Assistant Category Manager - Retail Health Care

haulover**@Dominick gmail.com Margate, Catena FL +1-630-***-****

WORK HISTORY

ASSISTANT CATEGORY MAGAGER at CVS HEALTH NAVARRO CVS YMAS 10/2022 - Current (2 years)

Assistant Category Manager Manage the NRT, Checkout, Reading Glasses, and Sunglasses

Categories.

Support the entire Health Care team for all the Navarro stores in South Florida and Puerto

Rico as well as all of the CVS YMas stores.

Responsible for growing and maintaining sales and gross margin in my categories.

Work closely with the Health Care team in building sales and gross margin. Create and maintain all new items for the Health Care team. PACKAGE HANDLER at FED EX EXPRESS

07/2022 - 09/2022 (3 months)

Package Handler Responsible for loading containers with packages and documents onto aircraft

containers

Prepare each morning s document and shipping stations. Load leftover documents and shipping onto the loading belt to all outgoing trucks.

Unload bags of documents and load them into the sorting bins. At the end of the days shift my main responsibility is gathering all equipment and prepare

them for the next day.

WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE at LEATHERWERKS

05/2021 - 06/2022 (1 year)

Warehouse Associate Responsible for receiving shipping and stocking of all on line and

in store saleable merchandise

Respond to all on line customer service requests and follow up on all on line customer issues.

Pull merchandise from warehouse to replenish previous days sales. Audit and maintain all warehouse stock notify buyers of any out of stock issues.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE at CROSSMARK

05/2020 - 05/2021 (1 year)

Sales Representative Work as a representative for Reader link Publications maintain and

service the book department at local Walmart Stores Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the Walmart management and team lead in

the Walmart book departments

Visit each store weekly or bi weekly depending on sales volume. SALES DIRECTOR at SARPES BEVERAGES

01/2017 - 12/2020 (4 years)

Sales Director Responsible for growing and maintain sales for Dream Water natural sleep aid

for all National Accounts

Collaborated with National retailers to build and grow sales and profits by using a

combination of promotions and social media campaigns. Develop store planning guidelines for retailers to gain optimum space and locations for our

products.

Space Management Analyst at WALGREENS

12/2015 - 12/2016 (1 year)

objectives using allocated resources demonstrates proficiency in one area of specialization

and generalist knowledge of a broader functional area. Integrates robust data analysis and variables to develop and maintain planograms reflecting

the category s strategic vision, most optimal assortments, mass localization, merchandising

guidelines, and size requirements.

Recommends and executes on assortment recommendations with category managers for revisions

that directly contribute to improved category performance including but not limited to Sales,

Gross Profit, Days of Supply, Turns and GMROII.

Collaborates with suppliers, third party vendors, contractors, and project teams.

Communicates and presents to Category Managers, Divisional Merchandise Managers, General

Merchandise Managers, and other Merchandising Senior Executives. Category Specialist at WALGREENS

12/2013 - 12/2015 (2 years)

profit and top line sales for 8000 stores with oversight of 800M in sales volume. Manage owned

brand development for these categories including working closely with the Boots Alliance division

to find innovative and unique owned brand products. Insights driven by BRHC insights Nielsen Nielsen

Home scan data

Developed the new Mega Event promotional with GSK Nicorette a concept that established other

resolutions time periods which mimics the January resolution period throughout the year. This is

now a national marketing campaign. The initial Mega Event resulted in a 17 lift in sales of

Nicorette Nicoderm at Walgreens.

Category Manager OTC Vitamins Diet Nutrition at DUANE READE STORES 01/2011 - 12/2013 (3 years)

Purchased by Walgreens

Category Manager OTC Vitamins Diet Nutrition Managed over 14 HBC OTC categories with oversight of

300M in sales volume.

Insights driven by Loyalty Insights Card holders. Developed unique digital programs with Collective

Bias and the Duane Reade social media team, capitalizing on the 100M Twitter followers. Included in

these programs were Street Team Sampling and on site sampling at the annual Z100 Jingle ball

experience.

Collaborated with the Owner CEO of Urgent Rx to develop and create the now industry standard

display. The success of this display and program led directly to the distribution of Urgent Rx

from 250 Duane Reade Stores to over 8000 Walgreens and throughout all retail channels.

Successfully launched Berocca energy supplement at Duane Reade as a test market bringing the 1

European and Australian energy product prior to the nationwide launch industry wide.

Developed the marketing strategies for Snap Infusion Smart Candy Nutritional Supplement at Duane

Reade, which included a one year exclusive marketing program with the New York Yankees.

Planogram Manager at NAVARRO DISCOUNT PHARMACIES

01/2008 - 12/2010 (3 years)

managers and local Hispanic vendors to create store neighborhood specific assortments. Introduced a

Structure Function merchandise concept throughout the HBC OTC departments.

Merchandise Manager Planogram Manager Cosmetic Field Merchandise at DRUG FAIR GROUP

01/2007 - 01/2008 (1 year)

multiple store management positions to cosmetic field merchandiser working and training store

cosmeticians. This led to my promotion to HBC Cosmetic merchandiser and then Merchandise Manager for

all HBC OTC categories. Returned in 2007 to set up and develop a planogram department with AC

Nielsen Spaceman program.

As the then Field Merchandiser, created the new store opening process which allowed the company

to grow from 35 to 55 stores from 1995 2000. This included supervising scheduling and on site

implementation with multiple vendors.

Worked with L R Distributors to develop a one stop Baby toiletries department that included

bottles and accessories. The department contained brands such as Playtex, Avent, Medela and Baby

Einstein.

Developed a one stop end stand planogram for Method products, which allowed the products to be

brought into the chain quickly and to offer the shopper natural cleaning solutions for all their

cleaning needs. This end stand was developed to eliminate the need to revise and reset the

cleaning and laundry sections at store level.

Developed a Store within a Store nutrition department chain wide section which included a wide

variety of products and categories. This included working with key vendors including United

Natural Foods, Sundown Vitamins and Solgar Vitamins and many other vendors to bring then the

Best in Class Assortment

EDUCATION

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

Graduated 1970

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

SKILLS

Category Management, 30 years

LANGUAGES

English, Fluent

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Facebook, https://Tara Taylor

Twitter, https://www.twitter.com

Linkedin, https://Tara Taylor

ABOUT ME

I served in the military

I have a drivers license

I have management experience

I have a security clearance

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