George Myers
Camp Hill,Pennsylvania
Summary
Dynamic Planogram Manager at Ahold Delhaize USA, skilled in planogram development and team leadership. Achieved significant sales growth by optimizing space and enhancing visual merchandising across five brands. Proven track record in change management and performance tracking, driving innovation and excellence in category management.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Planogram Manager
Ahold Delhaize USA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
03.2004 - Current
- Provides input into the plans as the plans are developed to achieve the targets prioritized by the Brands and Category Managers
- Leader and team responsible for creating the base version of planogram developed for prioritized target categories, with the support of the planogram analysts/managers
- Important role in the sign-off of the new base plans for the upcoming year, in each of the prioritized businesses for the Business and Category Manager
- Understands uniqueness’s and complexities of base assortment choices, local assortment choices, and vendor negotiation decisions to determine best planograms for given store clusters & customer segmentations. Accountable for sales, same as portfolio teams
- Manage the accuracy of all planograms to achieve customer satisfaction by market area, maximize profitable sales, utilize space efficiently and provide adequate inventory allocation to meet normal volume including, overseeing test sets
- Ensure Planogram integrity, compliance, positive margin, sales growth, customer segmentation, while decreasing inventory dollars and shrink. Planograms managed represent 75% of Ahold Delhaize USA sales in 5 banners.
- Manage the scheduling of category merchandising plans and associated activities (New and Discontinued Items, Category Reviews, etc.), balancing business needs, financial impacts and resources requirements.
- Provide tracking reporting of performance against the timelines.
- Develop and maintain an open line of communication through Center Store and Fresh Directors, Category Management, Retail Leadership, Retail Implementation Teams, Replenishment, Supply Chain, Pricing and the Computer Assisted Ordering Team in the coordination of category/merchandising, retail operations.
- Manage systems, processes, planogram standards, and rule sets to ensure alignment and consistency across 5 great local brands
- Provide input to the definition and types of resets resulting in improved store level execution and sales, including external research and implementation of industry best practices.
- Responsible for maintaining a performance management culture that is proactive, where innovation and forward thinking are part of the everyday
Education
Microsystems Technology
Computer Learning Network
Camp Hill, PA12-2003
Skills
- Planogram development
- Category management
- Space optimization
- Team leadership
- Change management
- Sales analysis
- Performance tracking
- Visual merchandising
Affiliations
- Outside of work I am a volunteer scenic designer and lead of the set construction team at a local mega church for our Easter and Christmas productions, with Christmas selling over 18K tickets.
Timeline
Planogram Manager
Ahold Delhaize USA
03.2004 - Current
Microsystems Technology
Computer Learning Network
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