Sales Quality Control

Tara Starr

**** *. **** **. ( Tulsa, OK ***** 580-***-**** (

***********@*******.***

QUALIFICATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Seven years experience in corporate buying, retail store sales

programs, and new store openings

. Over three years management experience

. Professional with a record of accomplishment in support of business

goals and objectives

. Solid leadership skills in communicating with management, vendors, and

internal departments

. Award in 2009 for sales above 110%

BUYING EXPERIENCE

. Negotiated with vendors to improve product selection, receive new

items faster, and provide competitive retail prices to the customer

. Defined and evaluated Health and Beauty/Specialty Food products in

stores; grew departments while being promoted as the first buyer of

this department

. Handled all product requests from stores for new items; managed and

tracked billing invoices for vendors

. Played key role in maintaining pricing strategy; conducted weekly

price changes, Ads and Temporary Price Reductions

COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE

. Communicated with district managers, store managers and vendors to

coordinate overall scanning program in accordance with corporate goals

. Built relationship with vendors and maintained communication to ensure

highest level of service to stores

. Relayed buying and scanning information to 26 stores

. Communicated with vendors on promotions, scans, bill backs and

truckload buys

. Served as liaison between buyer and managers

MARKETING EXPERIENCE

. Collaborated with department to plan and design weekly and anniversary

advertisements as well as special promotions

. Attended food shows to negotiate upcoming seasonal buys

. Worked with advertising department at Neiman Marcus on the "The Book"

MANAGEMENT EXPIERENCE

. Managed 26 scanning coordinators in Oklahoma; trained new hires

. Developed and launched new scanning program to unify all stores

. Executed and managed plan involving scanning that is designed to

perfect pricing at store-level

. Wrote a model manual used by other departments which served as a guide

for new hires and future growth

STORE OPERATIONS & QUALITY CONTROL EXPERIENCE

. Assisted with transition to new warehouse, carried out store resets

and entire store verification; coordinated new warehouse retail

programs with our own

. Upgraded all stores with new scanning and front end software

. Coordinated all pricing and signage for new store openings

. Conducted extensive study of Health and Beauty departments in each

store including a breakdown of each section to discover how to better

select desired products

. Carried out spot checks to ensure program is in place

SALES EXPERIENCE

. Maintain current revenue while finding potential growth in existing

accounts and generating new business

. Inform customers of promotions, educational courses, schedule demos,

process orders and look for opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell

. Uncover new leads for outside reps

. Plan sales calls on weekly basis while meeting requirements set by

company

Professional

Experience

Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties Tulsa, OK

Inside Sales

June 2008-Present

United Supermarkets Corporate Office Altus, OK

Scanning Operations Manager

2004 - May 2008

Health and Beauty/Specialty Foods Buyer

2003 - May 2008

Assistant to Market Buyer

2001-2003

Neiman Marcus Corporate Office Dallas, TX

Buying Coordinator

2001

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Science Degree, Marketing, 2000 ( Oklahoma State University -

Stillwater, OK

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