Bernie Montoya

About Bernie Montoya

I am an accomplished and growth-focused professional with extensive years of progressive experience in managing and overseeing up to 11 districts with 200 stores. I take pride in my ability to motivate, energize and lead to successful outcomes. I’ve appreciated the ability to build, train, motivate, and sustain high-performance teams. I possess robust expertise in identifying enterprise sales opportunities, reviewing management plans, evaluating department aims, and establishing short-term and long-term quotas in line with corporate objectives. I have proven my ability to quickly comprehend and communicate complex situations and structures while promoting effective governance and positive change that improve productivity, efficiency, and revenues. As my duties involve frequent interactions with senior management it has not only allowed me to develop my communication skills on all levels of organizations but has also provided me with a solid strategic understanding of organizational structures in general.

Experience

1. Category Manager

   Advantage Solutions

   Jul 2022 — Present · US

Education

• Umpqua Community College

  Retail Management Certificate Program, Retail Management

• Rio Grande High School

  Diploma

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Store Management
• Team Leadership
• Profit Maximization
• Budgets
• 10 Key
• Merchandising
• Labor Management
• Operations Management
• Retail
• Customer Relations
• Sales Management
• Associate Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Yield Management
• Profit
• P&L Management
• Meat Processing
• Merchandising Strategies
• Vendor Relations
• Leadership Development
• Data Analysis
• Forecasting
• Big Box
• P&L
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Office
• District Management
• Quality Assurance
• Teaching
• Time Management
• Process Improvement
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control