DISTRICT SUPERVISOR WITH EXPERTISE IN MERCHANDISING AND MANAGING REMOTE EMPLOYEES
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Retail District Manager with more than 15 years of success managing staff, merchandising, delivering training, and providing exceptional service. Enjoys working in the field, including servicing stores, building relationships with store management and setting up new stores.
Extensive merchandising experience includes:
• Hiring, training, monitoring, and managing merchandisers.
• Planning, execution, and follow up on merchandising projects and routine responsibilities.
• Plan-o-Grams (POGs), Birds-Eye Views (BEVs), Point-of-Purchase (POPs), building and signing displays.
• Coordinating, communicating, and executing retail merchandising and promotional plans, and updates.
• Creating,
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Started a company to leverage business development skills. Returning to retail to work with people, products, and procedures.
GNC, Pittsburgh, PA
Corporate Senior Manager, Retail Training, Communications, Store Operations 11/2014-11/2015
Corporate Manager, Training, Field Communications, Store Operations 11/2010-11/2014
Managed national retail training, communications, and store operations for a specialty retail company, including merchandising strategies, direction, and execution.
District Manager (Regional Sales Director) 05/2000-11/2010
Hired, trained, and managed a team of 28 store managers and over 175 associates in remote retail stores. Responsible for exceeding all goals through exceptional hiring, staffing, training, customer service, merchandising, store standards, inventory management, and operational controls.
Food Lion, Salisbury, NC 05/1990-05/2000
Various positions, including store management and merchandising, vendor, display, and product handling roles.
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