KORY LAFAYETTE
Lawrence,KS
Summary
Motivated professional with 10+ years of experience in product sales and distribution. Possesses unmatched leadership and strategy skills to maximize company revenue. Expertise in management, marketing strategies, data analytics, purchasing, sales, product development and merchandising.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Product Line Manager
Redemption Plus
12.2018 - Current
- Directs and manages Domestic Product line procurement and vendor relationships
- Back-end website management.
- Create and manage product data reports and provide actionable feedback to Leadership Team.
- Maintain great vendor and customer relationships.
- Oversee new and existing inventory.
- Track, measure and improve year over year product theme sales.
- Ensure safety, quality, packaging and branding standards are adhered to at all times.
- Product Sourcing and Purchasing
- Product Development
- Project Management
- Travel requirements- 1-3 customer or conference trips per quarter.
- Purpose of travel to develop client relationships and research on product lines to help improve sales.
Account Manager
Redemption Plus
05.2017 - 12.2018
- Manage Inbound and Outbound calls to new and existing customers daily.
- Increased revenue for assigned book of business by 7% with 4% goal.
- Customer Service with e-commerce site and point of sale programs.
- Quote prices, credit terms, or other bid specifications to new customers and customer leads.
- Attend and represent company at all major industry trade shows.
- Build relationships with industry partners to drive leads and win business from competitors.
- New customer Project Management and on-boarding
- Maintain Salesforce and customer contact information.
- Travel requirements- 1-3 trips quarterly to prospect new customer locations or install new customer locations. Attend all major trade shows and side shows.
Merchandising Specialist
Redemption Plus
04.2015 - 05.2017
- Built opening orders and quotes new and existing customers
- Implemented best merchandising practices such as using Planogram software (Shelf Logic) and Storyboard Themed Merchandising.
- Planned travel and project management for new customer openings
- Merchandise and train new customer locations and their staff.
- Customer Point of sale training and development of training videos.
- Travel Requirements- As many as 3 trips per month. Attend and merchandise company booth at all major trade shows.
Kit Assembly Lead
Redemption Plus
07.2014 - 04.2015
- Lead production team of as many as 8-10 people.
- Build out paper work and daily work for production team.
- Oversee all activities, scheduling and overtime
- Oversee all inventory transfers and adjustments
- Make product selection for kits
- Work closely with product team for kit product procurement and needs
- Maintain margin and time studies for kits produced.
- Assist shipping and receiving departments when needed.
Warehouse Coordinator
Redemption Plus
04.2014 - 07.2014
- Help Manage warehouse staff of 30+.
- Ownership of all inventory transfers and adjustments, physical and systematically.
- Maintain FIFO stocking practices in picking racks and over flow racks.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations
- CPR certified and company emergency go to.
- Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location.
- Dispose of damaged or defective items
- Management of customer returns and restocking of returns.
- Forklift certified.
Warehouse Associate
Redemption Plus
05.2013 - 04.2014
- Pick, Pack and ship orders to customers- Maintain 99.4% accuracy on all orders that are picked packed and shipped
- Loaded shipping trucks- Unloaded containers- Stocking
- Forklift certified.
Infantryman
Kansas Army National Guard
02.2010 - 02.2016
- Honorable Discharge.
- Left at rank of Specialist- E-4.
- CPR and Immediate Trauma field medical training.
- Maintain physical and mental readiness.
- Military drivers license equal to CDL-A 2013-2016,
- Bradley driver, Humvee driver, 5-10 ton trucks and 55 passenger bus.
Education
A.A - Liberal Arts
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITYCOLLEGE
Overland Park, KS05.2016
Skills
- Salesforce
- Sage 100
- Excel and Microsoft Office
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement Projects
- Strategic Planning
- Remote Work
- Team Leader
- Account Management
- Operations
- Data Analytics
- Negotiation
- KPI Tracking
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
General George S. Patton
Timeline
Product Line Manager
Redemption Plus
12.2018 - Current
Account Manager
Redemption Plus
05.2017 - 12.2018
Merchandising Specialist
Redemption Plus
04.2015 - 05.2017
Kit Assembly Lead
Redemption Plus
07.2014 - 04.2015
Warehouse Coordinator
Redemption Plus
04.2014 - 07.2014
Warehouse Associate
Redemption Plus
05.2013 - 04.2014
Infantryman
Kansas Army National Guard
02.2010 - 02.2016
A.A - Liberal Arts
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITYCOLLEGE
Certification
PSMI- Professional Scrum Master
Conscious Capitalism
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