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Brandon Lara

El Paso,TX

Summary

Looking to advance my current position in a successful company

Merchandising professional with proven track record of enhancing store layout and product presentation to maximize sales. Known for strong collaboration with teams to meet and exceed goals in dynamic environments. Flexible and reliable, skilled in inventory management and customer insights.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Merchandiser / Sales Relief

Frito Lay
El Paso, TX
03.2025 - 12.2025

Loading shelves with Frito-Lay products, ensuring products are in the right place, and rotating older stock to maintain freshness and check expiration dates

Temporary / Seasonal position

Account Sales Manager

Viva Distributing - Red Bull
El Paso, TX
08.2024 - 02.2025
  • Ensure Red Bull products are rotated and maintained following product rotation standards thereby minimizing Out of Code and Damaged Product concerns
  • Ensure that Red Bull equipment is clean and in good working order
  • Evaluate all competitors' activities such as new launches and price reductions and communicate with Merchandising Manager or other members of sales team
  • Build and protect the Red Bull product portfolio

Sales Representative / Merchandiser

PepsiCo
El Paso, TX
02.2022 - 08.2024
  • Position is responsible for product merchandising within large volume stores (Grocery, etc.). This includes stocking shelves, rotating shelved product, setting up displays, stocking and rotating products in coolers, organizing and rotating products in storage rooms, and moving products from storage to the sales floor
  • This position interacts with personnel at the store location
  • This position is labor intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing from 20-45 pounds per case, as well as bending, reaching, and squatting while merchandising and moving products
  • This job follows a consistent schedule with specific start times and customers (opportunity to attain different work schedules with time.)
  • Merchandise store shelving, coolers and displays with products in assigned accounts
  • Rotate products in the backroom and on the shelf
  • Transport products to and from backroom to shelf location
  • Use equipment to transport products (e.g., U Boats, hand trucks, pallet jacks, etc.)
  • Display promotional material such as signs and banners in accounts
  • Keep back room stock in neat and orderly condition
  • Communicate store issues to store managers and Pepsi management
  • Build customer relationships at the store level
  • Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route, etc.)
  • Service accounts during designated times established by management
  • Deliver customer service (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
  • Ability to operate under minimal supervision (self-managed role)
  • Use hand held devices to write/input orders
  • Regular, reliable, predictable attendance

Vehicle Prep/Driver/Detailer

Enterprise Holdings
El Paso, TX
08.2021 - 11.2022
  • Clean and sanitize vehicle interior per Complete Clean Pledge standards
  • Vacuum and prepare vehicle interior per Complete Clean Pledge standards
  • Wash, clean and dry the vehicle's exterior - this might include cars of different sizes, as well as vans and trucks.
  • Check fuel level and warning lights: inspect windshield for damage; factory reset/restore vehicle setting to clear prior customer data; check for customer items and place anything of value in Lost & Found; verify that registration is present, current and matches the license plate.
  • Check fluid levels and add as needed; check tire condition, pressure and tread depth; inspect vehicle exterior for damage
  • Fuel and stage vehicle
  • Inspect vehicle for any safety concerns; report any warning lights and/or vehicle/windshield/tire damage; pull vehicle out of the prep processing as necessary
  • Maintains a clean and orderly work area and report any unsafe or hazardous conditions
  • Responsible for wearing proper personal protection equipment (PPE) and ensuring cleaning, detailing, washing and sanitization supplies are available
  • Assists customers when needed. May transport customers to and from the branches
  • Helps maintain overall site appearance including general cleaning of interior and exteriors of branch locations
  • Site appearance responsibilities to include: desktops, countertops, phones, floors, trash, bathrooms, vacuuming, sweeping the lot and any other miscellaneous tasks related to the daily cleanliness of the branch location

Cashier Associate

Walmart Super Center
Odessa, TX
03.2015 - 08.2019
  • As a Cashier Associate I provided excellent customer service with thorough knowledge of money handling, check cashing, credit card transactions, gift cards, price matching, price checking, and credit card payments. This position required excellent customer service skills and a positive attitude to provide customers with a satisfying shopping experience.
  • As part of the CAP Team unload large quantities of wide-ranging merchandise from the delivery truck. This required thorough knowledge of department and merchandise as well as practicing safe and proper handling of boxes and merchandise containing chemicals. After unloading merchandise stock assigned department with large quantities merchandise. Empty boxes were dismantled and taken to the compactor.
  • As a Shopping Cart Collector ensured that all shopping carts were gathered from the designated cart areas and parking lot and delivered to the bay in a timely manner.

Education

Some college - Anthropology

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

The University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TX
2019

Skills

EXCEL

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PUNCTUAL

Team Member (2 years)

Customer Service (1 year)

Typing

Cashiering

Time Management

Food Preparation

Law Enforcement

Food Service

Security

Kitchen Experience

Catering

Cooking

Restaurant Experience

Culinary Experience

Cleaning Experience

Microsoft Word

POS

Lawn Care

Mowing

Tree Trimming

Landscape Maintenance

Food Safety

Custodial experience

Guest services

Detailing

Auto Restoration

Valet Parking

Restoration Industry Experience

Oil Change

Communication skills

Computer skills

Driving

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Merchandiser / Sales Relief

Frito Lay
03.2025 - 12.2025

Account Sales Manager

Viva Distributing - Red Bull
08.2024 - 02.2025

Sales Representative / Merchandiser

PepsiCo
02.2022 - 08.2024

Vehicle Prep/Driver/Detailer

Enterprise Holdings
08.2021 - 11.2022

Cashier Associate

Walmart Super Center
03.2015 - 08.2019

Some college - Anthropology

University of Texas at El Paso

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

The University of Texas At El Paso
Brandon Lara