owe hernes

driftsleder

Country

norway

City

stavanger

Industry

food production

Skill

retail, business intelligence, inventory management, strategic planning, team building, budgeting, negotiation, sales operations, account management, pricing, merchandising, customer service, sales management, retail management, pos, forecasting, coaching, profit, operations management, replenishment, p&l, p&l management, change management, visual merchandising, inventory control, budget management, new business development, profitability, management, budgets, microsoft excel, microsoft word, store management, income statement, training, sales, project management, project planning, reporting and analysis, start ups, marketing, management consulting, sales process, strategy, direct sales, business development, selling, team leadership, leadership, tennis courts

Experience

proprietor

srs

2010-11 - 2017-1 · 6 yrs 3 mos

retail technology consultant

ace hardware

1998-2 - 2002-4 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Retail Technology consultant for the territory of Texas. Responsibilities included the selling, marketing, installing, training and follow up consultation of Ace Hardware's POS, Inventory and Accounting computer system.

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traveltext as

2017-2 - 2018-3 · 1 yr 2 mos

driftsleder

arnes kjøkken

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

district manager

ace hardware

2006-9 - 2010-4 · 3 yrs 8 mos

business development manager

profitbase as

2010-10 - 2013-10 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Consult and advise existing customers on best usage of their Profitbase solution in order for them to maximize their investment. Locate and develop prospects into new Profitbase customers by learning and understanding each prospects unique business needs. Assist our partners in developing new customers

retail technology manager

ace hardware

2002-4 - 2006-9 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Managed technology projects for over 220 Ace Hardware locations inTexas and Oklahoma. In charge of retiring an old legacy Unix based POS and back office computer system with a newly outsourced Linux system from Triad/Activant. Managed complete sales cycle of new installations along with conversion systems. Process included: custom engineering, quoting, demonstrating ROI, and closing sales. Installed and configured hardware and software, customized settings to meet local business needs, trained owners/employees on POS, accounts receivable, inventory management, general ledger, purchase/receiving, pricing and other system functions. For conversion projects, pulled data off of old system, converted file structures, then loaded data into new system. Implemented Ace Hardwarere best practices in technology, standardizing the platform and substantially increasing ability to track inventory and sales from the store to corporate levels. Held user seminars to increase knowledge and usage of software features. Traveled to stores for one-on-one training and to sell new features.

store manager

coop

1986-1 - 1996-7 · 10 yrs 7 mos

P&L, inventory replenishment, merchandising, hiring, coaching, advertising, loss prevention.

sales manager

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2013-10 - 2016-2 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Responsible for growing sales by developing and implementing sales techniques and strategies for the sales department. Individual coaching of sales staff. Reviewing sales opportunities for each customer and work with sales staff to accomplish targeted products and revenue.