Christopher May: Lawn and Garden Department Manager in Philadelphia, PA

• Responsible for overseeing daily activities of hourly associates on the sales floor, front end, freight, and delivery • Maintaining employee schedule • Responsible for training, mentoring, and coaching employees • Daily delegation of tasks/job duties to employees • Purchase order management • Vendor relations • Purchase order placement and follow up with vendors • Maintain company standard throughout department by conducting daily safety reviews and monitoring for potential theft or security risks I enjoy my job, but took the position as a filler for now while I figure out my next career move.

Part time bartender at my friend's Philly bar

1 year contract with option to extend: • Responsible for entering (and revising) purchase orders for both selling channels on a timely basis • Tracking Purchase orders through POS, PLM, and ERP software utilization to ensure timely delivery of merchandise through consistent communication and follow-up with the vendors, distribution center, Traffic team, and buying team • Act as liaison between the vendor and the buyer, being responsible for all vendor follow up such as arranging credits for late deliveries, cancellations of orders and negotiating RTVs for defective or poor quality merchandise • Develop strong vendor communication skills. Build relationships with vendor base through the following interactions: setting up new vendors and sending them routing guides/ pre-ticketing information • Ensure proper set up and maintenance of SKUs in multiple information systems including pricing, costing, loads, descriptions, attributes, shipping restrictions, and up charges

• Opened and closed store daily; carried out daily store operational duties • Created and maintained daily sales reports and delegate tasks to sales associates • Responsible for recruiting, interviewing and training sales associates • Customer focus: placed special orders and found guest’s favorite product. Maintained close relationship with guests and individually reached out when new specific styles came into the store • Merchandising: Replenishment ordering, as well as the freedom to place orders with product fit for guest