Nick Southern
- Role
- Senior Category Manager at AutoZone
- Location
- Memphis, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nick Southern
With over 18 years of experience in the automotive industry, I am a passionate and driven…
Experience
Senior Category Manager
Nov 2019 — Present
Responsible for +$1B in category sales • Category strategy and ownership: Create, develop, and implement initiatives to drive category growth while driving down cost and exceeding KPI metrics • Develop and train direct reports and fellow merchants • Partner and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams including the analyst group, catalog team, commercial, marketing, store ops, supply chain, and others • Actively manage store placement and inventory insuring high in-stock and vendor fill rates • Create and manage effective pricing strategies • Perform data analysis to inform and determine decisions • Build and maintain strategic vendor relationships to partner for mutual success • Lead companywide initiatives and negotiations resulting in retail growth, inventory savings, and gross profit dollar growth
Skills
- Store Operations
- Profit
- Visual Merchandising
- Merchandising
- Loss Prevention
- Store Management
- Assortment
- Inventory Management
- Driving Results
- Retail
- Planograms
- Associate Development
- Retail Sales
- Inventory Control
- New Store Development
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