Chris Gow Email & Phone Number

Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

Port Alberni, Bc

Port Alberni, Bc

Working with small/medium size businesses to make operational and cultural changes to retain top employees through obtaining in depth feedback from current and past employees.

Port Alberni

- Assist clients with preparing business plans to secure government funding- Train new staff members - Prepare T1 and T2 tax returns, explain results, and offer recommendations- Prepare notice to reader/compilation reports- Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines- Explain tax implications regarding personal and business decisions to clients- Independently prepare year-end closings for sole proprietors, partnerships and less complex corporations- Provided analysis and insight into revenue streams and drivers of revenue to maximize revenue- Updated and analyzed accounts receivable and issue invoices- Performed bookkeeping and prepared quarterly GST returns for 25+ different clients in various industries

- Led operational excellence while maintaining employee turnover two thirds below company average; 2nd lowest of all Target Canada’s logistics departments- Successfully transitioned from Nanaimo to Courtenay Target store and led the turnaround of the logistics department in three months significantly impacting overall sales to achieve profitability- Successfully trained, coached and performance managed 40 Team Members and three Team Leaders in two different stores to be instrumental in delivering a daily, customer friendly culture consistently in the top 10 in Western Canada - Delivered profitable results by ensuring all best practices of loss prevention, merchandising, pricing, warehouse organization and all other logistics processes were adhered to by learning all systems and effectively communicating and following up on plans, goals and results to all levels of leadership- Developed a cross-training system with Human Resources that significantly impacted total store retention (2nd lowest in Canada), engagement and overall productivity recognized and adopted at the provincial level - Effectively managed conflict at multiple levels resulting in mutual respect and a strong, unified, solutions-oriented culture of problem solving and delivering results- Successfully executed the setting up of six different Target warehouses in Western and Eastern Canada- Took on week long stretch assignments to fill in as Store Team Leader to deliver total store performance- Coached and developed team members and team leaders to promotion- Achieved 150% of community hours initiative as Community Captain by forming a community committee and organizing service events

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

- Sold and produced $764,000 in paint jobs over five summers including large, complex projects, - Implemented and executed marketing strategies that led to the generation of hundreds of leads, estimates and booked jobs,- Developed leadership and management skills resulting in the hiring and training of employees that maintained a customer satisfaction rate of 99.7% and the eventual promotion of an employees who became a franchise manager that subsequently received Rookie of the Year Award,- Achieved an average 21% net profit over five summers,- Trained 8 to 10 employees per summer resulting in an average of $150,000 revenue per summer.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Science International Business, International Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science And Government