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Merri Keliikuli <br />84-574 Nukea Street • Walanae, HawaN 96792 • Tel; (808) 4.97=9030 • Merri.Keliikuli®gmail.com <br />PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE <br />• Strategic Planning • Customer & Employee Engagement <br />• Training & Staff Development • Budgets & Financial Reporting <br />• Visual Merchandising • Merchandising and Assortment Planning <br />• Inventory Management • Retail Sales & Operations <br />EXPERIENCE <br />Office Manager & Program Support -- Hawai`i Alliance for Community -Based Economic Development <br />October 2019 - Present <br />• Collaboratively work with leadership team to set and implement goals to achieve the organization's <br />mission and manage an operating budget of nearly $1M <br />• Assists with hiring and development of staff <br />• Responsible for meeting all bookkeeping and financial reporting needs, including oversight of billing <br />and expenses, bank reconciliations, and 990/audit/review support to contracted accounting firm <br />• Provides grant and contract support, including reporting and evaluation <br />• Supports team and partners, providing meeting transcription and synthesis, research and reporting, <br />and tool development, and general convening support <br />Merchant and Operations Consultant - Na Mea Hawaii <br />February 2019 - December 2020 <br />• Created operating budget, sales plan, and standard operating procedures <br />• Mentored Store Manager to create annual strategic plan and staff development plan <br />• Created visual merchandising guidelines and worked with sales team to develop and apply <br />merchandising skills <br />• Oversaw buying for all categories, including assortment planning, sourcing new suppliers, negotiating <br />consignment agreements, and regular product replenishments <br />• Managed workshop projects at Kipuka, including scheduling, advertising, and billing for cultural <br />workshops <br />Executive Director and Community Outreach Coordinator - Hoa'Aina O Makaha <br />November 2016 - August 2018 <br />• Established standard operating procedures, created job descriptions for each farm role, implemented <br />program evaluations, created and managed database of contacts <br />• Facilitated partnership agreement with new leaseholder <br />• Coordinated the work of 6 staff members and conducted weekly meetings with them <br />• Secured and oversaw $300K in grants from 17 funders and partners <br />• Reported to Hoa'Aina's Board of Directors and founder, providing organizational updates ensuring <br />programs consistently delivered on the organization's mission <br />• Liaised with Finance Committee to create and manage farm's $350,000 budget and created and <br />managed various fundraising accounts including Amazon Smile and Go Fund Me <br />• Helped coordinate the efforts of volunteers and on -site fundraisers and events such as the bi-annual <br />"Evening Under the Stars" dinner and the Annual Open House <br />• Managed web and social media content and community outreach projects and efforts <br />Boutique Manager/Corporate Trainer - Wellendorff North America <br />August 2015 -- July 2016 <br />• Dual role of Las Vegas Boutique Sales/Merchandise Manager and Wellendorff NA Training Manager <br />• Re -vamped product assortment to cater to Las Vegas' traveling clientele, balancing core references and <br />exceptional one of a kind pieces with values ranging from $4K to $200K, resulting in a sales lift of 330% <br />Merri Keliikuli resume (continued) <br />