retail sales manager to vice president of operation
s. traveled 17 of the 25 years. responsible for sales profits, recruiting and day to day opreations and supervis ion of sales teams amd management teams. Responsible for training and attaining store sales goals and district goals and profits. I am a senior retail sales management professional with a 20t year track record for increasing sales, developing staff and establishing and securing new territo ry. background seasoned with day to day operations and management of single unit , multi-store and multi-unit territories including but not limited to: trend ana llysis,profit performance,employee retention, and staff development. DEMONSTRATED AREAS OF EXPERTISE .PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION .TEAM BUILDING/MOTIVATION .P&L MANAGEMENT .MULTI-MILLION DOLL AR BUDGET .ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP .RETAIL CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JARED THE GALLERIA OF JEWELRY
GENERAL MANAGER 2OO7-2010 GENERAL MANAGER FOR SINGLE UNIT STORE. 5000 SQUARE FOOT JEWELRY STORE 17 MEMEBER TEAM. TEAM BUILDING DRIVING AND GROWING BUSINESS. DEVELOPING CLIENTEL. TRAIN AN D DEVELOPING TEAM. SALES INVENTORY CONTROL VISUAL GUEST SERVICE AND 7.5 MILLION SALES BUGET WHICH WAS ACHIEVED. SAMUELS JEWELERS 2003-2007 REGIONAL MANAGER 17 STORES SUPERVISED IN 5 STATES. TRAVELED STORE TO STORE. SALE S PROFITS TEAM DEVELOPMENT. MULTI STORE SUPERVISION, MONITORING STORE SALES TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND PROFITS. REGIONSL MANAGER OF THE YEAR TWO TIMES IN A ROW. FRIEDMANS JEWELERS MULTIPLE SITES 1996-2003 QUICKLY PREMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS AS A RESULT OF CONSISTENT GOAL AQUISITIONS. R ECRUITED TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE AGGRESSIVE EXPANSISON OF SOUTHWEASTERN AND MI DWESTERN STATES. STARTED A SENIOR PARTNER, PREMEOTED TO REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN TO VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FO R THE ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI MARKETS. VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS,LITTLEROCK, ARK. 2002-2003 (103 STORES) REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT LITTLEROCK ARK 2001-2003 (INCREASED32-45STORES) REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT,BIRMINGHAM AL 1999-2001 (INCREASED 33TO50) SENIOR PARTNER, KNOXVILLE,TN 1996-1999 (16 STORES) SENIOR PARTNER,MEMPHIS ,TN 1996-1996 (10 STORES) MULTI STORE SUPERVISION RETAIL CHAIN SALES AND PROFIT EXECUTION. WITH TERRITORY EXPANSION AND TRAINING RECRUITING OF TEAMS AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT. WHITEHALL JEWELLERS 1991-1996 STORE MANAGER GORDON JEWELLERS REGIONAL MANAGER 1985-1991 12 STORES STORE MANAGER 1981-1985 EDUCATION AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MARKETING, LITTLEROCK UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LOOKING GLASS INC. CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 2003 MEETING YOUR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES AMERICAN AMA ATLANTA, GA 2003