Jeff Springer Email & Phone Number

212 Third Ave N, Minneapolis, Mn 55401

Offering you a lifetime of experience, and the best possible vendors in the world of men's clothing. Period.

Mall Of America

Sartorial splendor with insouciance. Retail professional at Nordstrom Mall of America. Making the world a better dressed place one man at a time.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Responsible for all aspects of full line department store including hiring and developing store executives, managing 80+ employees, communicating and enacting company direction, driving results across key company categories. Reporting to the District VP.Significant Accomplishments:• Oversaw increased store rank across all 7 measurables: sales, profit, turnover, hours utilization, credit (new accounts), and customer responses regarding connect and assist from 2011 to 2012.• Led Eastland store to beat LY statistics during time frame the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce reported drop of 15% in apparel sales.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Report to Regional VP. Act as liaison between headquarters and stores, communicating divisional concepts and ensuring consistent merchandise execution. Develop site strategic planning designed to maximize by store sales opportunities. Lead major realignments or reallocation of floor space through building partnerships with stores, buying offices, and vendor partners.-In 2010, the Men’s division was responsible for 40% of the $ volume increase over LY for the MN East District.-Led Men’s Division to improved event results in 2010, with highest event score in district.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Report to Regional VP. Create floor plans by category and vendor for 15 stores. Partner with buying office on vendor and product mix. Lead merchandise execution of standards and seasonal directives.-Produced 2008 incremental increase of $439K in affected areas at Mall of America store by planning and directing lifestyle realignment.-Improved performance to plan results by 29% of Minneapolis shirt/tie department by designing and implementing floor reflow.-Member of RVP/RMM team that lead streamlined prototype process to success through coordination of visual, store, and vendor teams.-Realized a 38% improvement in performance to plan in the children’s department at the Battle Creek store through floor reflow.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Ensured consistent merchandise presentation and adherence to company policy. Managed 10, including hiring and firing, scheduling, and customer service standards.-Managed largest volume store realizing 30% increase over LY.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Created instructional videos streamed to stores educating employees on product knowledge, selling techniques, and developing clientele.-Trained new Regional Managers in company systems and policies.-Implemented POS hardware change and trained all employees in western U.S. on new system.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for up to 20 retail stores, ensuring consistent merchandise presentation, adherence to company policy, hiring, firing and training all staff, and opening of new stores.-Created system to track actual daily sales vs. goals by store that also provided an end of month projection.-Implemented POS hardware change and trained all employees in western U.S. on new system.-Created process for rapid opening of stores, personally responsible for 13 stores.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for generating sales through professional clientele relationships.-Served on team that developed online clientele system for Marshall Field’s.-Guest speaker at: Minnesota State Bar Assoc. Continuing Legal Education, Mayo Clinic, and Carlson School of Management.-Delivered motivational speeches on clientele development at seminars and stores at request of senior management.-Certified trainer of Partners for Success Program and presenter at Master Trainer Seminar.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area