Jason Kuharic

About Jason Kuharic

I have been very fortunate to develop many important professional relationships in my…

Experience

1. Category Manager - Performance Nutrition & Vitamins

   Giant Eagle, Inc.

   Oct 2014 — Present

   Actively manage assigned categories to achieve annual financial goals including sales objectives, retail gross margin, shrink, known loss, store inventory turns and service level, making • Increased total sales in assigned categories by 26.3% between FY15 and FY21 • Grew total Nutrition category by 31.4% in Retail Sales while total HBC was -5.1% comparatively • Monitor trends in new products, consumer behavior, market share, competition, fixturing and store layouts to inform decisions and initiate innovation. • Develop and maintain productive relationships with vendors, stores, logistics, distribution, marketing, wholesale and retail accounting and space management to ensure all constituencies\' voices are heard. • Responsible for budget development, expense control and/or revenue generation for a department. • Assume direct responsibility for assigned categories including assortment, pricing strategy, promotion planning and monitoring.

Skills

• Public Relations
• Microsoft Office
• Inventory Control
• Brand Management
• Business Planning
• Team Leadership
• Account Management
• Loss Prevention
• Recruiting
• Event Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Excel
• Sales
• Store Management
• Customer Relations
• Microsoft Word
• Powerpoint
• Baseball
• Marketing Strategy
• Fundraising
• Retail Category Management
• Sponsorship
• E-Commerce
• Public Speaking
• Customer Service
• Direct Marketing
• Profit
• Leadership
• Marketing Communications
• Social Networking
• Merchandising
• Facebook
• Product Development
• Strategy
• Retail
• Program Management
• Merchandise Planning
• Data Entry
• Inventory Management