Jalan Little
Summary
As a highly motivated and ambitious individual, I am eager to learn and succeed in a professional career. With an abundance of experience in sales, merchandising and customer service, I am confident in my ability to communicate effectively and maintain a positive attitude while working in any team environment. I exceed when working in a fast-paced environments that test my ability to act quickly, problem solve effectively, and do so in a timely manner.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Merchant
Wal-Mart Home Office
07.2021 - Current
- Create a category strategy to drive profit dollars and expand market share across the category
- Curate the correct assortment across all channels through assortment optimization
- Collaborated with private brands to design and develop curated items that are on trend with the rest of market
- Skillfully negotiate costing with supplier to minimize or eliminate cost increases and secure cost decreases
- Successfully launched new and exclusive brands to Wal-Mart for total department, including GAP Home, Pioneer Women and Dave and Jenny Mars
- Work cross-functionally with replenishment manager and planner to execute new MODs, feature planning and forecast, and maintain healthy in stocks for both store and ecomm items
- Lead pivotal projects within the category and department. Including; content Health sprints, quarterly site planning, white label initiative, augmented reality launch, Brand launches
- Department lead for our quarterly strategy plan team. This includes working with our site and marketing team to develop seasonal campaigns, highlight pricing stories relevant to the time period, creating trend forward marketing stories to pitch to our affiliate partners and site strategy for each quarter
- Optimize seasons within the category by securing promotions from suppliers on top items and working with site operations to ensure deals are visible and translatable on site
- Partner with site operations team to maximize item visibility on site through attribution, shelving rules, and search queries
Product Coordinator
Sam's Club Home office
11.2019 - 07.2021
- Upload content in retail link to create new items for in club and e-comm
- Create and analyze reports in MADRID to find out of stocks, low on hands, and over stock opportunities
- Determine the correct actions to achieve adequate inventory level for all items and clubs
- Manages item level inventory in HOST and OMS by writing and editing POs
- Work within Power BI to analyze OTIF scores
- Provide assistance to suppliers with less than perfect execution
- Maximize online sales by managing DC and FC inventory to ensure adequate in stocks for ecommerce items
- Ensures correct cost and retail on items and purchase orders
- Work with merchants and suppliers on completing COOP agreements for the category
- Use GRS to manage and forecast seasonality, promotions, and day-to-day sales
- Assist merchants with sales trends to guarantee accurate assortment precision.
Logistics Account Executive
Total Quality Logistics
12.2018 - 10.2019
- Solicits and maintains contact with current and prospect key accounts
- Sell the organization's products and/or services to established customers or new prospects
- Track activity, prepare and maintain records for sales leads and account status
- Handle entire inside sales process from proposal to close; reach or exceed sales quotas
- Attend special training of products and/or services to understand technical aspects of solutions
- Assist customers with supply chain process; ensuring excellent customer service from pick up to delivery
- Analyze data from previous years to depict market trends to correctly quote customers
Education
Bachelor of Science - Speech and Hearing
Arizona State University, College of Health Solutions
5.2018
Skills
- Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Retail Link, Madrid, Isam/Item360
Timeline
Associate Merchant
Wal-Mart Home Office
07.2021 - Current
Product Coordinator
Sam's Club Home office
11.2019 - 07.2021
Logistics Account Executive
Total Quality Logistics
12.2018 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Speech and Hearing
Arizona State University, College of Health Solutions
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