Jon Womack Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

• Business consulting with Licensees across 4 states • Work with Licensees on Profitabilty through educating on P&Ls and Sound Retail Practices • License Renewal planning—store refresh costs and site location • Cost of Goods analysis on both frame and lens programs • Local Marketing planning with Licensees including web presence • Training on techniques working with LUX wholesale and field trainers • Work with Licensing Sales Managers to ensure on time conversions of corporate locations • Plan and execute quarterly market meetings with Licencees to educate and inform

Greater St. Louis Area

•Responsible for Corporate Store portfolio over 5 states.•Delivering the brand promise and organizations key results through effective management of key talent.• Serve as a strategic partner to focus and influence Franchise system sales, product and profitability to protect and enhance the Pearle brand image.• Manage P & L accountability for multiple units• Evaluate unit performance using management tools that include external and internal measurements. • Demonstrate excellence to identify, assess, calibrate, and develop brand talent at the store level to fill all current and future needs (Retail and Doctor)• Meet Operating and brand standards (SOP, labor, shrink, cost control)• Serve as liaison to CSC on process, opportunities, and procedures.• Support the implementation of new business development initiatives.• Build strategic execution plans with measures and disciplined time lines.• Lead final stages of new store development working with the franchisee and CSC departments to ensure effective new store opening.• Ensure all operating policies and procedures are followed at the highest level.

• Exceptionally knowledgeable and highly motivated operations and retail management professional with superior understanding of elements necessary for business success.• Extensive experience in operations management, program development, profit and loss responsibility, multi-unit supervision and tactical planning.• Specialization in training and franchising program creation tailored to improve management practices, merchandising, retail efficiency, customer service and operations.• Demonstrated talent in managing franchise store openings and in streamlined store introduction of corporate-sponsored programs as a dynamic leader, team builder and trainer.

Promoted by the largest specialty retailer of area rugs in the U.S. to lead daily operations of a 30-store franchise chain. Manage training development, store operating programs, profit and loss of key company programs, merchandising, marketing and advertising. Interface with franchise owners and managers to provide operational support. Supervise staff responsible for updating products, processing sales and shipping products purchased by consumers online.

Selected to operate two $20 million retail facilities with more than 100 employees by this $18 billion value-oriented retailer with more than 1,000 stores nationwide. Ensured store profitability, availability of operational tools for store management teams and achievement of goals for daily operations, company credit and customer service.Consistently operated at or below payroll goals and grew the Eau Claire store by $3 million.Created an action plan to meet company standards and set managerial expectations that achieved a 91%, the highest score of all 12 district stores on a new store operations audit.Opened the store in Saint Louis at 10% below new store budget, increasing first year profitability.Promptly attained new store hiring goals through careful planning and execution; promoted two assistant managers trained in running profitable operations to the position of store manager.

Joined this $9 billion mid-market retailer with more than 150 stores in California and the Southwestern U.S. to direct budgeting, staffing, training, profit and loss, customer service and operations of a $14 million retail store. Managed 100 hourly employees and three assistant managers.Enhanced customer service audit scores to within the top 25% of all Mervyn's stores by making customer service an integral part of daily meetings and publicly recognizing top scoring staff.