Gail Medina Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Glendale, Ca.

• Built the business from the ground up, overseeing all aspects of store build, receiving inventory and inventory management, receiving hardware and supplies and scheduling of interviews for temp, perm and seasonal.
• Oversaw high volume of Pick and Pack, Kit Assembly, same day turnaround, and daily mail pick- ups.
• Selected, trained, coached and scheduled personnel to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensured that in-coming merchandise was checked in against bills of lading, packing slips and submitted invoices for payments accurately.
• Maintained a consistent increase of sales while keeping costs down and maintaining a low shrink.
• Ensured that customer quality and service expectations were met.

Glendale, Ca.

• Oversaw all operations and administration for star-up business. Managed every aspect of development, from vendor selection to furniture and equipment orders.
• Corresponded to incoming communication, including phone calls, creating client letters, agreements, contracts and incoming and outgoing mail on a daily basis.
• Managed of office supplies, facilities coordination, time sheet management.
• Coded and logged all incoming receipts, reconciled bank statements and ran monthly reports using Quickbooks.
• Creation of website and all social media sites, maintained all marketing for business.

San Diego, Ca.

Built the business from the ground up and became on the the top party rental businesses in San Diego County. Acted as Marketing Director and maintained the business for several years. HLAJ was sold by the owner in 2008 and I was able to act as a consultant for the new owner and assisted with taxes and other business decisions until 2011.

Glendale, Ca.

• Responsible for monthly floor set using a plan-o-gram.
• Managed all aspects of merchandising, window displays using creativity with props, and dialing stocking of sold merchandise.
• Handled sales tracking, reporting and inventory control.
• Created contests and healthy competition within the Los Angeles District to push sales while having fun.
• Held weekly conference calls with managers within the district to discuss success stories and challenges. Created a non-intimidating environment where managers felt comfortable in discussing their stores and sales.
• Created “Client Contact Books” which were used to contact customers to invite them into stores for promotions, sales and to see new merchandise.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Manage retail specialty store level operations, including staff hiring, training, evaluations and work schedules.Handle budget planning and tracking, accounting and payrollCoordinate inventory control, receiving; merchandising (plan-o-grams) and store maintenance.Direct loss prevention initiatives, successfully reducing shrink.Actively participated in.