JASON WITT
Savage
Summary
E-commerce analyst and sales professional with over twelve years of merchandising and e-commerce experience. Leads dotcom strategy with being customer obsessed, and improving the customer shopping journey. Executes merchandising strategy from conception through product launch. Guides vendors and partners through sales cycle, providing ongoing customer support and analytics to obtain sales goals. Key strengths include e-commerce, merchandising, retail operations, business acumen, enabling cross-functional work and collaboratively architecting solutions. Combines industry knowledge and product demand to drive revenue in product categories. Strong communicator who earns the confidence of multiple stakeholders.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
E-commerce Analyst
Best Buy Co., Inc.
02.2021 - Current
- Integral member in launching marketplace on Best Buy website adding 1+ million sku's
- Successfully launched new Apple and Google mobile phone products in fall 2025
- Engage with vendors and cross-functional partners creating optimal online shopping experience.
- Secured Top Deals and Sale event space for home furniture and lead team strategy for weekly advertising.
- Deliver online performance results to leadership in weekly business review, while providing insights to category exposure opportunities to improve shopping experience.
- Led competitor analysis and created new category landing page experience giving visibility to furniture category delivering 18% year over year increase in page traffic.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive traffic to category page, product list pages, and product display pages.
- Led brand page update initiative, improving the shopping experience for furniture categories largest vendor prior to holiday delivering a 400% year over year increase in page traffic.
- Provide category recommendations to leadership based on analysis and industry recommendations.
Business Owner
Spirit Apparel and Stuff
10.2014 - 04.2022
- Owner of customized apparel business which focuses on corporate, team and school apparel.
- Increased revenue 30% year over year through marketing initiatives and customer attrition.
- Developed and implemented a customized website and ordering platform.
- Provide excellent customer services to organizations, individual customers and corporate clients through streamlined ordering process, high quality production and timely delivery.
Merchant Analyst
Best Buy Co., Inc.
10.2009 - 02.2021
- Engage with vendors to provide product assortment in consumer electronics.
- Increase year over year sales revenue in computing accessories division through strategic product assortment, promotional planning and marketing initiatives.
- Deliver financial performance results to leadership and strategize on necessary adjustments, short-term and long-term, to reach business goals.
- Negotiate annual vendor contracts, including funding allocation for promotional activities, advertising, and e-commerce brand pages.
- Key contributor in the transformation and execution of in-store product displays for assigned product categories.
- Led PC gaming campaign in June 2017, engaging cross functional partners, with a success rate of plus 35% year over year.
- Provide expanded product assortment recommendations to leadership based on analysis and industry recommendations.
Account Manager and Finance Specialist
Best Buy Co., Inc.
01.2006 - 10.2009
- Provided technology solutions to government and education entities.
- Provided product options and solutions to 150+ customer’s electronic and technical needs and complete the sales.
- Developed and implemented processes to assist the credit department in daily operations.
- Analyze and resolve escalating situations with customer’s financial status while staying focused on department goals.
- Implemented and executed plan to increase efficiency rate for order processing for business customers from 20% to a 80% efficiency rate.
Education
Business Administration
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MNBusiness Administration
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MNSkills
Merchandising
E-Commerce
Product Management
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Sales Management
Customer Experience
Analytics
Affiliations
- Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification
- Recipient of Vision and Efficiency award- Best Buy for Business 2009
- Recipient of Operations Excellence award- Best Buy for Business 2008
- Prior Lake Hockey Association Coach 2014-Present
- Prior Lake Athletics for Youth Volunteer Coach 2014-2017
- Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce Member, 2017- Present
Timeline
E-commerce Analyst
Best Buy Co., Inc.
02.2021 - Current
Business Owner
Spirit Apparel and Stuff
10.2014 - 04.2022
Merchant Analyst
Best Buy Co., Inc.
10.2009 - 02.2021
Account Manager and Finance Specialist
Best Buy Co., Inc.
01.2006 - 10.2009
Business Administration
Normandale Community College
Business Administration
St. Cloud State University