Daniel Spencer

About Daniel Spencer

I have eight years of store management experience, successfully growing business every…

Experience

1. Buyer

   Family Dollar

   Aug 2017 — Present · Chesapeake, VA, US

   Buyer-Automotive, Hardware, Impulse, Disposables Charlotte, NC/Chesapeake, VA• Manage $500MM+ in sales, with current responsibilities in Automotive, Winter, Batteries, Hardware, Laundry Plastics, flashlights/electrical, shoe care, light bulbs, checkout, lighters, and clipstrips• Responsible for negotiation over $2M in supplier allowances to help fund advertising, clearance, resets, and overall program objectives.• Completed an automotive category reset which converted the business from a -3% sales comp to a +4%.• Coach and lead two direct reports• Fully responsible for weekly advertising, monthly off-shelf programs, yearly resets for three categories as well as partnering with inventory to control $250M+ in product assets.• Develop yearly category management plans and execute those to exceed our yearly sales/margin budgets• Developed three associate buyers who have since been promoted to buyers• Represented merchant team in steering committee to revamp company systems and help decide the path for the next several year’s of company directives.

Education

• Vanderbilt University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Education/English

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Cpfr
• Visual Merchandising
• Contract Negotiation
• Budgeting
• Analytical Skills
• Planograms
• Income Statement
• Financial Analysis
• Business Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Account Management
• Merchandising
• Retail
• P&L
• Loss Prevention
• Sales Management
• Pricing
• Assortment
• Retail Category Management
• Time Management
• Forecasting
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control
• Store Operations
• Profit
• P&L Management
• Store Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Advertising
• Management
• Team Building