Christian Jessel
Merchandising Professional
- Role
- Category Manager at SiteOne Landscape Supply
- Location
- Duluth, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christian Jessel
A versatile and multi-talented retail executive, I have a proven record of driving…
Experience
Category Manager
Jan 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Brought in to help restructure the Category Manager role of reacting to field administrative needs into a Merchant role, focused more on proactively restructuring vendor relationships, developing subcategory program strategies and process implementation into 700+ branches, while growing profitable sales, and reducing unproductive inventory values.Key Responsibilities- Merchandising- Vendor Relationship Management- Strategic Road Mapping- Product Management- Customer Service Escalations- Collections/Rebates- Training Development/Execution- Sell in / Sell through Strategy- Engineer/Product Development- Inventory Management- International Freight Brokering- Promotional Planning & Seasonal Planning- Regional Inventory Manager- Warehousing Infrastructure Development- Creative Designer- IT Development/Analysis ReportingTurned around a double-digit negative comp growth category which was -8% vs. prior year to a +22% growth category, increasing margin by 122bps and reducing UPI by over $5mCreated Branch Facing Catalogs for Application Equipment, Renovation Equipment and Snow & Ice Equipment.Developed Regional and National Marketing campaigns and negotiated Vendor support for marketing collateral as well as offset of discounted pricing/couponsCreated weekly cadence for Field Leadership and Vendor Captain strategy sessions and general updates on Purchase Order timing, Pricing, Competitive Promotional Activity, New Product Launches
Education
Penn State University
B.A. Journalism
1988 — 1993
Penn State University
Bachelor of Arts
Skills
- Management
- Team Building
- Forecasting
- Advertising
- Merchandising
- Sales Management
- Product Management
- Sales
- Pricing Strategy
- Profit
- P&L Management
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Control
- Leadership
- Pricing
- Retail
- Negotiation
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Budgets
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