About
Reliable and experienced retail and distribution professional with 8+ years of experience in merchandising, inventory, customer service, and route-based distribution.
Known for handling high-volume workloads, staying organized across multiple responsibilities, and working independently with minimal supervision.
Experienced in building strong relationships with store managers, maintaining product availability and presentation, and keeping demanding routes and retail operations running smoothly.
Experience
Retail Merchandiser
Apr 2024 – Aug 2026
● Independently managed 12 retail accounts across 3 counties and up to 320 miles of weekly travel, balancing daily merchandising, stocking, and account-service responsibilities.
● Handled and stocked up to 12 pallets of beer on high-volume freight days, working product into coolers and back stock and building promotional displays.
● Rotated cooler and display inventory to maintain product freshness, availability, and presentation standards.
● Built strong relationships with retail managers while selling in additional product orders and promotional displays and advising on product selection and placement.
● Entrusted with the branch’s highest-volume account, maintaining product availability, merchandising standards, and a strong relationship with store management.
Product MerchandisingInventory ManagementRoute Distribution
Faust Distributing Co.
Newspaper Delivery Driver
Jun 2018 – Jan 2020
● Promoted to full-time employee after one year and assigned a large distribution route spanning 4 counties.
● Counted, organized, and loaded newspaper bundles before completing deliveries to approximately 25 distribution locations per route.
● Collected payments and unsold publications from distribution locations as part of regular route operations.
Route DistributionAccount ManagementInventory Management
Polk County Publishing Company
Education
Livingston High School
High School Diploma
2017
Skills
Employee TrainingAccount ManagementRoute DistributionCustomer ServiceRetail OperationsProduct MerchandisingInventory Management
