Jason Caddy Email and Phone Number

I am a confident, enthusiastic and capable store manager with twenty years retail experience including ten years as Deputy Manager of the French Connection Flagship Store in Manchester. A hands-on manager, I love working with people and thrive on driving results from the floor. Capable of individually coaching staff one on one whilst motivating large groups to exceed targets and personal goals.Due to increasing lease costs the store closed on 29/01/2016 so I am now actively seeking new challenges and responsibilities within a retail setting where i can apply my skills and experience.ACHIEVEMENTS • Deputy Manager of French Connection flag ship store in Manchester delivering £1.6m turnover• Recruiting, training and motivating a team of up to 50 part time and full time staff to achieve high standards of customer service• Introduction and roll out of an improved stock order procedure adding 8% revenue on last season and reducing a deficit of £40K • Rolled out an improved performance review procedure directly impactingstaff retention that increased to 59% from 25%• Delivered marketing tactics in order to increase brand awareness and loyalty including re launch of men’s denim collection which created wide exposure on social media through partnering with local businesses• Awarded Regional Deputy Manager of The Year 2015 • Supported other stores in the region including East Kilbride where I improved period figures from -10% to +5% in just one week by identifying and changing concern areas such as poor product management and low staff morale• Increased profits by reducing operating costs – reviewed external contractors to save £15K a year and reduced stockloss from -1.5% to -0.8% through implementing new training procedures for the security team.