Corbin Sorensen

Corbin Sorensen

Supervisor, Photo Dept Manager, Photo Technician, Cashier

location of Corbin SorensenBerkeley Bowl Produce Inc.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    A Grocery Buyer - Growing a Better Center Store

  • Education

    • Santa Barbara City College

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      Associate of Science - AS Communication and Media Studies

      Activities and Societies: Studied a variety of other subjects such as Chemistry, Computer Science and Web Design

  • Experience

    • Longs Drugs

      Dec 1999 - Jul 2005
      Supervisor, Photo Dept Manager, Photo Technician, Cashier

      Various position made held in key store departments focused on customer service and services. Recognized as employee of the year and employee of the month.

    • Lazy Acres Market Santa Barbara

      Sept 2005 - Aug 2009
      Vitamin Clerk

      Customer service clerk providing guidance in different natural supplement and body care products. Recognized as employee of the month.

    • Bristol Farms

      Sept 2009 - Oct 2010
      Natural Living Manager

      Manage personnel and re-ordered products for the department. Provide information to customers to help them select products.

    • SCHUYLER J. RUMSEY PHILATELIC AUCTIONS, INC.

      Oct 2011 - Jul 2013
      Auction Assistant

      Assisted with showing auction lots, facilitating phone bidding, and packaging lots to be mailed out.

    • San Francisco Window Pros

      Apr 2012 - Jan 2013
      Apprentice Glazier

      Assisted lead with installation, repair, and maintenance of various residential windows, screens, and doors.

    • Real Food Company

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
      Wellness Dept Buyer

      In charge of the day-to-day operations of the Wellness Department. Purchased for HABA categories, managed staff, and helped customers with product information.

    • Berkeley Bowl Produce Inc.

      Mar 2015 - now

      Assists in purchasing for center of the store categories from major distributors and local DSD vendors for both Berkeley Bowl locations. Negotiates large purchases for promotional spaces for competitive pricing. Sets and reviews pricing to align with margin goals. Develops training checklist and processes for department supervisors and clerks. Creates Excel macros to automate tasks and creates sales movement reports to aid in category management and sales forecasting. Conceptualizes and creates schematics for category resets to best utilize shelf space. Since joining the team, helped increase department sales by an average of 10% each year. Show less

      • Assistant Grocery Buyer

        Mar 2017 - now
      • HABA supervisor

        Aug 2015 - Mar 2017
      • HABA Clerk

        Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Microsoft Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019)

      Microsoft
      Jun 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019)

      Microsoft
      Jun 2021
      View certificate certificate