Jeff Amerongen

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Richmond, VA 23233

214-***-****

abh0lb@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Twelve years of retail sales, purchasing and merchandising experience with strong negotiating and

relationship building skills in apparel, catalog, electronics and e commerce industries. Talents

include ad planning, assortment planning, competitive analysis, merchandising strategies, open to

buy management, product evaluation and vendor relationship management.

Professional Experience

SOUTHERN ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTION INTL., Tucker, GA 2010 to Present

Director/GM of Consumer Electronics Strategic Sales: Responsible for adding new national

accounts and increasing sales of existing accounts

Increased drop ship distribution partners by 12% and sales by 8%

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Maintained and developed key account relationships/prospects

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Maintained win win relationships with all vendor and retail partners

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CIRCUIT CITY, Richmond, VA 2007 to 2009

Senior Category Manager: New business development, audio/video, and 3rd party distribution

and fulfillment

Responsible for managing team of 3 5 associates and categories from $20 $80M

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Increased distribution partners by 450% and product assortment by 10,000+ items

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Created, negotiated, and maintained vendor contracts with 3rd party vendors

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RADIO SHACK, Forth Worth, TX 2006 to 2007

Senior Buyer: Responsible for digital cameras, camcorders, printers, related accessories and

digital imaging

Managed $137,000.000 worth of business in 4,500 company owned stores and 2,500

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franchise stores

Increased turn by 29% and decreased on hand inventory by 19%

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Reduced product assortment by 50% while increasing sales by 21% over prior year

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LIGHTHOUSE MARKETING, Vancouver, WA & Frisco, TX 2002 to 2006

Regional Sales Manager: Responsible for all retail accounts in Oregon, Washington, Texas,

Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana; represented Panasonic, Charbroil, Masterbuilt, Kingsford,

Hyundai, Norcent, Papermate, Apex, Bladez, Canon, Daewoo, Envision, Koss, Memorex,

Sylvania/SVC and many emerging product lines

Increased retail partners by 75%

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Grew business by 840% year over year in the territory

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800.COM, Portland OR 2001 to 2002

Buyer: Memory, blank media, media storage, headphones, a/v cables, surge and clean power

products, batteries, antennas, cleaning and repair products, remote controls, a/v furniture, satellite

accessories, camera and camcorder accessories

Increased retail sales by 22% and product assortment by 30%

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Designed accessory gateway pages which increased accessory attach rates by 47%

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Managed inventory levels of up to $1.5M

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Negotiated return of $40K in inherited non productive inventory

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Increased inventory turns by 50%

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AMAZON.COM, Seattle, WA 1999 to 2001

Buyer: Portable audio, telecommunications, clock radios, GPS, two way radios, radar detectors,

media storage, headphones, home audio cables, electronic musical instruments and batteries

Planner: SOHO hardware, SOHO consumables, computer peripherals and computer accessories

Grew business by 45% year over year

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Increased product assortment by 458%

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Raised product margins by 50%

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Supervised support staff of 7 people

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Managed inventory levels of up to $8M

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Produced sales and inventory forecast monthly, quarterly and seasonally

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Responsible for assortment planning and product transitions

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Successfully launched new products and technologies

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EGGHEAD.COM/Surplus Direct/Surplus Auction, Vancouver, WA 1997 to 1999

Buyer: Accessories, cables, console game hardware, consumables, input devices, media,

speakers, surge and UPS for 3 separate divisions (Surplus Auction, Surplus Direct and

Egghead.com)

Managed growth from $250K in fiscal 1997 to $8M for period ending fiscal 1999

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On track to achieve sales in fiscal 2001 of $13 15M

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Sourced and evaluated new, distressed, overstock and refurbished merchandise to attain

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optimum product mix within all 3 divisions

Maintained win win relationships with more than 800 vendors

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Education

Los Angeles Community District: Pierce Community College, Glendale Community College and

Los Angeles Valley Community College

General education courses

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Keywords: procurement, specialist, buyer, merchant, senior, director, GMM, general, merchandise, manager, brand, development,

regional, national, account, sales, merchandising, internet, e commerce, ecommerce, marketing, purchasing, outside, inside, close out,

closeout, liquidation, end of life, retail, CE, consumer electronics, sporting goods, housewares, small, appliances, electrics, product,

project, on line, online, toys, video, audio, games, supply, chain, import, export, retailer, auction, forecast, photo, digital, imaging, web,

international, product, goods, tech, products, site, category, consultant, multi channel, eretail, e retail, ebuisness.

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