Spartan and Target stores throughout western Michigan from Coldwater to Traverse City.I built a strong rapport with Management in all stores resulting in strong sales and high visibility of Reckitt Benckiser product lines.Cut in new items and sold displays to ensure quick lift in sales and support concurrent advertising.Filled voids on shelf by working with management for placement on shelf either by me or through store ordering.Placed company supplied POS throughout stores. Addressed skus that were not scanning at store level using RB supplied information.Used company supplied laptop for reporting objectives and communication. Microsoft applications used were Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Word.* Maximized sales by selling and stocking displays for incremental sales. Monitored sell-through and reacted to results by addressing with store leadership in various ways. * Monitored pricing. Reported and corrected issues.

I worked as a residential Real Estate Agent during this time listing and selling real estate.

Called on Meijer stores and supervised part time sales force.* Hired, trained and supervised part time sales and merchandising team.* Called on Meijer stores. New item cut ins, watched for and reported pricing issues, filled voids, Placed POS, built incremental displays and filled displays. Sold in extra Product for ads.

Hired, trained and supervised part time merchandisers in a 4 state area.* Responsible for Meijer assigned store reset in select stores.* Assured principal skus were properly represented. signage, pricing, distribution, placement and display sales and compliance. Sold displays at store level.

Hired, trained and managed 8 managers the supermarket area. * Opened the Muncie Indiana store.* Assured company policies and procedures were followed.* Other responsibilities: Sales and profits Minimizing stock loss. Writing schedules and making the labor budget. Customer service. In charge of store when Store Director was not present. Cleanliness and sanitationSupermarket sales in stores I managed were between $500,000 and $800,000 per week.

Called on Meijer, Spartan, Viking and D&W stores. Called on D&W headquarters.Sold displays and ads.* Called on D&W headquarters.* Called on Meijer, Spartan, Viking and D&W stores Participated with D&W corporate when new planograms and cut ins were improvised.

Started in grocery department. Worked many positions in foods area. Last 7 years were spent as Supermarket Mgr. Worked at many stores.* Responsibilities were the same as the position I held in Indiana. Responsible for over 250 employees.Supermarket sales were between $800,000 and $1,200,000 in stores I managed during this time period.

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