Matt Kay
Youngstown
Summary
Dynamic professional specializing in visual merchandising and customer engagement, enhancing product visibility and training employees to foster positive shopping experiences and optimize inventory management.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Shelf Stocker
A&C beverage
Youngstown
08.2024 - 08.2025
- Stocked shelves with products to ensure full inventory availability.
- Trained new employees on store procedures and stocking techniques.
- Monitored expiration dates and rotated stock to minimize waste.
- Assisted customers in locating merchandise on the sales floor.
- Organized shelves and displays, removed damaged or expired merchandise and replenished and rotated stock.
- Answered customer questions about specific merchandise availability and location and offered to replenish empty shelves immediately from warehouse stock.
- Organized backroom storage areas to ensure efficient product retrieval.
- Partnered with other team members in completing tasks assigned by management team.
- Updated price tags based on current promotions or discounts offered by the store.
- Received incoming shipments for retail store, documented receipt and checked against record of incoming products ordered.
Merchandiser
RL Lipton Distributing
Youngstown
06.2024 - 09.2024
- Developed visual merchandising strategies to boost product visibility and customer engagement.
- Collaborated with store management to design attractive product displays following branding guidelines.
- Implemented stock rotation practices to minimize spoilage and reduce waste.
- Monitored store shelves regularly to ensure product availability, restocking as necessary.
- Stocked and rotated merchandise while creating impactful displays for stores and suppliers.
- Constructed product displays with appropriate signage to enhance customer experience.
Education
BBA - Marketing
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio, OH05-2028
Skills
- Visual merchandising
- Customer engagement
- Stock management
- Employee training
- Inventory control
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Eagerness to learn
- Data analysis
Timeline
Shelf Stocker
A&C beverage
08.2024 - 08.2025
Merchandiser
RL Lipton Distributing
06.2024 - 09.2024
BBA - Marketing
Ohio University