Ben Hansen Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City

Highly decorated Regional Manager for developing top talent, leading best-in-class brand customer experiences, and driving profitable sales. Regional Manger of the Year: 2007, 2010 Annual Brand Customer Experience Award: 2014 Annual Talent Award: 2016, 2018 Annual Best Profit Margin Award: 2017Responsible and accountable for 30 stores and 500 employees in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and over $45 million in annual sales. Effective leading in person, and from a distance.Leads intentional leadership development and succession plans to enhance performance and maintain a bench of promotable talent. Actively networks and recruits to compliment and increase potential. This has led to an exceeds expectation level of "time to fill" open positions, and retention of top talent.Actively utilizes situational leadership to elevate performance in all cycles of managers journeys. Knows when to be directive, supportive, or leverage strengths. Always assessing talent, coaches to close gaps, rewards and challenges high performers, manages performance, and follows-up. This results in engaged, high performing leaders and teams. Navigates and resolves employee relations to avoid any negative impact on the business and morale. Analyzes business metrics and links to desired behaviors which will have biggest ROI. Provides appropriate levels of communication to direct reports, teams, supervisors, and home office partners, therefore remaining committed to organizational goals, updates on progress, and improving overall effectiveness. Makes good judgment decisions, prioritizes workload, solves problems, removes obstacles, and simplifies complexities, resulting in increased efficiencies, and quality of work produced. Provides vision, sets bold goals, and gains support of leaders and teams through inspiration, motivation, making work fun and enjoyable.

Company Store Manager of the Year 2003