James Spalding Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Southeast, United States

Leads hiring and associate development process for Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina in the Inventory Solutions Division. Responsible for all recruiting, training, and staffing.*Leads and directs 4 District Talent Managers each responsible for several districts.*Works with Corporate Talent Team assisting with the creation of and ensuring the proper roll.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Reopened former franchise locations as corporate stores. Led team of coaches, assistant manager, and business development specialist in multiples locations in the Atlanta market.*Sourced, hired, trained and developed certified Health Coaches.*Led grass roots efforts to develop business including local marketing campaigns, participating and attending health.

Southeast US

• Led, Inspired, and directed 18 stores in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida.
• Maximized Sales which ranked #1 in 2017 and #2 in 2018 on the company Scorecard in 37 to 42 Districts. Company-leading performance results were achieved by applying strategic retail industry knowledge and advanced.
• Grew Average Dollar Sale to the #1 percent increase in the Company for 2018, three percentage points above the company average. This was on top of a #3 performance for 2017. This was accomplished through exceptional.
• 5 Store Managers reached the pinnacle of performance by being elected to President’s Club, two of which repeated year on year. This was achieved by networking, sourcing, recruiting, and adding top talent from the Store.
• Mentored and developed two Store Managers to be promoted to Training Store Manager and Visual Training Manager. Visual Training Manager was one of two in the entire company sent to the home office to create and build.
• Spearheaded, developed foundation, recruited partners, and launched a Regional Outlet Store focus group that improved overall Outlet Store key measures of Conversion, Average Dollar sale, and Local Marketing coupon.

Southeast US

• Managed 2 Districts concurrently due to District Manager turn-over or covering District Manager Leaves of Absence.
• Raised Net Sales for the District from $21 million to over $33 million in annual volume over 4 years, which also raised revenue due to improved margins and effective cost controls.
• Awarded District of the Year in 2007. This was a culmination of action and activity over several years that added top tier talent, challenged and changed the process, improved overall execution, inspired a shared.
• Gave birth to Jill’s Skills. Replaced dated training programs with small interdepartmental team that brainstormed, created, developed resources, refined, clarified, and implemented official Company Training Program.
• Formalized new store opening specialist responsible for staffing, directing, assessing sites/properties, partnering with Real Estate, Finance, Legal, and New Store Opening Team. Took store from empty box to a fully.
• Mapped out, effectively planned, and executed with several company departments an entirely new District in Florida including site analysis, product assortment, physical setting, visuals, sourcing staff, hiring.