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Merchandising/ Tradeshow - Event Manager Resume
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| Desired Industry: Marketing |
SpiderID: 21958 |
| Desired Job Location: Akron, Ohio |
Date Posted: 8/4/2008 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50% |
| Highest Degree Attained: |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
To obtain a challenging position within a growing organization that will allow for professional growth.
Experience:
The Little Tikes Company
1999 – Present
Global Visual Merchandising Manager/Tradeshow Manager
Recipient of 2005 Bronze OMA Award (BC Builders World)
• Develop and execute State-of-the-art merchandising programs for new toy launches, including on-shelf, off-shelf, corrugate, permanent and semi-permanent displays
• Manage Tradeshow development, setup and properties for all domestic & international tradeshows and vendor fairs adhering to annual budgetary guidelines
• Manage Little Tikes Hudson showroom to an “always ready” state for account line reviews and internal meetings.
• Store planning as it pertains to the Little Tikes line.
• Develop and execute new strategies for 3 worldwide showrooms including: New York, Hong Kong & Nuremburg showroom flow and implementation realizing a $3MM savings over a 4 year period.
• Direct logistics and execution of bi-annual remodeling of the New York showroom managing all budgets .
• Intense planogram and packaging analysis of Mass retail programs
• Develop strategies for executing international sales meetings
• Manage team responsible for sales samples and model tracking function
• Create and manage planogram detail function
Marketing Coordinator 3/98 – 9/99
• Coordinate all shipping and tracking of new items and protyped units within the “Outdoor” category
• Managed logistics of showroom setups for tradeshow, line reviews and sales meetings
• Managed inventory for Disney on inbound license
• Created category planograms as directed by Sales and Marketing functions to reflect a minimum of 15% increased category margins semi-annually.
Consumer Service Analyst 9/97 - 3/98
• Coordinate and analyze daily and monthly reports for corporate distribution
• Managed Little Tikes email response and activity including website FAQ’s and auto–responses
• Consumer Service point person for web-related activity
• Analyze monthly TRST’s data and generate POS reports based on analysis
Rite Aid Pharmacy 10/90 - 8/97
Training Manager
• Conduct quarterly customer satisfaction seminars for all employees in a 15 store territory
• Manage all functions of operating a retail drug outlet, including interviewing, hiring and training of all personnel
• Train new hire management to operate a Rite Aid retail location, including managing, sales growth, merchandising, planogramming and cash handling
References
• Available on request.
Education:
Associate Degree in Business
Work related experience.
Skills:
ProSpace Plus Program (light use)
MS Office
Reference:
Available on request
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