Christopher Brooks Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Greater Philadelphia

Irving, Tx

Regional Vice President• Responsible for day to day operation of up to 135 alternative financial services retail stores operating in 6 States and the District of Columbia.• Served on Safety and Security, and Loss Prevention Task Force.• Qualified for “President’s Club” as a top ranked RVP in Company, 2014, 2015 & 2016.• Exceeded revenue and profit plan each year.• Lead a Team of 9 District Managers and over 450 field Associates.• Received extensive compliance, AML, and other LP/Operations Training.• Successfully trained multiple Regional Vice Presidents for the Company, Nationally.• Received several Awards for performance in lending, product development, and as a peer Leader.• Recognized by F.I.S.C.A. with Aptiva Award in 2016 for work in the Community at-large.• Prepared operating budgets for Region annually.• Daily financial analysis to determine focus and direction for team objectives.• Highest Direct Deposit growth in the Company for period 2013 through present.• Managed Acquisitions in Baltimore and Philadelphia markets.

Penn-Jersey Zone

Certified Senior Business Consultant-Market 2411 Asset Protection Specialist Senior Business Consultant for 7-Eleven retail convenience stores, the largest retail convenience store chain in the world. Manage relationship between company and Franchisees. Responsible for overall financial performance of all New Jersey Corporate Stores (18-25). Graduated extensive training and development program in top 2% of Business Consultants. Liaison between 7-11, Inc. and Franchisee Community within the organization, among the assigned sub-group of franchise and corporate store environments.  Execute the company’s sales and marketing objectives through effective influencing of franchisees to obtain both individual owner/operator, and corporate goals within the assigned market.Was also the Asset Protection Specialist for Market 2411, South Jersey.

New Windsor, New York

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Instrumental in developing a business strategy that grew the company from a single-store location in 1977 to one of the largest independent pet-retailers in the world in 2007, with annual sales in excess of 40 million dollars operating 45 locations in 6 states within regional shopping centers. Responsible for managing the daily operations of the company with oversight responsibility for all areas and departments including accounting, loss prevention, human resources, information technologies, customer service, field supervision, and operations management. Extensive loss prevention training. Wicklander-Zulawski forensic interviewing and behavior analysis, LPQ and LPC certified. Experience with video surveillance, implementation and development. Conducted quarterly sales training seminars for over 500 company employees. Successfully managed vendor relationships, landlord relations, and public relations issues. Executed lease negotiations with major shopping center management companies as well as site selection, hands-on construction management, and new store development. Responsible for annual company operating budget development and implementation. Implementation of multiple point-of-sale systems. From selection, negotiation, and installation to developing systems and daily operational procedures for use with the technology. Developed inventory control system for POS product implementation in company stores. Posted same store sales increases six straight years from 1994 through 2000, and six straight years again from 2002 through 2008. Twelve out of thirteen years with same store sales increases from ’94-‘08.

Edison, New Jersey

Regional Manager Direct supervision responsibility for 35 convenience stores in central New Jersey with a heavy concentration in food service management. Daily and weekly audits of store operations, conditions and standards, food safety, and cash control and loss prevention policy enforcement. Recruiting, hiring, and training of store management candidates. Received extensive training in food preparation standards, food safety, and sanitization standards. Ran lowest shrink percentage in company for the year 1990. Participated in loss prevention team, secret shopper program 1989 and 1990. Manage local service vendor relationships. Participated in marketing programs working with Food Service Director on test-site development of new food service products, and developing operational procedures for new programs.

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