Richard A.

The President is accountable for the development and execution of business strategies and maximizing Sales and Profits for the website rockbottomgolf.com The President manages a team of merchandising, Operations and marketing professionals to achieve financial, supply chain and inventory initiatives.

The Vice President is responsible for the development and execution of business strategies to maximize sales and profit for Omni channel business in North America. The VP/DMM manages a team of merchandising professionals to achieve financial, supply chain and inventory initiatives.

The Vice President is responsible for the development and execution of business strategies to maximize sales and profit for Omni channel business in the United States. The VP/DMM manages a team of merchandising professionals to achieve financial, supply chain and inventory initiatives.

The Sr. Manager is responsible for managing the planning and allocation of inventory of all product categories for all channels. The Sr. Manager improves turns, in-stock, customer service, sales and margin for brick and mortar retail and E-Commerce businesses. The Sr. Manager works to improve supply chain efforts to maximize sales potential while mitigating risks. The Sr manager, is responsible for annual planning both financial and unit. Leads, coaches and develops team of store planners into world class planning and merchandising teams to achieve our company and department goals. Identifies, plans and executes effective life cycle management. Identifies unproductive inventories and works on strategies to reduce liability. Develops, coordinates and reviews merchandise assortments and strategies by door/channel. Space and sku management, product and store review and analysis with the overall objective of being responsive to developing trends, driving sales and driving profitability. Monitors Replenishment by store and operations support. Open to buy and inventory management. KPI reporting and analysis to support broader organization. Drive turn increases, aged inventory reduction and increased company profitability by maximizing inventory placement and ROI.

The Sr. Merchant is responsible for the development & execution of business strategies to maximize sales and profits. • Maximized sales, GM$, inventory, CO-OP and vendor assistance • Assortment, OTB and inventory management • Managed largest company categories Hardlines and Consumables • Development of private label strategy & assortments • Create and optimize product assortments in all distribution channels • Create and communicate category plan-o-grams to stores and Visual Department • Collaborate with Marketing Department to develop and implement category marketing strategies for retail stores, catalog, and web • Constantly evaluate vendor performance and programs -negotiate competitive costs and co- op support to meet profitability targets • Negotiate vendor contracts to secure favorable terms, positioning GSto meet financial goals • Create and oversee special sales based activities (i.e. contests, events, etc.) • Communicate category initiatives/issues internally and externally • Lead and direct cross-functional teams to execute special projects and category initiatives • Lead, coach, develop, and empower team of Merchants, Assistant Merchants and Buyer’s Assistants. Lead and direct cross-functional support team without direct authority.

Accountable for the development and execution of localized merchandising and marketing strategies to maximize sales and profit opportunities. Develop merchandise assortment, marketing plans and promotions, including the development of localized visual merchandising programs. Function as a consultant to local management from a marketing, pricing, merchandise, and visual merchandising perspective. Develop training programs to effectively execute merchandising strategies and analyze space performance metrics for assortment optimization. Drive sales, profit and inventory productivity for region to meet or exceed plan.

Buyer III is responsible for development and execution of business strategies to maximize sales and profits for ~7500 retail locations and E-Commerce platform. Secure favorable costs, sufficient supply and vendor funding to support strategic goals. Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment with planners and key vendor partners to achieve high in stocks and increase inventory productivity. Aggressively support industry leading proprietary brand strategy by conceptualizing, sourcing and designing industry leading products at high margins. Negotiate favorable contracts to meet profit objectives and vendor funded promotions to support market differentiation.

Recruited by RadioShack to assist in buying the personal electronics category. Responsibilities include assortment management, financial planning, product forecasting, vendor management, promotional planning and managerial reporting. Promoted to Buyer of Personal Electronics, in which responsibilities grew to managing a portfolio of $200 Million in company assets. Successfully drove sales, profit, margin, and inventory goals beyond budgeted expectations.

Dynamic sales associate responsible for managing the Cellular, Satellite, and Digital Imaging platforms. Assisted Customers with technology needs. Effectively explained technological advantages and drove increased attach rates of accessories and service plans to support company profit goals. •Key figure in driving department Sales and Profit goals •Increased technological knowledge and expertise in advanced technologies •Gained valuable customer service experience