Irma Samayoa

I have been a merch supervisor since 2023. During this time I have learned the six rights of merchandising, how to respect our vendors also how to communicate with our employees. During this time I have improved on my skills I have learned how to read a dashboard. I have learned how to make sure the floor is set correctly. I have learned how to drive sales, communicate with buyers.

During my time as a merge supervisor, I have been floating from department to department. I usually covered for a manager that’s off or on vacation. I have learned how to run Hardlines, center and foods. As a floor supervisor my communication skills have grown extremely. As a merch supervisor I enjoy talking to employees making sure their needs are being heard or if they have any concerns they could come to me and talk.

Since I become a merch supervisor, I have learned how to set floors, endcaps and roadshows.

I was a temporary Foods Manager for nine months , during that time I was guided on resetting the whole department, recategorizing every aisle. I was guided on resetting every aisle by sales. I brainstormed with my AGM and senior Manager at that time. During that time I learned how to merge the product correctly to drive sales. How to make sure all my new items were out and place in the correct section. How to run a BI that would give me more information on the on sales.

When Costco gave the employees opportunity to sign up for the SIT program. I was very interested because I wanted to learn more about Costco and their strategies. I want to learn more about the company during my SIT, I learn how to read a dashboard numbers. I learn how to merch products even better. I realize how every map, every movement is made every week. It also helped me with my skills on how to communicate with the employees.

I was employed by Costco in May 2015 , I started in the morning merch. I was a floater for a couple weeks. After a few weeks I was sent to Dept 19. In Dept 19 I learned to stock . I took initiative in printing the loads in the morning , to see what new items and returning items for that day. I would make sure that all my mandatories, focuses for that week were all set in the correct section. I would brainstorm with management on how to merch the products that were coming in.