Jim Kidder Email & Phone Number

Imperial, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Re-invigorated a failing district by recruiting, interviewing and hiring the right people and ensuring they are in the right positions. The tenured managers that were left were re-trained to provide a two-week training course for these new candidates. I then provided individual follow-up training to further hone these skills, resulting in moving the district to one of the most successful districts in the company.Coach, Train, develop and motivate retail location managers and their teams as well as establish, attain and report on progress against store performance goalsInteract with corporate leadership regarding store(s) performance, sales, marketing, operations, staffing, etc.Subject matter expert in operations and policies for the district

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Recruit, train and maintain top-notch teams with an eye towards self-improvement and team strength, with a focus on overall personnel growth. Trained my team on regulatory issues including CFPB, TILA, UDAAP, FCRA and other financial regulations. Successfully moved the team from the bottom of the reports to a top performer within a year.Responsible for development and implementation of store specific goals based on Key Performance Indicators while tracking, analyzing and reporting areas of opportunityEnsure company standards are enforced while planning for success through aggressive goals and serving as an executive to the store operations team

Creve Coeur, Mo

Responsible for monitoring and directing daily sales and operations in all stores and other revenue streamsCoordinate and facilitate sales training through meetings and conference calls as well as one-on- one performance evaluationsMaintain operations for Stores, School of Imaging, Lab/printing and warehouse facilities Ensure the development of key programs targeted at gaining new customers

Responsibilities: Managing day-to-day operations of the store. Monitor store activity and develop strategies to increase sales and productivity. Control all aspects of annual budget process, including sales, controllable expenses, payroll and annual shrink results. Hire, train and develop store associates.

Ballwin, Mo

Responsibilities: Delivering store's sales and profit results on a consistent, repeating basis while creating a positive, exciting, inspiring and upbeat work environment to attract, retain, and develop the right people. Maintain a positive influence and articulating the company vision.

Manage day to day business, books and employees of a successful full-line Bakery.

Greater St. Louis Area

Responsible for oversight of up to 25 retail stores to include recruiting, hiring, training andmaintaining top tier talent. Consistently achieved district sales and profitability goals through coaching and counseling store managers and staff. Managed the district’s controllable expense categories on the profit and loss statement through training on loss prevention, inventory control and payroll guidance.

Managed and provided overall business guidance for 60-75 franchise stores. Built positive relationships with franchisees by providing leadership, business analysis, business opportunities, training and motivation. Prospected, sold and developed new retail business in new and existing markets, increasing company sales and profits.

Responsibilities: Recruit, hire and train quality sales force to cause profitable sales increases. Maintain high standards of appearance within the store.

Responsibilities were create a lasting relationship by assisting customers to make informed decisions about tech-related merchandise.

Ft Bragg, Nc

A CO, 82nd Signal BN, 82nd ABN DIV

Flint Kaserne, Bad Toelz, Germany

HHC, 1st BN, 10th SFG(A)

Ft Mcclellan, Alft Gordon, Gaft Benning, Ga

Computer Science

Leadership Training For Managers

How To Communicate With Diplomacy And Tact

Germanic Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Primary Leadership Development Course

Goal Setting

Successful Leadership

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