Rebecca J. Herring

2600 44th Street
Des Moines, IA 50310
(515) 238-1911
rebecca@rebeccaherring.com

Work Experience

Hy-Vee Corporate, West Des Moines IA

Develop desktop and wireless applications in a .NET environment for store-level users to maintain inventory, product, and financial data as well as generate reports.
Improve existing applications by integrating with newly developed software.
Document changes/enhancements to existing applications.

Hy-Vee Corporate, West Des Moines IA

Performed troubleshooting on hardware and software issues for more than 200 retail stores.
Set up computer systems and oversaw conversion of data at store locations.
Wrote documentation for Unix solutions.
Created Unix programs to automate repetitive tasks.
Created Access program to provide data analysis of support center performance.

Hy-Vee Food Stores, Iowa City IA

Maintained the Computer Assisted Reordering System (CARS) by preparing orders, researching out-of-stocks, and checking for abnormal movement reports on specific items.
Assisted department managers with inventory records by educating them about the CARS system and providing support to the individuals from each department who maintain the inventory information.
Met with product vendors and representatives to purchase pallet buys for the grocery department which involved profit-making decisions.
Performed shelf resets to ensure the most appealing presentation to the customer while encouraging the sale of products with a higher margin.

Hy-Vee Food Stores, Iowa City IA

Prepared daily financial management reports and deposits, reconciled daily activity summary reports to register activity, performed data entry of accounts receivable charges and payments with appropriate reconciliations, and oversaw utility bill payment process.
Created an Excel program to record individual drawer outcomes and produce weekly and monthly reports for managers. The development of this program resulted in a 90% decrease in monetary shortages in less than three months.

B.B.A. in Management Information Systems

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