Lori Wood

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About Lori Wood

Well regarded in the areas of Retail, Marketing and Visual Merchandising. Highly developed negotiation and communication skills with excellent follow through abilities. Passionate, focused and dedicated. Negotiation: Worked with top distributors to be first to market with new items coming to the state. Example: First retailer in Texas market to carry the Skinny Girl wines and support the program with advertising, endcap displays and aggressive retails. Negotiated cost bi-monthly with suppliers and distributors to ensure we were competitive or leading the market with target retails and margins. Reporting: Created weekly updates by segment for the Director of Adult Beverage showing positive and negative sales vs. LY. Analytical: Maintained monthly margin spreadsheet plus monthly promotional plan overview. Data was used to ensure accurate advertising, temporary reduction tags and pricing for multiple states. Technical Skills: MS Office, MicroStrategy, IRI Data, AC Neilson, Ariba, and Concur Areas of Expertise include: • Vendor Relations & Negotiations • Knowledge of IRI/Nelson reporting • Training & Development • Problem solving skills • Microsoft Office, Micro-Strategies, JDA Space Planning