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California, United States

Oakland, California, United States

California, United States

Berkeley, California

Immediately improved overall store performance and presentation by: reducing product shrink, utilizing open floor space for product presentation and marketing opportunities, scrutinizing and controlling labor costs, and reviewing / renegotiating external-vendor repair costs. Responsible for hiring and staff development / staff mentoring for the entire store. Realized an increase in sales of 4% within the first year to allow the store to move from operating at a loss to profitability (e.g. from negative 2% to a positive 2%).Reduced back-stock inventory by $30,000 for budget reasons and health and safety concerns. - -- Finished with a non-perishable shrink of 91% Partnered with C-Level Management to lead and manage a full-store remodel. This meant managing the City of Berkeley personnel and several other external construction vendors to ensure remodel: remained on schedule, within budget and minimal impact to business and customers.

Prudently manage 165+ employees in a high volume store (1MM+ per week) ranked twenty-one (21) out of two hundred and seventy seven (277) stores in the most profitable Safeway Division -- Northern California Division.Oversee all operational store functions and manage eight perimeter departments to ensure productivity, core standards are exceeded, and quality control is achieved. Trained over one hundred (100) employees to be successful in the following expertise: Assistant Management, Night Crew Foreman, Department heads, Inventory Control, Customer Service, Out of Stock Management, Safety, Cashiers, and Department Clerks.Successful at controlling inventory loss. Ranked in top ten (10) in overall shrink for non-perishable and perishable items.Leader in store profitability through maintaining salary budget, controlling overtime, eliminating meal-time violations, reducing repairs, supply packaging, book keeping, and maximizing the union contract by using lower wage employees.Foster a safe work environment to meet the company’s expectations and maintain employee’s morale.Communicate service and company’s expectations with all department heads and employees on a daily basis to ensure employees stay informed.Exceeded customer expectations by ensuring fully stocked merchandise, quality perishables, proper signage, and professional and friendly employees.Recognized as a leader in store standards and subsequently chosen to host division wide store Show and Tells.

Challenged to take an unprofitable and very troubled store and successfully made it profitable in less than two years. Exceeded the company’s expectations for the store, which led to a promotion in a higher volume store.Performed hands-ons training in all operational store functions in order to effectively manage eight perimeter departments to ensure profitability, core standards, and quality control.Succeeded in extreme inventory control clean up which exposed an employee theft problem locating the prime detriment to store profitability loss.

Oversee all operational store functions and manage eight perimeter departments to ensure profitability, core standards, and quality control.Exceeded the company’s expectations in all numbers and subsequently was promoted to a much larger, more troubled store.

Primary responsibility: Oversee all operational store functions and manage eight perimeter departments to ensure profitability, core standards, and quality control.

Primary responsibility included:-- Assist the Store Manager to oversee all operational store functions and manage departments to ensure profitability, core standards, and quality control.-- Defined store schedule for all front-end resources-- Processed weekly payroll for over one hundred employees