Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with customers in the construction industry. I work to understand the needs of the customers and provide them with the appropriate products and solutions to help them complete their projects efficiently. I have a deep knowledge of construction materials and equipment and look forward to serving the construction industry of New Jersey.

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•Drive sales performance; lead and coach the team on ways to increase sales.•Ensuring impact full presentation of merchandise on the sales floor.•Proactively leverage tools, reports and processes to meet or beat payroll goals.•Organizing back location with accuracy of 97.5% or higher.•Model and drive proactive guest service.•Managing receiving process, freight flow, replenishment transition, productivity results and back room inventory.•Create a clean, organized and efficient back room process.•Supervising store teams to ensure the safety and efficiency of the entire operation.•Assess top talent at all levels.

•Direct and monitor implementation and maintenance of company standards for merchandising, freight flow, housekeeping, in-stock position via company direction.•Responsible for planning, overseeing, ensuring and managing the timely unloading of trucks, proper signing presentation, plan-o-gram compliance and price changes.•Responsible for driving sales through creative merchandising. Accompanying all products with related items to compliment guest purchase increasing sales and average check.•Maximize sales through business trend analysis, inventory control and market specific merchandising decisions. Formulate and implement proactive, appropriate business strategies for maximizing store sales and increasing volume.•Responsible for the development and implementation of manpower plans and execution of recruitment strategies including the succession planning for new hires and managers as well.•Ensure adequate supervisory and associate coverage to support peak periods

•Performing all aspects of “Big Box” retail management.•Managing P & L while maximizing R.O.N.A. •Maximizing payroll dollars by hiring and scheduling associates to meet the demands of task oriented projects vs. satisfying customer need.•Training new hires as well as current employees to meet and exceed company expectation regarding store sales, gross margin, in stock and the overall maintenance and cleanliness of the building. •Execute Plan-o-grams, set up seasonal store layouts and new merchandising sets to maximize profitability.•Zero Balance/Cycle Counts (a process to ensure minimal out of stocks and an accurate inventory).•Effectively reduce shrink through company “Best Practices”.•Set and exceed sales goals through motivation, training and coaching of sales team.•Write performance appraisals to guide associates towards maximum job performance and career satisfaction.•Create shareholder value through leading by example and living company’s core values (C.A.R.E.).

•Hired, trained and developed over 600 new associates in three separate store openings.•Developed and implemented shrink plans in several stores reducing shrink up to 2%.•P & L responsibility in stores ranging from $28 Million to $55 Million dollars.•Balanced labor hours and dollars to meet company standards while maintaining the highest level of customer service.•Ordered and tracked over six thousand SKU’S weekly to provide the best possible “in Stock” condition.•Worked with buying department to create an “End Cap Program” to reflect seasonality of merchandise, quantities to meet the needs of the customer, timely arrival of merchandise and complete sell through at the end of the season.•Increased sales through motivating associates, cultivating customers, creative merchandising and providing a clean neat shopping experience.•Taught many classes including: New Associate Orientation, Home Depot Culture, and Diversity in the Workplace, Merchandising and Shrink Awareness