David Killebrew

Twenty-five years experience in retail, ecommerce and social media, with a passion for building businesses to succeed. Primary skills include sourcing, negotiating, implementing and developing product assortments for Walmart.com, Beachbody.com, Slingshot Products, Mervyn’s, Brookstone, Discovery Channel Store, Home Express and RobinsonsMay. Strong business background developed through buying and product management positions in bedding, lawn, garden, home comfort, furniture, outdoor furniture, electronics, specialty products, and astronomy.

I have extensive experience utilizing ecommerce and advertising to help build my overall business. I have demonstrated the ability to develop products and categories that change with market trend and follow with company direction, always working to create pricing that maintained the best gross margin achievable.

Major responsibility for developing products and finding best sellers, as well as negotiating pricing and quantities with vendors to maximize profit and grow departments online, in stores and by catalog. Everyday responsibilities included product development, negotiation, sales, stock and gross margin plan, planning and managing sales, markdowns, receipt flow, turnover and merchandise for multiple departments.

Extensive experience in overseas and domestic product sourcing from tooling to completion. Created packaging that was clear, concise and caught the customers’ attention.

I have contributed to developing quality employees that were promoted within several departments. Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.