Bill Powers Email & Phone Number

Orlando, FL

• Ownership role in running all aspects of the store.
• Manage and direct the daily activities of seven sales associates and an in-store designer.
• Conduct interviews, hire and train new associates, write and deliver reviews and track associate performance.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly sales and gross margin dollars.
• Create customers for life by delivering outstanding customer service.
• Achieved and maintained the largest percent increase over last year in the Orlando market since taking over the store in January of 2015.

• Led a team of fifteen associates that covered six stores across Central Florida. Executed daily store visits that helped maximize customer purchases and drive retail sales at the regional level.
• Coached, trained, developed and motivated a team to achieve daily, weekly and monthly goals.
• Fostered relationships with all levels of management within our district at the store level.
• Implemented a daily planning tool that helped all supervisors document and plan their day across multiple departments.
• Developed a system that nearly tripled our team’s daily productivity.
• Drove the execution of the hardware Gift Center that has now become one of the top six focus categories for the company.

Grew sales from $0 to $2,000,000 in a U.S. start up situation. * Collaborated with the Sales, Marketing, and Purchasing departments to develop a line that resulted in a highly competitive, compelling product offering.* Hired, trained, and managed a Mid-West sales representative that expanded our customer base by 50%.* Directed the launch of a new bath.

Grew sales from $200,000 to almost $8,000,000 while hitting gross margin targets.Created an account base within the Southeast. Worked with key decision makers at corporate offices to solicit and close new business and cultivate long-term relationships with all levels of management.* Reported to the V.P. Sales Manager on budgets, five-year plans, gross.

Education record

B.S. Degree, Marketing