John B. Barnette Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Asheville, North Carolina, Us

I have demonstrated strong leadership in recruiting and developing a high performing team of leaders in a unique all Organic and Natural Supermarket chain. I have led the work to staff, train and successfully open 5 new Earth Fare stores and remodel 5 additional locations over the past 18 months. I have developed a suite of unique performance reports enabling a more surgical approach to driving top line sales. Ultimately creating an environment based on mutual respect, open lines of communication and accountability for operational excellence my store leaders demonstrated every day.

St Ann, Missouri, Us

Recruited to lead operations in a deep discount, limited assortment business model to a sustainable level of top and bottom line growth. Promoted, recruited and developed a team of leaders positioned perfectly for future success across corporately owned stores in 4 states. Brought a strong business acumen to a team of new store leaders to improve current performance on controllable expenses. Ensure a culture of accountability and a rewarding work environment to significantly reduce turnover and build depth in a talent pool to support future store growth. Ensure that our customer experience supports our strategic vision for creating value and serving the under served.

Salisbury, North Carolina, Us

Recruited by Food Lion, LLC, a grocery retailer and subsidiary of Belgium based Delhaize Group, to develop a center store merchandising department and go-to-market strategy. Responsible for managing and driving sales in a multi-billion dollar business, requiring multiple interfaces and broad relationship building to develop and support strategic growth initiatives. Functional area achieved multiple consecutive quarters of positive Same Store Sales growth, exceeded sales budget by $113M in 2014 and prior year by $261M.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Selected to build and lead a Sales, Margin and Pricing department accountable for developing a new go-to-market pricing strategy. Coordinated all sales/promotional planning, facilitated annual budgeting process, coordinated and analyzed all competitive pricing activity and negotiated 3rd party contracts with data collection services. Accountable for strategic oversight to ensure price execution, margin management and sales building initiatives were delivered at the highest level of success. Demonstrated quality relationship building across multiple business units enabling strong influence over business decisions.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Promoted by SVP to lead retail operations through a dramatic rebranding of failing business. Provided divisional leadership in a multi-billion dollar Florida company. Developed middle management (district managers) and store leaders to an exceptional level of performance in preparation of rebranding work. Successfully demonstrated complete accountability for achieving divisional P&L performance measures (budget and/or forecast). Recognized for recruiting and developing a high performing leadership team, being well versed and connected to our competitive environment and leveraging business analytics to produce better top and bottom line business results.