Jason Orr

About Jason Orr

Passionate about developing people and optimizing processes to drive growth and success…

Experience

1. Divisional Merchandise Manager

   Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply

   May 2020 — Present · Bozeman, MT, US

   Softgoods team drove 34.23% comp store improvement in 2021 over LY by aggressive tactics to secure inventory during difficult supply chain environment. Ending the year up 6.89% in Inventory and Turn up 62 bps over LY.• Developed Softgoods Product Attribute/Image Process & Spreadsheet utilizing Microsoft Forms, SharePoint & Power Automate. This improved execution and speed of gathering information & images required for E-commerce. This greatly improved accuracy and Ecom processing time to get product online. Resulting in getting more product online and on time.• Co-developed Hardgoods New Item Setup spreadsheet and process that utilizes Microsoft Forms, SharePoint List and Power Automate. This revolutionized the way Murdoch\'s gathered product information from vendors. This process improved speed to market by gathering all information up front from the vendor. Information included item setup details, photography, bullet points and item attributes.• Developed extensive customer Special Order process, utilizing Microsoft Forms, SharePoint and Power Automate. This process improved communication, tracking and reduced turnaround time of customer special orders. The development of the process required cross department collaboration to ensure the difficult process helped and supported the needs of all parties. • Developed Inbound Truck DC Scheduling process where DC fills out Microsoft SharePoint List. The list is integrated with Microsoft Power Automate that automatically emails the correct buying team to complete the store splits. As soon as the splits are complete, the DC is notified that the Shipment is ready to receive. This creates advanced noticed to buyers of shipments and allows buyers to split inventory to stores at the last moment. Ultimately improving retail inventory levels and ensures efficiency through the distribution centers.• Developed new Flyer Inventory Process and report resulting in improved retail in-stocks, sales and customer experience.

Education

• University of Wyoming College of Business

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

  2001 — 2006

Skills

• Retail
• Merchandising
• Inventory Management
• Sales
• Inventory Control
• Retail Assortment Planning
• Product Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Visual Merchandising
• Advertising
• Private Label
• Apparel
• Analysis
• Assortment
• Management
• Pricing
• Customer Service
• Leadership
• Microsoft Office
• Profit
• Microsoft Excel
• Team Building
• Negotiation
• Pricing Strategy
• Strategy
• Category Management