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Nespoli
2151 18th Avenue San Francisco Ca 94116 (415) 664-1807 jn51cfcc@westpost.net
Summary:
* 25 years buying, merchandising, planning, and product development experience
* 20 years recruitment, training, and management of executive level and sales pe
rsonnel
* 15 years development and implementation of Corporate Policy manuals, Employee
Handbooks,
and sales training programs
* 10 years training and development specialist
* Diverse range of experience within both corporately and privately held organiz
ations
Professional Experience:
Relax The Back 9/03-Present
La Palma, California
Vice President, Merchandising
* Direct report to corporate CEO
* Overall responsibility for all merchandising vendor products and programs, ext
ensive product development and visual merchandising for (107) back and neck care
specialty retail store locations across the United States and Canada
* Management, training, and ongoing development of Director of Merchandising, Di
rector of Visual Merchandising, and Product Development Manager
* Oversight of all Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and Product Development
teams
* Developed company's first comprehensive Private Label program-by lifestyle cat
egory
* Defined Core Assortment and Initial Inventory Assortment programs for both exi
sting and new franchisees
* Increased blended MU by 4.7% in 2005
* Redesigned RTB product catalog; increased Co-op contributions by 28% in 2004,
36.3% in 2005
* Daily interaction with Board of Directors, Franchise Advisory Board, Franchise
owners, store personnel
* Creator and trainer; "RTB Merchandising" program for "RTB University" training
sessions
Relevant Skills:
Excellent communication and analytical skills
PC and Mac literate; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Education:
California School of Professional Psychology Doctoral Program
Los Angeles, California
Adelphi University BA Clinical Psychology
Garden City, New York