Designed and developed a nursery and landscape material business that offers specialty products along with a one-on-one unparalleled customer service experience. Responsible for all day to day operations, expenditures and personnelCreates and designs custom outdoor living spaces using native plant materials and natural stone

Sixteen and a half years of retail management experience. Was responsible for the operation, profitability, training and development of individuals in seven different stores, ranging in volume from 40-88 million in sales per year.Met and exceeded budgeted sales and profit plansManaged weekly payroll to reflect budgeted sales variancesManaged weekly/monthly inventory to projected sales plans Merchandized stores using pre-set plano-grams that reflected rate of sale on individual… Show more Sixteen and a half years of retail management experience. Was responsible for the operation, profitability, training and development of individuals in seven different stores, ranging in volume from 40-88 million in sales per year.Met and exceeded budgeted sales and profit plansManaged weekly payroll to reflect budgeted sales variancesManaged weekly/monthly inventory to projected sales plans Merchandized stores using pre-set plano-grams that reflected rate of sale on individual items along with using creative merchandizing to create incremental sales Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training and development of 125-380+ store personnel based on budgeted sales volume Show less

Seven years experience working in both hard and soft lines as a merchandising supervisorResponsible for sales, merchandising and expense control Responsible for training and development of store personnel