Courtney R. Rutledge

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Colleyville, TX 76034 adskqh@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain the Remote Data Entry Clerk position at Omnigo Software LLC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lowe’s Companies, Mooresville, NC

Senior Price Analyst (9/2007-5/2011)

• Worked with Merchandising teams to develop, support and communicate the analysis of sales, margin, ad effectiveness, price perception and markdown activity in relation to pricing

• Responsible for evaluating the market and pricing statistics to determine the best value of a product to meet the needs of the customer while not comporting the profit of the item

• Initiated optimized price changes and process improvements such as rolling out the base price optimization program company wide

• Extensively used software programs such as SAP and Microsoft Excel

• Executed and provided ad hoc and markdown forecasting scenarios Family Dollar Stores, Matthews, NC

Merchandise Financial Planner (3/2007-9/2007)

• Created 18-month merchandising department financial plans by: partner- ing with merchants, evaluating input from store operations, assessing cur- rent business trends and reviewing corporate inputs and goals

• Managed the open to buy and ad/promotion processes, ensuring the pur- chase decisions were consistent with the sales, margin, inventory and purchase markup plans on a quarterly basis

Replenishment Buyer (9/2006-3/2007)

• Projected ordering quantities through accurate forecasting based off past and previous sales, trends and tests

• Monitored daily receipts against a budgeted open to buy plan and com- municated with merchandising where replenishment goals were not met

(vendor issues, weeks of stock and service levels) EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, WI

Bachelor of Science in General Business Administration, December 2004 GPA: 3.40 **Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence** EXCELLENT REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST