Daniel Spencer

Buyer @Family Dollar

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.

Vanderbilt University

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