Gerald Keele Email & Phone Number

Lubbock, Tx

Assisting the Store Manager in a a grocery retail setting. Encouraging high standards of customer service from the team and maintaining the smooth day-to-day operation of the stores. Developing good staff relations through effective communication, leadership, discipline and motivation. Recruiting, hiring and training new employees as well as training new management employees while serving as Assistant Store Manager. I am generally the closing manager of the store. I am responsible for seeing to it that all registers are closed properly and counted down, make sure the store is clean and in order and seeing to it that all stocking is done properly and up to date for the next day's business.

Assisting the store manager and co-managers in a “big box” retail chain store. Encouraging high standards of customer service from the team and maintaining the smooth day-to-day operation of the stores. Developing good staff relations through effective communication, leadership, discipline and motivation. Recruiting, hiring and training new employees as well as training new management employees while serving as Assistant Store Manager.

Assisting the Store Manager in a “big box” retail chain store. Encouraging high standards of customer service from the team and maintaining the smooth day-to-day operation of the stores. Developing good staff relations through effective communication, leadership, discipline and motivation. Recruiting, hiring and training new employees as well as training new management employees while serving as Assistant Store Manager.

Assisted in opening new store in 2000 in the Lubbock area. Assisted the Store Manager in the day-to-day operations of the store from opening and closing to hiring and dismissing staff members. Worked with subordinate staff to initiate excellent customer service. Assisted the Store Manager in ordering, markdowns, inventory control, and loss prevention.

Assisted in opening new store in 1998 in the Lubbock area. Supported the Store Manager in ordering, markdowns, inventory control, and loss prevention. Assisted the Store Manager in the day-to-day operations of the store from opening and Supervised staff of 35 employees, both part-time and full time.

High School Diploma, Emphasis On Business

Activities and Societies: Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) - was the President of the club my senior year, and was a 4 year.

Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Tennis TeamI was a Business Administration major. I played tennis for a short period of time.