Professional Summary Seasoned management professional who excels in establishing excellent working relationships with customers, employees, vendors and contractors. Exceptional Project Manager successful at directing change management initiatives requiring fast-paced execution. More than 30 years in project management in a variety of industries. Proactive Marketing Manager with 8+ years product management experience in a small start-up business environment. Promoted Directed and coordinated marketing activities and policies to promote products and services. Analyzed business developments and monitored market trends. Worked with the communications team to drive internal promotion of company programs, initiatives, guiding principles and mission. Directed the hiring, training and performance evaluations for marketing and sales staff and supervised their daily activities. Scheduled and led weekly store meetings for all employees. Increased profits through effective sales training and troubleshooting profit loss areas. Reported to the district manager regarding all store and staff issues. Interviewed job candidates and made staffing decisions. Completed profit and loss performance reports. Supervised a team of 55 Portrait Studio employees and 11 Area Portrait Studio. from Team Leader to Assistant Manager within 10 months. Interviewed job candidates and made staffing decisions. Counted cash drawers and made bank deposits. Managed staff of 10 sales associates 3 team leaders and 4 assistant managers. Assigned employees to specific duties to best meet the needs of the store. Instructed staff on appropriately handling difficult and complicated sales.

Highlights:

• Management
• Sales
• Training
• Troubleshooting
• Retail
• Project Control
• Project Controls
• Cash Flow
• Deposits
• management
• Project management