Brock Warber
Chesapeake,VA
Summary
Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. Proficient in best practices, market trends and regulatory requirements of industry operations. Talented leader with analytical approach to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Space Planning Manager
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
05.2016 - Current
- Optimize each stores sales and profitability by assigning store specific planograms based on demographics, space, location, and other store attributes
- Collaborate with the Visual Merchandising team to understand category priorities to meet and exceed planned expectations
- Lead a team to assist in 1000+ new store opening and renovation projects annually
- Work directly with print vendors to create store specific monthly planogram kits for the Family Dollar banner which contain shelf strips and pricing labels for store execution
- Partner with pricing analytics to create all price related kit components including price changes, clearance hangtags, and other promotional signage
- Responsible for the creation of all store to product relationships and work directly with the replenishment teams to ensure the correct product arrives to each store
- Assist the Store Planning team in the creation of AutoCAD planogram blocks to be used for all store layout drawings
Visual Merchandising Manager
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
06.2010 - 05.2016
- Develop and lead a team responsible for the creation of planograms for multiple categories including all food, beverage, pet, and HBA departments
- Partner with the merchandising team to develop the overall category strategy and build planograms that meet the expectations of each plan
- Work with store operations on store specific communications to ensure proper store execution
- Ensure all planograms meet the company planogram standards including overall product turns, capacity, and merchandising standards
- Collaborate with assortment planning to identify clustering opportunities and all assortment strategies across the planogram portfolio
- Interpret data from various sources including sales reports, market research, and inventory investment to make informed decisions on each category.
Visual Merchandising Specialist
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
04.2007 - 05.2010
- Responsibly for the creation of 1000+ planograms including candy, checkout, beverage, household chemical, paper products, and other categories when needed
- Work directly with the buying teams to execute the planned strategy and identify any assortment opportunities across the category
- Capture updated images and measure all products for each product on the planogram
- Build planograms that meet the financial and merchandising guidelines of the category
- Set the primary planogram for each department and attend the business line review to discuss the vision and strategy of each reset and revision
- Validate and proof the strips and labels for each reset to ensure that the proper materials are delivered to each store.
Co Manager
Harris Teeter
01.2006 - 03.2007
- Directly oversee all grocery related categories including dry grocery, dairy, frozen foods, and label integrity
- Perform recruiting, hiring, training, and performance management of all staff and personnel
- Lead a team of 50+ team associates to ensure customers receive exceptional service in a clean, safe, and well stocked store daily
- Complete and conduct all store staff performance evaluations with input from the department managers and customer surveys
- Ensure store paperwork and reports are completed weekly along with the schedule for all grocery related employees
- Conduct semi-annual inventories on all grocery related categories and problem solve any overages or shortages of products
- Work directly with DSD vendors to order product and ensure in stock requirements are met.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Accounting -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC01.2003
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- JDA and Spaceman software experience
- Verbal and written communication
- Strong Team Leadership
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Team Leadership
Timeline
Space Planning Manager
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
05.2016 - Current
Visual Merchandising Manager
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
06.2010 - 05.2016
Visual Merchandising Specialist
Dollar Tree/Family Dollar
04.2007 - 05.2010
Co Manager
Harris Teeter
01.2006 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Science, Accounting -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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