Karl Warrington Email and Phone Number

To recruit, train and develop a store team to consistently deliver company expectations in relation to sales, service, cost control, operational standards and product placement.Having delivered positive growth every year since opening and achieved substantial cost savings through up skilling the team to achieve improved store efficiency.

My main responsibility was to lead and energise my team in order for it to achieve sales and profit targets whilst controlling costs. The key focus being the development of my team along with maximising commercial opportunities.45,000 sq ft of prime city centre space across 2 levels.150 team members at peak.Whilst in this position I achieved 1st place on the internal assessment centre and was identified as District Manager potential. I was also the District Manager deputy for the Yorkshire region.

Area Manager - M62 CorridorI was responsible for an area of 16 stores which were performing poorly on the back of a high level of management turnover.I managed during my short time to introduce stability to the area, brought costs under control and started to achieve a number of tough KPI's across my stores.

Regional Manager - YorkshireResponsible for the management of a region of 24 stores with a total team in excess of 1,500Achieving sales in excess of £90 millionTotally responsible for the short, medium and long term manpower planning process for over 50 members of management and management trainees.Business improvement team member across a wide range of topic areasHeavily involved in HR support dealing with cross regional disciplinary and grievance matters.Regional Manager - New store expansion 1999 - 2001Successfully opened over 60 stores across England and South Wales ranging from 10 - 40,000 sq ft Involved in the selection process for new stores as a member of the Company Estates committee.Built and developed the companies 18 week store opening program.Store Manager - 1988 - 1999Responsible for maximising profitability of the store through the achievement of all targets relating to sales, payroll, stock, overheads and all related business and financial targets.Opened what is to this day the largest ever store within the company's history in Sunderland.Training branch manager across 3 stores responsible for recruitment and training of new trainees to the business.Managed 8 stores ranging in size from 5 - 50,000 sq ft