John Roberts Email & Phone Number

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Southlake, Texas, United States

Self-Employed Franchisee for Salons by JC, Leasing Suites to Cosmetology & Esthetician professionals.Salons by JC is a luxury, all suite salon where health and beauty professionals can own their own business and be their own boss.— Oversee daily operations pertaining to Customer Service, Facility Maintenance, Advertising, and Leasing. — Oversee all Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, and other accounting functions— Work with various vendors to facilitate deliveries of products, equipment, and furniture.— Maintain high standards and operational efficiency for audit readiness by Texas Dept of License & Regulations.— Facilitated several Franchisee Validation calls with new potential franchisees to educate about the company and answer questions

Irving, Tx

Managed $8M budget for Analytics and Inventory Control teams. Created strategic actionable reporting to identify and drive shrink reduction through cross functional projects. Supported 1200+ locations throughout North America providing training and solutions to reduce expenses and Protect Margin.— Lead 3 Operational teams with 8 direct reports and 26 indirect reports— Lead Operational Audit team to drive store execution on the company’s key initiatives.— Created Long-term strategies to effectively reduce theft and improve Gross Margin profitability.— Reduced inventory shrink expense 41% over 9 years by identifying root causes of loss and implementing plans through cross functional team— Chaired the cross functional Damage committee that reduced company damages $35M by improving packaging and quality of merchandise.— Collaborated with Operations, Accounting, and Merchants to drive execution of current programs and provide monitoring to educate and drive shrink reduction to the field organization. — Lead FP&A group to forecast theft and damages for future periods at both company and store level— Solid knowledge of accounting and financial aspects of Operations and Vendor Management— Development of a Store Physical Inventory process that improved accuracy and lowered cost.— Educated new store and district managers how to read P&L to be effective at managing cost and reducing expenses— Vendor relationship management and negotiation of multi-million dollar vendor contracts

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Supervised accounting operations pertaining to Gross Margin, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting, and Invoice processing — Managed four accounting teams to review and ensure the integrity and accuracy of Gross Margin and Physical Inventory results for Sears, K-Mart and Inter-company accounting. — Reviewed and reconciled key accounts and performed Sarbanes-Oxley testing. — Oversaw the internal controls of department processes and procedures were created and maintained. Store Operations Manager 2003 - 2005Managed the business operations of the store that included overall store operations, receiving/replenishment functions and Human Resources (HR) operational activities. Accountable for managing facilities, payroll, expenses and inventory shrinkage.

Greater Atlanta Area

► In this position, I worked both here and at Sears full-time during my Bachelors and MBA programs. I was recognized by PWC as Actuarial Student of the year.

Mba, Finance

Bba, Actuarial Science

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society