Allan Webber Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Canada Area

District Manager for all of British Columbia.

White Rock, Bc

Ordering stock, training new employees, opening and closing the store, hiring, conducting inventory.

Hiring, training,customer service, ran social and safey committies.

In this position I managed the Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Kenora, Ontario where I supervised a staff of 42 colleagues' in the selling of restaurant and food supplies to private business and the general public. One of my main goals was to help drive sales and profits for the store in a difficult economic climate. Loblaw's had just opened up a new No Frills in Kenora and with the region recovering from the previous recession sales targets were not achieved. We managed to keep the stores… Show more In this position I managed the Real Canadian Wholesale Club in Kenora, Ontario where I supervised a staff of 42 colleagues' in the selling of restaurant and food supplies to private business and the general public. One of my main goals was to help drive sales and profits for the store in a difficult economic climate. Loblaw's had just opened up a new No Frills in Kenora and with the region recovering from the previous recession sales targets were not achieved. We managed to keep the stores sales targets to fewer than 20% of the previous year's sales.
My other duties consisted of accompanying our sales reps in ride a longs to help increase sales from our existing business owners and to sign new business owners. One of my goals while I was there was to bring the management team closer together and to work as a team. This was done through team and one on one meetings. Teaching the staff how to properly prepare the store for inventory was another goal I accomplished while I was there.
I also managed to cut the stores total shrink down by 33% over last year's targets. This was accomplished through just in time ordering and ordering the proper levels of merchandise needed for the stores sales. Using the stores markdown process and procedures also helped us in reducing our waste. Show less

In this position I ran the grocery, frozen food, and dairy departments in the store. I superviseda staff of 10 employees. I was responsible for ordering merchandise, scheduling, hiring andtraining new employees. My focus was on inventory control of the backroom grocery stock aswell as the dairy and frozen food departments. I work with outside vendors to keep inventorycontrol and service levels to their proper rotation. I'm currently teaching the staff on how toreceive… Show more In this position I ran the grocery, frozen food, and dairy departments in the store. I superviseda staff of 10 employees. I was responsible for ordering merchandise, scheduling, hiring andtraining new employees. My focus was on inventory control of the backroom grocery stock aswell as the dairy and frozen food departments. I work with outside vendors to keep inventorycontrol and service levels to their proper rotation. I'm currently teaching the staff on how toreceive merchandise properly and what to look for on invoice errors. I have also been trainingthe staff on loss prevention issues, what to look for and how to respond to security issues withinthe store. I also work with all staff concerning health and safety. Working with all thedepartments within the store to properly merchandise the store. Working with the file maintenanceteam to have current and proper signage in the store with regards to sale and in store advertisingfor our current sales flyers. I have been working with the front end staff in teaching them how toface and organize the grocery shelves when the store is not busy with customer traffic. Show less

Supervised a team of 15 employees. I took complete control of the backroom and orderingmerchandise, this allowed me to teach and train my staff their proper roles within the store.Developed a rotating work schedule so the staff could benefit a better work life balance. Thislead to increased productively and reduced labor costs by 20%.I worked with outside vendors to give the store proper service levels. This led to a 5% increasein total store sales. Taught and trained my… Show more Supervised a team of 15 employees. I took complete control of the backroom and orderingmerchandise, this allowed me to teach and train my staff their proper roles within the store.Developed a rotating work schedule so the staff could benefit a better work life balance. Thislead to increased productively and reduced labor costs by 20%.I worked with outside vendors to give the store proper service levels. This led to a 5% increasein total store sales. Taught and trained my staff the importance of following Shoppers DrugMarts Merchandising programs. This was accomplished through mentoring, led by example andconstant follow up. The result was an increase of 2% total store sales. Show less

Supervised a team of 38 employees. I was in charge of all operations with regard to the groceryand produce departments. This included inventory control, ordering merchandise, shrinkagecontrol, customer service levels, and store scheduling. While in Calgary I was appointed head ofOur hiring committee. I would teach and train our new hires Safeway's customer service culture.Some examples of this were greet the customer, anticipate their needs and take the customer tothe item… Show more Supervised a team of 38 employees. I was in charge of all operations with regard to the groceryand produce departments. This included inventory control, ordering merchandise, shrinkagecontrol, customer service levels, and store scheduling. While in Calgary I was appointed head ofOur hiring committee. I would teach and train our new hires Safeway's customer service culture.Some examples of this were greet the customer, anticipate their needs and take the customer tothe item. This resulted in an increase in store sales and made the customers feel very welcome toshop in our store. My store was always in the top 20% of the 84 operating stores in Alberta.With utilizing proper shrinkage control methods we managed to cut our shrinkage level down by15% over last year's inventory results. This was accomplished by training the staff on FIFO (firstin first out) procedures. Proper rotation of stock reduces distress levels. Just in time ordering andorder control were introduced to the staff to help cut our inventory levels down to a workablelevel. This in turn led to a 5% reduction in labor costs for the store over the previous year.With cross training my general clerks in the grocery and produce departments I managed to savethe store a further 2% in labor costs. This was done by training my clerks dole roles in providingcustomers' service and stocking shelves in both the grocery and produce departments.Canada Safeway Show less

I held the position of assistant store manager in four different locations with Wal-Mart Canada. Ihad the opportunity to live and work in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Camrose and Calgary Alberta, and; I was one of three hires out of 170 applicants who had applied forthe assistant manager position when I joined Wal-Mart in 1999.With my grocery and leadership skills I was appointed to head up the launch of Wal-MartCanada's first pantry store in Camrose, Al in Western Canada. While in… Show more I held the position of assistant store manager in four different locations with Wal-Mart Canada. Ihad the opportunity to live and work in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Camrose and Calgary Alberta, and; I was one of three hires out of 170 applicants who had applied forthe assistant manager position when I joined Wal-Mart in 1999.With my grocery and leadership skills I was appointed to head up the launch of Wal-MartCanada's first pantry store in Camrose, Al in Western Canada. While in Camrose I worked withthe home office to help set up delivery schedules pertaining to outside vendor dollar minimumsand case counts for cost effective deliveries to the store. I researched and found an additionallocation for our cold and frozen merchandise to be stored in case of an emergency shut down orloss of power to our holding coolers and freezers in the back stockroom.While in Camrose I taught my associates the proper procedures in how to rotate and stockperusable merchandise. This was accomplished through leading by example, coaching, andpersonnel supervision. Show less

As the second assistant manager I was responsible for supervising the dairy, frozen food, and thegrocery departments. I was responsible for ordering stock, inventory control, and creatingmerchandising plans to increase sales and profit. I was also in charge of opening and closing thestore while supervising over 100 employees. Another role I took on while working at Safewaywas customer service specialist. I would help teach and train our employees who were strugglingwith… Show more As the second assistant manager I was responsible for supervising the dairy, frozen food, and thegrocery departments. I was responsible for ordering stock, inventory control, and creatingmerchandising plans to increase sales and profit. I was also in charge of opening and closing thestore while supervising over 100 employees. Another role I took on while working at Safewaywas customer service specialist. I would help teach and train our employees who were strugglingwith their service levels. This was accomplished through role playing, coaching and one on onementoring with the employee.While at Safeway I was appointed chairman of the stores health and safety committee. In thisrole with the help of my safety committee we managed to decrease our employee accident rateby over 40% from the previous year's rate. This was accomplished through reviewing previousaccident reports. We would also help train our employees the proper lifting procedures when itcame to working stock thus reducing back injuries. Providing the staff with proper working gearas well as timely repairing of faulting working equipment was very instrumental in reducing ourstores accident rate.While in Winnipeg I was appointed the stores Charity Coordinator. I helped plan, organize,coordinate the stores fund raising events. We raised thousands of dollars for the Winnipeg FoodBank. We accomplished this through BBQs held in the front of our store, bottle drives, dunk themanager and charity golf tournaments. Show less