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Associate Partner

Fred's Inc. is a full-service pharmacy departments .

Strategic Merchandising Executive with significant experience and success leading complex, cross-functional company initiatives to deliver innovative, market leading strategies. Expertise spans across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing and Organizational Development & Training. Focus on efforts that drive top line sales, improve profitability and deliver a best-in-class customer shopping experience. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS & MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS➢Launched a prestige beauty store from concept phase to inception. Drove all phases of project including Visual Design, Marketing, Merchandising and Store Operations. ➢Front Store Leader of Inventory Initiative that successfully removed over $1B in unproductive inventory from the company pipeline, improved Days of Supply and resulted in long term positive impact on company balance sheet by delivering marked improvement in free cash flow. ➢Managed 'Synergy Project' as key member of an integration team exceeding financial goals for company by $100+MM in margin.