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Executive Summary
Obtain a Director level position, utilizing my 15 years of experience teaching a
nd training managers how to provide a differentiated customer experience and obt
ain company initiatives by focusing on people and processes. Strong interpersona
l and communication skills, coupled with vision, and business acumen. Retail Ex
ecutive with extensive expertise in Sales & Operations. Responsibilities include
Profit and Loss management, strategic and tactical sales planning, in store bra
nding and customer experience. Proven track record of improving sales performanc
e by focusing on the development of the leaders in the building and the customer
experience.
Experience
Flextronics/RTS NY Metro
Area Director November 2009 to Present
Responsible for managing a team of 8 Regional Managers, 23 Territory Manager, H
R & Training team, as well as office staff to achieve targets set by myself and
the client.
Primary focuses include building and managing P&L forecasting for all 88 locati
ons, staffing of over 800 employees, achieving and exceeding clients expectation
s in both sales and guest services
Reduced market expenses by greater than $800K within the first 6 months.
Improved client perception of Flextronics by dramatically improving execution o
f company initiatives.
Developed a weekly business review process and weekly balanced scorecard that h
as now been adopted throughout the entire organization.
La-Z-Boy Northeast, USA
Regional Market Manager February 6, 2009 to November 2009
As the Regional Market Manager, I am the key executive responsible for the over
all profitability, sales culture, sales promotions, people development, store st
andards/operations and customer experience excellence for the entire Northeast U
SA.
Increased store sales by 32% YOY.
Decreased cost of operations and improved profitability by over 25%.
Reviews and acts upon all financial opportunities including expense management,
margin enhancements and sales drivers
Directly responsible for local marketing campaigns throughout the Northeast USA
including print and various grass root efforts.
Hire, train, and retain the highest quality team members who exhibit energy and
enthusiasm. Performance manage those who do not follow the program or those wh
o can not achieve necessary results
Develops grass roots marketing and community focused events that build sales an
d support our communities
Keep a detailed succession plan to ensure there is never a vacancy in any key p
osition ( manager, designer, sales professionals)
Circuit City Northeast, USA
Regional Operations Manager March 1, 2006 to March 17, 2009
Specialty includes building management teams that value cross - functional work
ing relationships that have been particularly effective at driving revenue and m
arket share while maintaining high brand awareness and operational efficiencies.
Direct regional operations activities for 86 stores, spanning 8 states, totalin
g over $2 Billion in annual sales.
Manage and support over 6000 associates, over 500 managers, and 11 District Man
agers
Manage, support, and develop 8 District Operations Managers.
Foster a team environment that is conducive to sharing ideas by focusing on the
ir individual strengths.
Was instrumental in controlling the bottom line of the P&L and all controllable
accounts by managing current processes and helping to develop new SOPs..
Managed labor performance. Worked with the stores to reduce/eliminate unnecess
ary costs. Trained and developed Store Directors schedule making strengths to d
rive a much higher productivity
Worked directly with the stores to establish a differentiated multi-channel cus
tomer experience by developing a training for all customer service associates an
d help develop the "Web Server" position that has recently been implemented in 4
60 location nationwide.