Kerri Kraus
H: 23120 SE Black Nugget Dr. V2, Issaquah,,WA
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer
Costco Wholesale ~ Business Centers
01.2018 - Current
November 2022 - Present, Buyer D14 Sundries
April 2019 - November 2022, Buyer Hardlines 2, D21 Office, D29 Stamps, D93 OTC, D26 Sporting Goods, D75 Tickets
February 2018 - April 2019, Buyer D12 Candy
January 2018 - February 2018, Buyer D11 Tobacco
Assistant Buyer
Costco Inline & Business Centers
06.2006 - 01.2018
July 2016 - January 2018, Assistant Buyer Non Foods Inline D35 Jewelry Core Diamonds Cat AA
June 2006 - September 2013, Assistant Buyer Business Centers D11 Tobacco & D12 Candy, also all Hardlines departments
September 2013 - July 2016, Assistant Buyer Business Centers D13 Dry Grocery
Inventory Control Specialist
Costco Wholesale ~ Business Centers
12.1999 - 06.2006
Inventory Control Specialist, D11 Tobacco, D12 Candy, D13 Dry Grocery, D17 Cooler, D19 Deli, 61 Meat & 65 Produce
Corporate Office Positions
Costco Wholesale ~ Administrative and Accounting
05.1996 - 12.1999
Administrative Assistant / Marketing Coordinator for Business Delivery, Temp Management for Employee Training & Development, Production Assistant at CostcoTrading, Data Entry Associate in Manual Accounting, Financial Accounting Benefits & Employee Relocation
Costco Wholesale, #07, #08, #106
Warehouse Operations
09.1991 - 05.1996
Major Sales at W#106 Aurora location. Casher, Caller, Hot Dog Cart, Cart Pusher and Member Services
Skills
- Adaptability, Time Management
- Coaching, Leadership
- Communication, Decision-making
- Negotiation, Relationship-Building
- Forecasting, Inventory Management
- Production planning, Compliance control
- Budgeting, Sales Planning
Accomplishments
D13 Dry Grocery
Created the large container spice program with Old Thompson 24 skus (Sales have grown from $1.1M FY16 to a Projected $9.1M FY24)
D35 Jewelry
Conducted online conference calls with Diamond suppliers to fill out item agreements.
Engaged all diamond suppliers to acquire Costco GMP audits.
Created the Metal conversion calculation spreadsheet, still used to this day. (The process of finding the London spot pricing and calculating metal cost on any jewelry piece takes up to a half hour.) This spreadsheet I created takes less than one minute to calculate the metal.
D93 Over the Counter
Acquired a top selling KN95 Mask in the Business Centers. Developing $5M in sales, off a $1M projection. Success of this item led to offerings inline and Costco.com, resulting in total sales of $12.7M.
D14 Sundries
Set a standard for box specifications, recycled content and improved fulfillment usage for the 2 Day grocery supplies. I negotiated a program with one supplier to fill 95% of our items delivered together in one truck on chep pallets. The prior program we were ordering 2 trucks a week per location of 2 box skus on stringer boards causing 2 hours to receive, repalletize, wrap and stock in the steel. This last year we have saved 910 hours of receiving and 39,000 pallet spaces.
Timeline
Buyer
Costco Wholesale ~ Business Centers
01.2018 - Current
Assistant Buyer
Costco Inline & Business Centers
06.2006 - 01.2018
Inventory Control Specialist
Costco Wholesale ~ Business Centers
12.1999 - 06.2006
Corporate Office Positions
Costco Wholesale ~ Administrative and Accounting
05.1996 - 12.1999
Costco Wholesale, #07, #08, #106
Warehouse Operations
09.1991 - 05.1996