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Dulles, VA

Directed operations of 6 retail travel essential locations at Dulles International Airport with sales volume exceeding $10 millionOpened new regional locationBuild top performing sales and support teams of over 50 associates Scored 4.8 on the Gallup Survey representing the highest score in the East RegionExceed profit plan for 5 straight yearsCollaborate.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Developed, opened, operated, and served as buyer for startup retail storeCreated exclusive product assortment and introduced a replenishment point of sale system from the ground upCreated what would become the "go to" gift shop in Old Town AlexandriaDeveloped and maintained reorder strategies including open to buy goals, sales margin goals and turn over.

Dulles, Virginia

Travel Concessions Management is a ACDBE retail store operator focused on providing full scale retail operations as well as offering a broad spectrum of retail consulting services.Assisted in the development of start up company in airport concessions managementAssisted in ACDBE certification processSet up joint ventures with airport concession primary.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Developed and implemented strategic branding/buying strategy for the largest regional gifts store in the Washington, DC market.Rebuilt operations from ground up of a 15,000 square foot warehouseDeveloped a merchandising strategy that resulted in an immediate 23% increase in gross salesUpdated replenishment and POS softwareWorked closely with retail.

 Led all aspects of retail store operations for 32 locations including airport, train, street, mall and lifestyle center locations and a staff exceeding 200 Expanded company from 8 locations to 32 locations including real estate leasing, architecturaldesign, construction, staffing and openings Spread company nationally adding 4 additional markets to the.

 Led store operations for store exceeding annual sales of $44 million and staff exceeding 200 Maintained 22% increase in sales (highest in the district) during the opening of a new store twelve miles away Supervised overnight replenishment process Reduced inventory shrinkage significantly to achieve yearly goals in a historically high shrink store.

 Led Region of 6 superstores and 5 mall locations with volume exceeding $20 million Developed action plan to turn around poorest performing region in a challenging retail environment Recruited and restructured new and existing store management to strengthen store teams Introduced new training program to develop customer and sales focused teams.

 Led all aspects for the opening of 7 new stores, relocation of 1 store and closing of 2 stores Optimized the efforts of internal and external departments involved in the openings Minimized construction and merchandising issues to obtain smooth store openings

Led a store with annual sales exceeding $5 million and a staff of 29 Changed struggling store into highest comp store in the region and 2nd in the company Increased rate of improvement in Units Per Transaction to 2nd highest in company Maintained sales triggers in the top 5 company wide Developed highly motivated and sales focused team Trained and.

 Managed store with a volume of $24 million and 150 associates Developed operating plan with full P&L accountability Controlled all 15 expense accounts under annual plan Decreased operating expenses by 1.2 basis points to achieve operating plan Increased productivity of sales support team by introducing new process management techniques Led only.

 Managed department with a sales volume of $3.8 million and a staff of 30 Improved merchandise presentation which was identified by senior executives as the best in the company Conducted a presentation walk through for the entire district store management team Doubled customer service index Established vital two way communications with buying and.