Charlie Elliott
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Natalie (Burke) Cannady
I have had the pleasure of working closely with Charlie at Nordstrom over the course of several years, and can speak confidently to his professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to both identify talent and develop strong teams. Without his mentorship I would not be the leader I am today!
Allison Nishioka Munoz
I had the pleasure of working with Charlie for several years at Nordstrom. He was both my direct manager and my peer once I was promoted. Charlie has a strong understanding of retail management and customer service, he's focused on areas such as inventory management, logistics management, and customer relationship management. He's well organized and able to connect with his direct reports, extended team, and other sales and support employees in the store. He's coached and trained several employees who have been promoted to management positions.
Natalie (Burke) Cannady
I have had the pleasure of working closely with Charlie at Nordstrom over the course of several years, and can speak confidently to his professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to both identify talent and develop strong teams. Without his mentorship I would not be the leader I am today!
Allison Nishioka Munoz
I had the pleasure of working with Charlie for several years at Nordstrom. He was both my direct manager and my peer once I was promoted. Charlie has a strong understanding of retail management and customer service, he's focused on areas such as inventory management, logistics management, and customer relationship management. He's well organized and able to connect with his direct reports, extended team, and other sales and support employees in the store. He's coached and trained several employees who have been promoted to management positions.
Natalie (Burke) Cannady
I have had the pleasure of working closely with Charlie at Nordstrom over the course of several years, and can speak confidently to his professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to both identify talent and develop strong teams. Without his mentorship I would not be the leader I am today!
Allison Nishioka Munoz
I had the pleasure of working with Charlie for several years at Nordstrom. He was both my direct manager and my peer once I was promoted. Charlie has a strong understanding of retail management and customer service, he's focused on areas such as inventory management, logistics management, and customer relationship management. He's well organized and able to connect with his direct reports, extended team, and other sales and support employees in the store. He's coached and trained several employees who have been promoted to management positions.
Natalie (Burke) Cannady
I have had the pleasure of working closely with Charlie at Nordstrom over the course of several years, and can speak confidently to his professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to both identify talent and develop strong teams. Without his mentorship I would not be the leader I am today!
Allison Nishioka Munoz
I had the pleasure of working with Charlie for several years at Nordstrom. He was both my direct manager and my peer once I was promoted. Charlie has a strong understanding of retail management and customer service, he's focused on areas such as inventory management, logistics management, and customer relationship management. He's well organized and able to connect with his direct reports, extended team, and other sales and support employees in the store. He's coached and trained several employees who have been promoted to management positions.
Credentials
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Operational Excellence Foundations
LinkedInApr, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Six Sigma Foundations
LinkedInApr, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Central Valley
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United States
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Wholesale Building Materials
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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2018 - Present
• Assists Executives with developing, planning, and executing strategic and organizational initiatives. Collaborates with leadership levels throughout the company. • Identifies issues or needs that arise throughout the organization that is cross-functional and require Executive Leaders’ guidance. Evaluates and analyze issues and present findings to executive leaders for effective decision-making. Presents recommendations orally and in writing in a clear and concise format.• Plans and directs project activities to ensure deliverables are within the scope of the project and achieved within the budget and timeframe outlined.• Establishes project quality standards, monitors project status, and maintains project plans on schedule.• Revises work plans as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements while ensuring engagement with stakeholders to identify and track benefits.• Coordinate activities of the Executive team, manage, and schedule requests, including assessment of the importance/priority of requests, and coordinate meetings between relevant parties.• Ability to exercise independent judgment regarding company matters including identifying, maintaining, and managing confidential issues appropriately.• Anticipate the needs of Executive team meeting cadence to ensure their success, including prior meeting notes, documents & follow-up items. Prepare all on/off-site meeting setup.• Manage expense reporting, equipment ordering, and maintain supplies, team lists, rosters, databases, and distribution lists. Show less
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Inventory Control Manager
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Jul 2015 - Present
Area Inventory Control Manager Central Valley Builders SupplyA Top 100 U.S building supply company that proudly provides material solutions to the builders and vineyard operators of Northern California.Focusing on optimizing inventory accuracy through continuous process improvement, measurement, and execution. Oversee inventory levels and accuracy in five locations serving greater Northern California.Continuous branching to all company locations in effort to support inventory management and personal.Achieve companywide year end physical inventory shrink less than industry top performing companies. Prioritize areas of improvement that can have the most impact on improving inventory accuracy. Create buy in from support staff, sales and operations personnel by communicating what is happening, how we are measuring, how to improve, and why important. Build a team of highly productive inventory control personnel. Remain current with the latest inventory management and material handling tools, technology and procedures. Develop and measure key performance indicators. Communicate results with management.Interface with finance, buying group, general managers, store managers and operational personnel. Analyze complex processes and manipulate data, interpret, and communicate progress and our corrective action required in a professional compelling manner. Leading change to best support the business needs, while possessing the ability to instill compliance yet always mindful of resource challenges and or process limitations that may be inhibiting progress. Experience: Supply Chain experience. Management of process across multiple locations in a heavy sku environment. Experience with logistics and distribution. Inventory Leadership· Forklift and Hazmat Certifications Show less
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Nordstrom
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Store Operations Manager
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Jan 2012 - Aug 2014
Store Operations Manager –Nordstrom PleasantonManage and oversee all aspects of store support operations in a $75 million storeResponsible for all department staffing needs. Interviews, hires, training, coaching and development, of an employee base of 30- 65 employeesManage multi-million dollar budget with six department linesOrders all store supplies based on business needs while balancing a monthly budgetResponsible for all direct to customers orders, consistently ranks in top 3% of orders filled in region.Maintains and manages accuracies of a $75 million inventory in addition to executing successful bi-annual inventoriesDirectly manages all inbound outbound movement of merchandise Coach and train employee base of 350 on processes and procedures of inventory management Ranks # 25 for total metrics out of 125 locations Show less
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Sales Information / Inventory Manager
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2000 - 2012
Responsible for training processes and procedures of $120 million flagship store, employing over 600 associatesManage daily operations of 45-80 Inventory personnel. Fiscally responsible for largest budget in Northern California regionHired and coached 14 promotable assistant Store Information Managers and 3 Inventory ManagersRank #3 for total metrics among 125 locationsDrive successful shrinkage reduction programs with consistent year over year improvement (17 basis points-2011 reducing stores shrinkage by $2 million in 3 years)Train, mentor, and develop team in all areas of Inventory Management with a strong focus in customer service and a business first approachFacilitate all New Hire training, conduct ongoing sales floor training, both in and out of the “classroom” Tested and launched new applications monthly, including New hire trainings, Mobile Point of Sale, and Customer Web Order in store fulfillmentOrganized and directed customer communication outreach campaigns for sales and eventsCoached 350+ selling employees on companies Customer Relationship Management toolLead collaboration with all store associates and management in shrinkage prevention training and initiatives as well as sales floor customer outreach managementEstablish strong partnerships with Human Resources and Store Management in order to provide a best in class customer service through well trained sales teams, and accurate inventory management Show less
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Education
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2001 - 2003
American River College
Associate of Science (AS), Business Administration and Management, General
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