Assistant Store Manager
CurrentScheduled and supervised staff of 18 people. Established a relationship with local clients to create a loyal clientele that increased sales production. Forecasted sales and reduced overhead to attain and surpass Gross Margin goals in each of 8 years. Administered monthly appraisals to staff in order to keep them on track to achieve their personal sales goals, as well as achieving the store‘s sales goal as a team. Created monthly development plans with selling supervisors under my supervision to promote their growth. Successfully lead 16 physical inventories of store stock which each resulted in less than .4% shrink. Recruited, interviewed, provided orientation and trained new sales associates. Traveled to Paris to participate in seasonal buy of merchandise for store.