CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Over thirty years of retail management experience, including eight years as a District Manager in charge of a multi-store environment: * Responsible and accountable for a maximum of 17 stores with a total sales volume in excess of $150 million and up to 800 employees. * Consistently increased overall sales volume each year from a minimum of 3.5% to a maximum of 7%. * Assumed responsibility for additional districts overseeing all operations of failing stores, which were successfully turned around under my leadership. * District selected as test market for multiple company initiatives and programs for high volume districts based on demonstrated efficiencies. * Only district within the region to develop a strong bench of District Managers-in-Training. Twenty five years of store management experience with responsibility for all operations including: * Managed a 32,000 sq. ft. store with sales volume of $9 million and 60 employees. * Assisted the District Manager with store audits, inventory preparation, and mediation of customer and employee issues with other stores in the district. * Participated on a select team of managers to set-up, merchandise, display and coordinate activities related to Grand Openings of remodeled and new stores. QUALIFICATIONS * Knowledge of: retail management methods and practices human resources, financial and facilities management profit and loss analysis and budgeting supervisory, training, and performance evaluation methods and practices. * Skilled in: leading, motivating and developing employees to achieve their highest potential communicating effectively in written and oral form problem analysis and resolution short- and long-range planning interpersonal and customer relations implementing and monitoring corporate goals and directives P & L assessment and course correction. * Ability to: Organize, prioritize and manage time effectively execute company directives to comply with organizational policies and procedures enhance sales utilizing merchandising and marketing techniques meet deadlines under pressure adapt to changing situations travel overnight.

Highlights:

• Budgeting
• Financial
• Human Resources
• Inventory
• Leadership
• Management
• Marketing Management
• Merchandising