Chris Bowers Email & Phone Number

Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener

Ontario West

• Planned, managed and directed the operation of all sales activities within the district.• Maximized productivity, inventory, integrity, and accountability to positively impact profits.• Responsible for ordering merchandise for each store, reacting to past trends and predicting future trends in order to maximize product turns.• Performed frequent store visits to maximize operational efficiency and sales excellence in stores. • Facilitated expansion program resulting in successfully completing 4 new retail store openings since 2014. Assisted with multiple other openings throughout the organization.• Acquired, trained, and developed new talent at varying positions to create established teams.

Operated 16 to 32 retail locations in excess of $20 million in sales.Managed teams with over 100 sales representatives combined.Held monthly team meetings and weekly calls to support management development, communicate corporate directives, and expectations.Performed frequent store visits to maximize operational efficiency and sales excellence.Acquired, trained, and developed new talent at varying positions to create established teams.Successfully completed 10 new retail store openings and 7 retail store renovations/ relocations.

Responsible for day to day operations of a retail store.Increased revenue in excess of $2 million annually.Managed 7 to 16 sales representatives.Trained and developed future leaders.Managed Market teams consisting of 5 to 7 stores.

Responsible for day to day operations of a retail store.Operated various locations with revenues in excess of $1 million annually.Managed 7 to 16 sales representatives.Trained and developed future leaders.Managed Market teams consisting of 5 to 7 stores.

Responsible for merchandise sales in excess of $250,000 annually.