Gary Forester Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Compassionate Owner / Seasoned Leader

Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States

We’ve created this club to develop our youth as basketball players and as good citizens in our community. We are a competitive basketball club that teaches the fundamentals of basketball and stress the importance of teamwork and building strong resilient players. We offer several seasons throughout the year including tryouts, tournaments, summer camps, award banquets, and a variety of opportunities to promote teamwork. We welcome youth ages 7-18 as we teach teamwork, integrity, respect, a sense of community, passion for the sport, diligence, and mental toughness that they will carry throughout their lives.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States

• Execute strategic sales plans to maximize growth opportunities within the assignedterritory based on monthly KPIs• Maintain communication with existing, previous, and potential customers, alerting them ofnew products that may be of interest.• Merchandise all Congo Brands products within assigned accounts to company standards,ensuring proper product rotation, etc.• Identify, target, and sample existing and potential accounts, both individually and inpartnership with distributors, to maximize allocated and/or open shelf space, drive volumegrowth, increase brand awareness, and generate sales leads within an assigned territory.• Maintain and provide detailed reports of sales activities including calls, orders, sales, lostbusiness, market trends, while providing necessary back-up to support sales and bonusprograms objectives.• Ensure customer satisfaction through ongoing communication and relationshipmanagement; partner with key stakeholders to resolve any territory issues that may arisepost-sale.• Ensure that distributors’ merchandising personnel adequately service accounts based onsales achieved and shelf/floor space obtained by Territory Sales Manager.• Attend distributor meetings on a regular basis and scheduling time with the distributor’ssales team in the trade • Perform other duties as assigned.

Golden, Colorado, United States

• Management of total store operations including associate development, profitability, customer satisfaction with a concentration on the sales process and budget management • Utilizes reports, analyzes information, and monitors trends to identify opportunities in the business. • Displays financial responsibility through P&L management. • Identifies opportunities to reduce waste; identifies process improvements that are value added for customer and associate experience. • Interviews, hires, trains and promotes associates to support store operations and company growth.• Ensures positive associate engagement and associate development through timely and effective feedback, to include individual meetings, file reviews, performance management, and the Annual Performance Review (APR) process. • Leads senior management team in setting strategy for the store and provides vision, direction, and motivation to team. • Manages daily store operations by interpreting, communicating and executing policies and procedures. • Facilitates and participates in meetings and conference calls. • Multi-task in a high energy, fast-paced work environment • Speak, listen, and write effectively in dealings with customers and associates across departments. • Make independent judgments regarding critical business decisions. • Identify business opportunities and suggest improvements

Littleton, Co 80122

Elite Pharmacy and JP Xpress Courier are sister companies of National Medical Supply. I developed and oversaw both companies from concept to completion.•Creating and maintaining yearly budget.•Reviewing P&L statements.•Delivered exceptional client experiences through hands-on leadership of associates and managers.•Built and maintained loyal, long-term customer relationships through effective account management.•Designed sales and service strategies to improve revenue and retention.•Complied with company policies and government regulations to prevent and detect rule violations and protect organization from fines and lawsuits.•Developed employee handbook, detailed job descriptions and workflow plans to formalize operational systems and procedures.•Enhanced operational performance by developing effective business strategies, systems and procedures.•Strengthened product branding initiatives and maximized outreach overseeing acquisitions, events and business development.•Maximized time and employee productivity, consolidating data, payroll and accounting programs into centralized systems.•Tracked monthly sales to generate reports for business development planning.•Controlled regulatory risks by overseeing corporate compliance visits and adhering to protocol.•Implemented engagement, diversity and cultural enrichment programs to improve productivity and enhance staff morale.•Trained employees on company procedures and worksite safety.•Inspired employees to work as cohesive team while delivering exceptional service to customers in every interaction.•Managed inventory levels and conducted corrective action planning to minimize long-term costs.•Directed safety operations and maintained clean work environment to adhere to FDA and OSHA requirements.

Florida / Alabama

• Organized warehouse design to maximize space for stock while allowing for high volume traffic zones.• Established and maintained good relations with customers, vendors and transport companies.• Provided information to shipping and receiving personnel regarding inventory stock.• Hired, trained and motivated warehouse staff to meet tight schedules and demanding performance targets.• Increased productivity through cross-training and thorough training of both current employees and new hires.• Provided detailed instructions for job responsibilities, safety protocols and company guidelines to new employees.• Generated warehouse shipping documents, packing lists and invoices.• Operated forklifts to fill or empty overhead spaces.• Collected stock location orders and printed requests to maintain inventory control.• Inspected equipment, noted faults and coordinated maintenance actions.• Identified, investigated and corrected inventory issues.• Delivered exceptional client experiences through hands-on leadership of associates and managers.• Built and maintained loyal, long-term customer relationships through effective account management.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: In addition to my academic achievements and playing recreational basketball, I also dedicated a lot of my time.

Education record

Mechanical Drafting, Mechanical Drafting And Mechanical Drafting Cad/Cadd