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LOREN LOUTHAN

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Summary

Dynamic retail professional with extensive experience at the largest retailer worldwide, excelling in stock control and performance analysis. Proven track record in recruiting and mentoring teams to enhance customer satisfaction and drive sales. Adept at merchandise planning, leveraging market trends to identify opportunities and optimize inventory management for business success.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

General Merchandise Team Lead

Walmart
03.2024 - 03.2025
  • Monitored and analyzed sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Ensured policies and procedures for purchasing and inventory control were being followed.
  • Studied and monitored market trends to identify potential sales opportunities.
  • Ensured sales floor team was equipped and trained to provide excellent customer service.

Sales Floor Associate

Walmart
11.2017 - 03.2024
  • Greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
  • Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
  • Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts, and printed receipts to ring up customers.
  • Built productive relationships with customers to establish trust, rapport and increase satisfaction.

Dept. Manager - Sporting Goods

Walmart
05.2015 - 10.2017
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Opened and closed location and monitored shift changes to uphold successful operations strategies and maximize business success.

Sales Floor Associate

Walmart
05.2014 - 05.2015
  • Greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
  • Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
  • Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts, and printed receipts to ring up customers.
  • Built productive relationships with customers to establish trust, rapport and increase satisfaction.

Technology Consultant

Systems Management Services
04.2009 - 03.2014
  • Worked closely with infrastructure staff and departmental decision makers to identify, recommend, develop and implement cost-effective technology solutions.
  • Managed IT staff monitoring and diagnosing server and data center problems and design and implementation of new data center technologies.
  • Changed firewall system based on evolving threats to security of internal and public-facing data.
  • Integrated order management with other software packages to achieve superior picking, shipping and manifest system.

Skills

  • Stock control
  • Merchandise planning
  • Performance analysis
  • Markup rate recommendations

Timeline

General Merchandise Team Lead

Walmart
03.2024 - 03.2025

Sales Floor Associate

Walmart
11.2017 - 03.2024

Dept. Manager - Sporting Goods

Walmart
05.2015 - 10.2017

Sales Floor Associate

Walmart
05.2014 - 05.2015

Technology Consultant

Systems Management Services
04.2009 - 03.2014

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