Darian Cargile

• Negotiated purchase agreements and sale contracts to facilitate successful real estate transactions.
• Conducted market analysis to identify trends and optimize pricing strategies for listings.
• Developed comprehensive marketing plans utilizing digital platforms and social media to increase property visibility.
• Cultivated relationships with clients, providing personalized service and guidance throughout the buying/selling process.
• Over $1.2M in closings in 9 months
• Collaborated with mortgage brokers, inspectors, and appraisers to ensure seamless transaction execution.
• Streamlined transaction processes, reducing paperwork errors and improving turnaround times for closings.
• Negotiated, facilitated, and managed real estate transactions.

• A lead role in the VIC supply chain with the responsibility of maintaining a $200M business unit
• Build strong collaborative relationships and influence across many levels within the Brands, Warehouses, and Supplier community
• Responsibility to ensure that VIC & Preferred programs deliver the expected results for our Brand and Supplier partners
• Manage VIC program concerns and execution by partnering extensively with the Brands, Supply Chain, and Warehouse Operations (build this out per Peter's comment below)
• Leverage the Procurement programs as a means of accountability, with the goal of driving rapid resolution, and improving vendor performance
• Manage Supplier relationships within the VIC program providing insight, solutions and alternatives methodologies
• Partner with the Preferred Lead and the organization to assess alternative methodologies and industry trends, providing strategic vision and direction
• Partner on a regular basis with Warehouse Operations to measure results, drive efficiencies, and assess vendor performance .
• Drive change-management within our strategic partners through continuous improvement, implementing new processes and ensures these processes support the brand strategies and goals.
• Leverage the collective knowledge from the Team, Internal Supply Chain and the Industry to drive "Best Practice" behavior with the Brands and Vendors.
• Measure Vendor performance against KPIs, perform analysis, and create period reporting to drive hold our Vendors accountable and to provide executive updates.
• Work directly with the analyst team to confirm or refute assumptions, harness data and deliver impactful and actionable insights.
• Manage the ownership and access to internal vendor dispute email inboxes and provide investigations, research, resolutions, and adherence to policy and procedure in resolving vendor disputes.
• Answer questions, provide specific details in reference to the Transportation Routing Guide, and provide training to stake holders within VIC.

• Provide strategic direction and guidance to all ADUSA facilities and cross-functional partners ensuring adherence to established policies and procedures.
  •Create and maintain SOP, SPTA, QRG’s etc. related content for the centralized digital library as well as administrative oversight of the tool around approval flows and version control.
  •Establish ways of working with the Training and Learning Teams to ensure proper change management and sustainability.
  •Partner with Process Assurance and Risk and Control teams to challenge status quo, close gaps or weaknesses in existing processes, identify bottlenecks and risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for optimization.
  •Improved internal and external audit scores
  •Lead process mapping efforts to capture end-to-end processes, identify interdependencies, and document workflows.
  •Use process mapping efforts to drive cross-functional alignment around the “one best way” and document future state.
  •Work closely with cross-functional teams to establish and govern a strict traceability, version control, and approval process for all process that touch D&T.
  •Consistently evaluate existing processes to identify areas for improvement, standardization, and automation.
  •Define, implement, and maintain governance mechanisms that drive collaboration across people operations,Information/Systems Technology, and the business.
  •Deploy and manage best OpEx practices/training in support of achieving robust understanding, compliance,and reporting.
  •Applying lean principles, consistently improve performance, reduce waste, and drive productivity across all ADUSA sites and functions.
  •Collaborate and facilitate bi-weekly Executive D&T Service Project Updates as well monthly intake for KPI Network meetings

• Identifying opportunities and solutions for improving processes that have a tangible impact on business performance and partner with stakeholders to understand current challenges and implement solutions to address them
• Recognize and create new channels of communication to better build on our partnership behaviors within each vertical
• Delivered end of vertical presentation to Senior Leadership & SCLT identifying $20M in value generation over 2 years by optimizing network transfer loop + reduction in dead miles

Responsible for procuring $150M+ CPGs across multiple categories and brands annually (The Giant Company, Giant Foods, Stop&Shop) impacting financial success of total supply chain
• Manage all Relex daily, weekly, monthly workflows across resulting in achieving operational service level targets
• Identify and provide solutions for improving current processes flows and category communication
• Monitor and ensure timely execution of all planned product allocations as needed.
• Analyze system exceptions for root cause.
• Manage inventory to achieve DOS, obsolete, and product freshness target
• Execute and monitor purchase orders—including on time and in full metrics
• Consult with Advantage team and Demand Systems Specialists on vendor efficiency programs
• Ensure operational adherence to efficiency programs by working with the Demand Systems Specialist to input the rules
• Develop a plan to address overstocks and left-over sale excess inventory in collaboration with the Merchandising group
• Work with suppliers, Quality Control, Supply Chain operations, store divisional operations, and Risk Management to address product availability, freshness, and product transition issues, as well as recalls and market withdrawals
• Stay informed on commodity or other supplier issues that impact category sales. Anticipate and act on supplier issues, seasonal changes, natural disasters, crop conditions, and manufacturing issues ensuring efficient order quantities
• Provide timely communication to supervisors related to inventory transactions, resolving issues, short- term out of stocks
• Collaborate with Forecast Analysts to explain and identify forecast variance and provide additional information around marketing strategies, special promotions, and anticipated influences to sales that are not likely to be identified through system-driven exception analysis

Manage Labor Cost Analysis with budgets provided for weekly use
• Increased sale units via enhanced product placement
• Supervised and managed a team of 50 individuals including department managers with Grocery, Dairy, HBC, Natural Organics, Frozen, Bread, Beer & Wine
• Monitor weekly sales as well as end of period profits and loss’s
• Create display plan for weekly add changeovers
• Manage daily and weekly book level inventory
• Complete in-store audits for food safety
• Complete computer-assisted ordering audits
• Oversee/manage direct store deliveries and warehouse deliveries
• Experience in loss prevention
• Maintain employee morale in the work environment
• Acknowledge associate growth potential
• Responsible for all ordering of non-perishable product and scheduling stocking
• Performed total store management responsibilities as needed