Bryan Schell Email & Phone Number

Rochester Mn

Des Moines, Iowa

As Store Manager of Younkers, I was responsible for leadership and management of the store’s operations. I directed daily activities for all associates that increased customer satisfaction, grew revenue and drove standards of excellence; rising the store to the top of the Iowa region. I was responsible for all store operations including opening and closing, scheduling, compliance, cash and inventory. I delivered an ideal shopping experience for all customers. I actively encouraged, supported and facilitated the growth and development of all my associates to continually exceed expectations and goals. After becoming store manager, I took my store from the bottom of 22 stores in the Iowa region to the top in one year; that success made us the top performing store in the Iowa region in the categories of sales-to-plan, last year’s sales and best increase to profit.

Rosedale Mall Roseville, Mn

My responsibilities at JC Penney started with opening a new store in Eden Prairie MN. My first challenge was sourcing and hiring 200 plus associates. After our team was in place, I was involved with placing product involving 3 trucks a day for 2 weeks. Upon the store’s successful opening, my responsibility was Division 8 (woman’s apparel). I was quickly promoted to our District’s flagship store at Rosedale, Minnesota, where my responsibility was women’s apparel, an $8 million business. My duties included product placement, driving sales, making salary cost and improving gross profit. I was responsible for coaching associates to assure individual sales and credit goals were made. I added women’s accessories to my area of responsibility, including fashion jewelry, lingerie and hosiery. I had 54 associates that directly reported to me, plus 3 supervisors.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Throughout my experience at Marshall Field’s, I managed multiple departments which included optical, women's shoes, men's shoes, men's sportswear, men's tailored and young men's. Some of my job duties included employee scheduling, hiring, training, and conducting employee reviews. I was also involved in overseeing product placement. I was responsible for evaluation of team member sales and credit goals to ensure department goals were obtained. I collaboratively worked with the leadership team to ensure top retail customer service. I was the co-coordinator of "Fields Gives," which is a United Way campaign for local community development.

As a general manager I was responsible for maintaining staff development files by performing monthly employee reviews, goal setting initiatives, and scheduling monthly meetings to ensure office protocol was followed. I was in charge of meeting forecasting goals, and increased sales 35% within the year. I maintained "jobs in process" reports, quality checked eye wear, and ran pre-test equipment. I have extensive knowledge of contact lenses, ordering specifications, and manufacturers.