Lori Lubahn: in Jackson, MI

Recruited, hired, trained and managed team of over 100 merchandisers and 12 supervisors in 46 retail locations throughout Michigan. Duties also include: * Oversaw that correct and consistent maintenance and service is provided by the merchandising teams within the assigned hours budget for each location * Forecasting and management of hours budget and expenses on weekly, monthly and yearly basis * Developed and maintained working relationships with client at both the corporate and store level

Supervised Instant Lottery Ticket and supplies warehouse for Michigan Lottery with 9 full time employees and averaging 1,000 outbound shipments per day. Duties included: *supervised the daily inbound and outbound shipment processes * Space management and inventory management *Employee scheduling and daily task scheduling *Employee production numbers reporting and bonus submission

Managed the retail souvenir merchandise sales and operations for 15+ events per year at 5 motorsports venues including NASCAR races, INDY Racing Series races and smaller on-site events with over 100 seasonal/event employees and 4-8 full time employees. Duties included: * Responsible for merchandise department P&L management on a monthly and yearly basis as well as monthly forecasting * Worked directly with all employees and corporate business partners to promote new ideas and initiatives to drive revenue and increase exposure to our brands * Visual merchandising, merchandise allocation & replenishment * Assisted Buying department with sell through and sales trends reporting as well as assortment planning for each event *Sales and merchandise reporting such as sell thru's, sales by style/category, sales by location and performance

Managed the souvenir program sales business to customers and hospitality areas at 25+ events per year at 12 motorsports venues. Duties included: * Developed creative marketing and promotion strategies by working directly with corporate business partners to incorporate programs sales with each hospitality area purchase * Created yearly revenue and operations budgets for the souvenir program portion of the business * Reported sales and trends for each event throughout the fiscal year, showing the strengths and weaknesses of the souvenir program business *Allocation, replenishment, initial buying/ordering and all delivery information for souvenir programs to be sold at each event

Served as the merchandise warehouse and traveling event supervisor for six full time employees. Duties included: *supervised all main warehouse operations including: shipping, receiving, physical allocation/merchandise staging, inventory control and cycle counts *served as event traveling supervisor to all warehouse personnel during event time. *on-site/event POS support *on-site/event inventory control