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John J. Cassullo

Sayreville

Summary

Dynamic merchandising professional with extensive experience in optimizing product placement and driving sales growth. Expertise in inventory management, trend analysis, and vendor negotiation delivers impactful results. Recognized for fostering team collaboration and adapting strategies to meet evolving market demands. Dependable and goal-oriented, committed to consistently achieving business objectives and enhancing overall performance.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Merchandising Manager

TJMAXX
01.2021 - 01.2025
  • Partnered with District Management teams to implement regionally recognized methods of positive sales growth, increased customer service metrics, and consistently executed team building, customer centric culture.
  • Facilitated a customer focused culture, focusing on a collaborative partnership with Store Management Teams to increase business revenue through utilization of regional/ district & store reports.
  • Executed onboarding, coaching and development to help promote growth within the company.
  • Consistently exceeded financial metric goals by improving the overall customer experience through maintaining floor/ backroom/ frontend organization, Door 2 Floor and visual merchandising standards.

Region Sales and Service Coach / Manager

Staples, Inc.
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Provided leadership, direction and support to General Managers and Print and Marketing staff to improve service, increase sales and maximize profit in support of the Company’s goals with responsibility for consistent execution of all merchandising, marketing, operating, human resource plans and expense management tied to the department.
  • Continually assesses conditions and people; diagnoses problems and opportunities; creates and implements solutions that achieve the desired results.
  • Identify action plans to achieve objectives and maximize productivity; provide solutions that are process oriented, teaching GM’s how to create an infrastructure to prevent future problems.
  • Establishes clear, specific, aggressive goals; build processes to execute, measure and follow up, takes responsibility and accountability for meeting goals and objectives
  • Holds self to high standards of accountability for results demonstrating confidence, conviction and sound judgment; demonstrates a desire to be #1; challenges self and team to achieve best results.
  • Focuses on the fundamentals; trains develop and measures to the basics, holding managers accountable; thinks and operates short and long term, sees the big picture of the store, district, division and company and applies this to problem solving.

General Manager US Retail

Staples, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Led a team of 60+ associates &+ Managers in growing sales +5% YOY.
  • Training store location
  • Responsible for revenue budgets of $10M, managing a monthly inventory level of $300K
  • Consistently implemented process improvement plans to increase workflow efficiency
  • Maintained profitable sales growth through effective financial management and quality control and operational execution/excellence.
  • Regional Captain for implementation of IdentoGO / TSA Pre-Check Services.
  • Grew Print & Marketing Services 400k in 2 years at this location by managed the production and quality control processes, targeting P&L opportunities and ensured all customer service expectations were maintained

General Manager US Retail

Staples, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Led team of 20+ associates in various Staples retail locations in the Virginia market
  • Responsible for all cost management metrics, recruiting, coaching, development and performance counseling
  • Partnered with Regional Management teams to implement regionally recognized methods of positive sales growth, increased customer service metrics, and consistently executed team building, customer centric culture.
  • Facilitated a customer focused culture, focusing on a collaborative partnership with Account Management teams to increase business marketing revenue
  • Executed onboarding, coaching and development and promoted growth within the company
  • Consistently exceeded financial metric goals by improving the overall customer experience through quality control and associate development

Education

Associates - Business Administration And Management

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ

Skills

  • Strategic business development
  • Visual merchandising
  • Employee oversight
  • Inventory oversight
  • Project execution management
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Collaborative team development

Timeline

Merchandising Manager

TJMAXX
01.2021 - 01.2025

Region Sales and Service Coach / Manager

Staples, Inc.
01.2018 - 01.2020

General Manager US Retail

Staples, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2018

General Manager US Retail

Staples, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2016

Associates - Business Administration And Management

Brookdale Community College

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