More than seventeen (17) years of extensive and diversified experience in sales and merchandising. Specific assignments include development and implementation of sales and marketing programs, training and evaluating personnel, customer relations, and supervising inventory and operating expenses.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc	(Confidential)	3/2004 - 12/2006
Dominick's Finer Foods	(Confidential)	8/1988 - 3/2004

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Harper College	Science	1994	Associate Degree
Harper College	Arts	1993	Associate Degree

Highlights:

•Supervise 21 departments with sales over $1,300,000 a week•Directly supervise 21 Produce Department Managers, 28 Produce Department Lead Clerks, and over 180 retail clerks•Coordinated 8 Grand Opening stores•Coordinated 10 Major Departmental remodels•Promoted 11 people to Produce Department Manager•Promoted 11 people to Produce Department lead clerk•Launched a new merchandising program in 2 stores. Net results: Stores showed positive sales increases to core departments and program to be rolled out to all stores.•Organized the roll out of equipment for more than 95 department remodels.•Created and implemented sales and merchandising plans that were used in updating and changing product mix to reflect key seasonal changes in order to maximize sales at peak selling periods.•Redesigned the layout of 24 departments to help control inventory losses. Net Result: Reduced Operating expenses by $1,632,770.•Organized 29 remodels including purchasing and placement of equipment, merchandising, and staffing.

Companies I like:

Sears, Home Depot, Walgreen's, American Airlines, United Airlines

Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Leadership

• merchandiser
• management
• operations

-Coordinated 8 Grand Opening stores for maximizing sales and profit. -Promoted 5 People to Department Manager and 9 people to Department Lead Clerk