Corby Bleckert
Chief Operating Officer at GVH Distribution
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at GVH Distribution
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Corby Bleckert
Serial entrepreneur and senior executive with comprehensive sales, marketing, merchandising and operations experience. Consistent record of developing and implementing brand positioning strategies resulting in building long term brand equity and increasing market share. Comprehensive understanding of designing, implementing and leveraging both Customer Centric Retailing and Customer Specific Marketing principles in building competitive advantage in the market place. Core strengths include:• 20+ years of Team Building Leadership Experience• Strategic and Tactical Market Planning • Brand Development & Market Expansion• Market Opportunity Identification & Positioning• Events and Sponsorship Management• Merchandising and Vendor Relations• On-line Strategy Development• Customer Loyalty & Customer Centric Marketing• Community Relations Communication Management• Market Research & Consumer Insights• Fully Integrated Marketing Promotions• Advertising, Media Management• Merchandising and OperationsSpecialties: • Quota Carrying Sales Team Management • Team Building• Sales Strategy and Development• Category Management Expert• Contract Negotiation• Advertising • Marketing• Electronic Commerce• Data Synchronization• JDA / Products and Services• Oracle Implementation• KSS Retail Implementation• P&L Management• Long Range Planning• Supply Chain Expert• DSD Expert
Experience
Chief Operating Officer and Board Member
Aug 2012 — Present · Salt Lake County, UT, US
GVH Distribution is a family of companies with a focus on the Grocery Channel in the Store Supplies category. We have grown to a national company based on simple principles: integrity, transparency, service, and savings. The cornerstones of who we are and the foundation on which our business is built. As Chief Operating Officer and board member of GVH Distribution. I am responsible for all levels of operations in the company including:• Management of 15 distribution centers and all team members associated with the DC\'s• Responsible for our entire supply chain• International negotiation and importing• Oversee procurement team and Director of Procurement• Maintain and implement inventory control policies and procedures• Negotiate with and maintain quality vendor relationships• Oversee all IT team management• IT Security and Infrastructure and policy implementation• Epicor Eclipse admin and expert• Blue Ridge Inventory Management • New branch and customer implementation and success• New business acquisition and implementation
Skills
- Word
- Sourcing
- Supply Chain
- Retail
- Category Management
- Promotions
- Pricing
- Advertising
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Marketing Strategy
- Grocery
- P&L
- Product Marketing
- Merchandising
- Team Building
- Management
- Private Label
- Strategic Planning
- Excel
- Contract Negotiations
- Market Planning
- Forecasting
- Brand Development
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Sales Management
- Inventory Management
- Marketing
- Competitive Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Leadership
- Market Research
- Budgets
- Analytics
- Trade Shows
- Budgeting
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Procurement
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