| Practical
Experience
Twenty-one years
of retail, package goods, manufacturing and service industry experience
and eight years of management consulting, has led to the development
of a broad range of practical knowledge and specific skills. These
include:
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Industry
Skills:
- Division
leadership (full P&L responsibility)
- Merchandising
and marketing management
- Merchandise
buying
- Merchandising
and marketing strategy
- People development
- Written and
verbal communication
- Financial
and merchandise planning
- Advertising
and promotional planning and execution
- Brand development
- Inventory
management and control
- Assortment
planning
- Competitor
assessment
- In-store
marketing and layout
- Planogramming
- Product development
- Product packaging
- Vendor relationship
management
- Training
- Consumer
research and analysis
- Merger and
acquisition analysis
- Strategic
planning and analysis
- Economic
forecasting and analysis
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Consulting
Skills:
- Project management
- Business
process improvement
- Time and
workload efficiency
- Organizational
design and realignment
- Pricing,
promotion and revenue management
- Strategy
development and business repositioning
- Business
analysis
- Business
plan development
- Private brand
development and pricing
- Client relationship
management
- Meeting facilitation
- Coaching
and people development
- System functionality
assessment
- Software
selection
- Change management
- Proposal
development
- Business
development
- Oral presentation
- Proficiency
in: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project and Visio
- Note: Also
received average of 40 hours/year training and education
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