Work Experience

Sales/Merchandiser - Frito Lay 2017 - Current

Shipping/Receiving - Aerotek Ruan Transportation – 2016 - 2017

Sales - K-Designers – 2016

Store Manager - Hobby Lobby – 2013 - 2016

Team Lead - Target - 2013

Sales - Altig Insurance  - 2012

Sales/Manufacturing - Cheap,FastandEasyTees - 2006-2013

Assistant Manager - Wal-Mart - 2012

Zone merchandise Supervisor - Wal-Mart - 2011-2012

Management/Sales - Phoenix Distributing(Sprint Preferred Retailer) - 2010-2011

Walgreens

Store Manager - 1999 - 2010

Executive Assistant Manager - 1995 - 1999

Management Trainee - 1993 - 1995

Career Summary

Management

• Significant supervisor experience with staffs from 20 - 40 employees

• Responsible for the hiring and training of new employees, and on-going evaluation and development

• Inspirational and highly effective leadership, and communication skills that lead to 90% employee retention

• Expertise in ordering and inventory management to achieve corporate inventory goal of 30-day supply or less

• Excellent communication with vendors to maintain regular delivery of merchandise

• Regular review of  bids and contracts from vendors to ensure lowest price

• Supervise yearly physical inventory

• Kept losses below corporate goal of 3%

• Possess strong commitment to team environment dynamics while contributing expertise and following leadership directives

• Conduct reconciliation of accounts payable and receivable

• Expertise in shipping and receiving procedures

• Possess superior time and task management skills that enabled on time openings of two new stores and a store remodel

• Experienced in payroll processing and benefits coordination

• Create customer friendly schedules while working at or below budget of 648 hours weekly

 

Sales

• Successful analyses of operating statements, department sales trends, and hot items reports led to increase sales above the 7%  goal after 1 year to 30% in the second  year

• Ability to forecast future sales by use of past sales performance reports

• Possess creativity to build eye catching displays to increase sales

• Consult with other managers on the best merchandise to sell

• Aggressively pursue all potential sales methods by visiting competitors regularly to review their presentations of merchandise

 

Customer Service

• Possess effective communication, customer service and organizational skills which increased customer satisfaction from 70% to 85%

• Focus on customer comments and needs into merchandise to optimize sales growth

• Successful interactions with customers to generate repeat business and referrals