Account Executive or Account Manager or National Account Manager

Sarah Andreadakis 218 2nd St. NW, Mayer, MN 55360 [email protected] 612-220-2041 MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING I bring 10 years of business and 6 years of retail experience managing the large st category for the world's largest consumer electronics retailer in operations including advertising and marketing, financial management, inventory management and merchandising, and leading teams to reach these goals. EXPERIENCE Owner/Operator Little Steps, Mayer, MN 2005-Present Managed successful operations including advertising and marketing, customer serv ice, financial management and developing plans for a $100K revenue stream. Direc ted the development of a service based online business brokering individual care and care providers. Best Buy, Richfield, MN 1998-2004 Senior Buyer - Televisions Chief owner of $729M business strategy and planning all aspects of vendor select ion and negotiation, product selection and management, merchandising, promotions , and marketing. With full P&L responsibility, including demand forecasting and annual budgeting, ensured category met or exceeded its financial targets and co ntribution to the overall enterprise through skillful management, collaboration, and negotiation. * Analyzed cause-effect relations between operational activities and performance through utilization of consumer and financial data, merchandising, marketing, a nd statistical means. * Proven ability to influence and lead cross-functional and international teams to deliver profitable results in pursuit of the customer's needs. * Team leader in developing a private label brand. This initiative included par tnering with a Strategic Marketing team to develop a brand name, creating produc t specifications, qualifying a factory partner while in China, creating a launch strategy and marketing plan, and launching a new brand. * Conceived and executed multi-channel business development strategies that focu sed on consumer shopping behaviors and grew the $3B volume of total TVs by 9%. Buyer - Televisions Developed and managed action plans for a $611M business to achieve #1 market sha re. Excelled in strategies related to vendor management (particularly Sony, Pan asonic, Toshiba, Samsung, and Sharp), negotiations of contract terms, integrated promotion planning, assortment management, and price management. * Pioneer and co-developer of new company auction process - speeding profitabili ty and $1M in savings. * Strategically oriented problem solver, known for providing innovative solution s that are customer focused in multiple disciplines including sales and marketin g, purchasing, finance, operations, and project management. Senior Inventory Analyst- Telephony & Wireless Phones Leveraged and developed cutting edge tools to optimize inventory and manage cros s-functional teams. * Improved team communication and efficiency by developing Microsoft Excel and A ccess tools and processes to execute transition, retail product requests, vendor program expiration dates, and assortment optimization which lead to 25% improve ment in inventory budget and turn. * Key player in development of Consumer Electronics Inventory Ladder - lead to i ncreased profitability. * Awarded TAG award for Team Excellence and Extra Mile Award for developing and training At Risk Inventory. Inventory Analyst - Wireless

* Successfully rolled out a new technology category with collaborating inventory and merchant partners. * Created and drove a new advertising checkerboard - increasing communication an d in-stocks. * Awarded PRISM award for Performance Resulting in Superior Marketing. EDUCATION Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management, Provo, UT 1994-1998 Bachelor of Science, Business Management - Marketing. Minor:Family Science.