Spencer C. Vanhoy
Grocery Buyer, Regional supermarket chains
Boise, ID · (716) 555 0119 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/spencercvanhoy
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Nine years in grocery retail, seven of them in buying and category work
INDUSTRIES
Regional supermarket chains, cooperative wholesale, independent grocery
SPECIALTIES
Center store assortment, open to buy planning, trade funds, promotional planning
SYSTEMS
Oracle Retail Merchandising, Blue Yonder Category Management, Circana, Microsoft Excel, Power BI
CREDENTIALS
Certified Professional Category Analyst, Category Management Association
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in agricultural business, Boise State University
Executive Summary
Grocery buyer with nine years in regional supermarket retail, seven of them buying center store categories across forty two stores. Started as a night stocker and moved through category assistant work into full buying responsibility. Known for disciplined open to buy management, straight vendor negotiations and assortments that hold gross margin without thinning the shelf.
Signature Achievements
- Rebuilt the canned vegetable and soup assortment across forty two stores and lifted category gross margin from twenty two percent to twenty six percent within three quarters.
- Negotiated an annual trade funds package with a regional beverage vendor worth four hundred thousand dollars, funding twelve promotional events without raising shelf price.
- Cut weeks of supply on slow moving center store items from eleven to seven and released one point one million dollars of working inventory.
- Delivered comparable store sales growth of five point two percent in breakfast categories in a year when the chain averaged two point one percent.
- Brought twenty eight local Idaho suppliers into the assortment through a regional program that generated nine hundred thousand dollars in first year sales.
- Raised sell through on seasonal holiday displays from sixty four percent to eighty seven percent by sizing buy quantities to store level history.
Professional Experience
Grocery Buyer
Cascade Harvest Markets, Boise, ID 2020 to present
Center store buying for forty two supermarkets across Idaho, eastern Oregon and western Wyoming with an annual purchase budget near sixty million dollars
- Own assortment, cost, promotion and open to buy for canned goods, dry grocery, breakfast and shelf stable beverages.
- Run quarterly category reviews with vendors using Circana consumption data alongside internal loyalty basket analysis.
- Set promotional calendars twelve weeks ahead and size event quantities with the allocation and replenishment team.
- Lead planogram compliance reviews with store operations ahead of the two annual reset cycles.
- Coach two category assistants on cost change auditing and vendor deal entry in Oracle Retail Merchandising.
Category Assistant
Treasure Valley Grocers Cooperative, Nampa, ID 2017 to 2020
Supported three buyers covering dry grocery and household categories for a cooperative serving thirty one independent grocers
- Loaded vendor cost changes, deal sheets and promotional allowances and audited invoice cost against contracted cost each week.
- Built weekly sell through and weeks of supply reporting in Microsoft Excel for buyer review.
- Coordinated new item setup, sampling schedules and shelf tag production for every reset cycle.
Night Stocking Lead
Sunnyslope Food Center, Caldwell, ID 2015 to 2017
Overnight grocery crew of six in a single store doing eleven million dollars in annual sales
- Directed truck receiving, backstock rotation and shelf conditions ahead of the morning open.
- Tracked out of stock items daily and passed the list to the store director for ordering corrections.
- Trained four new crew members on safe stocking practice, case cutting and product rotation standards.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Professional Category Analyst, Category Management Association
Member, National Grocers Association
Education
Bachelor of Science in agricultural business, Boise State University
Associate of Applied Science in business management, College of Western Idaho
Core Skills
Open to buy planning · Vendor negotiations · Trade funds management · Category reviews · Assortment planning · Promotional forecasting · Weeks of supply analysis · Oracle Retail Merchandising · Circana data · Power BI · Planogram compliance