Jack Eckalbar Email & Phone Number

Manchester , Connecticut

Department Manager• Manager at Bed Bath Beyond’s largest volume store in the Northeast Region with sales over 21 million per year.• Part of the management team responsible for 80 plus sales associates in a fast pace retail environment, including supervisors, bridal specialists, front end staff, and department experts.• Responsible of various HR criteria on the store level including but not limited to employee training, development, reviews, hiring, and separation. • Manage all store opening and closing procedures, sales deposits, and recovery of the store closing. • Responsible for ordering of nearly 50% of stores inventory using ordering schedule as a guide.• Kept inventory optimized to ensure low costs while maintaining product availability.• Responsible for merchandizing according to seasonal guides, the area or market, and trends.• Increased profitability by exposing high margin skus and pairing them with complimentary merchandise. • Continually exceeded stores goal by achieving a 7% penetration in online ordering. • Surpassed the company average in all Bridal Registry creations and fulfillments. • In the three years with the company received numerous compliments that have gone directly through corporate.