Brooke Marbury

• Maintained strong, positive trade relationships and developed strategic alliances with DSD vendors to support event-based selling. Collaborated with vendors to ensure product availability, timely deliveries, and promotional alignment, contributing to the overall success of sales events.
• Provided essential financial data and insights to the division merchandiser, helping them make informed decisions to drive sales and achieve financial targets. Ensured timely and accurate reporting to support strategic planning and sales growth initiatives
• Ensured all store associates and field specialists had a comprehensive understanding of the grocery department’s processes, and its alignment with the overall company business strategy.

• Collaborated closely with store leaders and department heads to coach and train teams on center store standards, ensuring optimal performance and compliance with company guidelines.
• Played a vital role in executing successful re-grand openings by ensuring displays were aligned with the plan and all center store standards were met.
• Provided actionable feedback to division merchandising teams and district managers based on store observations, helping to enhance coaching strategies and improve overall store performance.

• Managed opening and closing procedures and recommended changes to enhance efficiency of daily activities.
• Assisted the Store Manager in analyzing sales data to identify trends and make informed decisions for improving overall store performance.
• Fostered a positive work culture by promoting teamwork and recognizing individual achievements among staff members regularly.

· Review all orders to ensure we are not over-ordering product and that we are accurately ordering for any upcoming sales as well as reviewing all bills to ensure each department receives all product the store is charged for.

· Successfully reduced the amount of overtime hours being used from 3.0% to 1.6% weekly by pulling all labor reports to review hours worked verse scheduled, overtime efficiency, and any incorrect time punches made by associates.

Ensure every department completes all display changes week by week and that all vendors have all displays built and in place in a timely manner to give our customers easy access to all sale items.

· Assisted in the successful grand reopening of four stores as well as one expansion and one grand opening by leading teams of various contractors, associates, and suppliers to meet schedules and deadlines.

· Managed the construction teams as well as our third-party commodity reset associates in order to complete tasks for the night and redirect when issues were found such as missing equipment, people not showing up, and inconsistencies between the store and the blueprint.

· Review schedules on a week to week basis to ensure the needs of the business are being met throughout the day.

· Performed food safety audits on a weekly basis to check for proper chemicals, no personal items, food temps, and all product being dated on the sales floor and in the cooler.

· Worked in tandem with the Pickup Manager to successfully improve customer wait time as well as overall in-stock percentages which lead to my team winning awards over 100 stores for these categories.

· Planned and executed multiple hiring events as well as attended many events throughout the city to ensure I was hiring the best candidate for the available positions.

· Successfully hired, trained, and retained over 70 associates for our new pickup department which subsequently became the largest and fastest growing in our entire division of over 60+ locations.