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Dallas, Texas, United States

Organized and executed the sale of a multi-million dollar real estate venture; acting as primary liaison between qualified buyers and client.• Created a strategic advertising campaign targeting buyers nationwide, utilizing traditional and digital marketing channels. • Led in-depth buyer qualification process, due diligence research and digitized hundreds of seller documents; rent rolls, tax records, expenses, prospectus, government permits, more. • Orchestrated robust document process; executed NDA’s, wrote mutually satisfactory contracts and oversaw all negotiations leading to close of deal.

Plano, Tx

Served as an all-star-rated retail executive that led creation, development, and implementation of fun and exciting store events that drove traffic into stores, created customer loyalty, generated repeat visits, and delivered new and non-comparable sales and profits. • Established, a new store events strategy, generating $22,000,000-plus in non-comp profitable sales• Strategized & designed a low cost, highly efficient marketing campaign for over 840 locations, • Designed a one-stop website, providing data-rich resource for 80,000 associates, providing how-to guides, timelines, performance goals, sales results, more. • Launched “Suit-Up” events, championing professional appearance for college students. Growing partnerships with career centers at over 520 universities across 44 states.• Developed our ‘Kids Zone’ event strategy, increasing store traffic 360,000 visits and generating $9.6M in profitable sales annually. • Slashed costs 57% from $4,000,000 to $1,700,000, through vendor negotiations, buying in bulk and eliminating contractor support, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services. • Delivered strategy presentations to 1000-plus home office associates, presented quarterly strategy updates to Senior executives, communicated weekly to regions and districts.

Plano, Tx

Coordinated storewide visual initiatives and managed $40,000,000 annual budget. Led a highly motivated team and led the development of new processes, timelines, store communications, creative reviews, systems, financial analysis, and all store and home office requests. • Awarded all-star recognition as top 5% of talent plus 2014 ‘Founder’s Award’ accolades for improving on-time delivery to 97% and reducing total expenses by over $22,000,000.• Created and Implemented processes that improved delivery dates for over 1,000 visual programs (4,700 SKUs) from conception to in-store from only 8% to over 97% on-time delivery in 16 months. • Slashed expenses by 44% from $36,000,000 to $19,800,000 over three years while maintaining and supporting all key company and buying initiatives. Lowered costs by implementing timelines, eliminating waste, buying materials in bulk, changing construction, and creating options for smaller stores. • Cut freight expenses by $6,400,000 annually, by working with vendors to improve logistics and packing processes.• Developed and communicated easy-to-execute plans for store associates to set new brand launches, graphics, holiday decor, marketing events and more. • Launched a vendor funded graphics database to improve organization, create real time inventory for thousands of SKU’s, while reducing store expense and workload.

Plano,Tx

Led a highly efficient team responsible for ensuring ease of store implementation of merchandising strategies, floor sets, new product launches, brands, department adjacencies, visual elements, and fixture rollout in over 1,000 stores. Engaged in development and design of all visual and fixture rollouts. Developed and communicated operational procedures for assigned product categories. Responsible for financial analysis and reporting of new initiatives, seasonal floor sets, and brand rollouts.• Scored in top quartile of Tracom Group corporate leadership testing for social intelligence, critical thinking, and leadership against all associates and peer group.• Led teams that used space planning, built floor plans, developed visuals, and communicated easy-to-implement instructions for 1,000-plus stores in key profit-driving categories; shoes, handbags, intimates, hosiery, and swimwear. • Developed corporate strategy presentations for Executive level VP’s, including creation of scriptwriting, presentation slides, props, teleprompter, more.• Researched, developed, and presented full-scale, open-sell shoe model to senior management to gain an edge over a major competitor. Spearheaded all aspects of the approved $60,000,000-plus project, including budget, communications, visual execution, and floor set guidance for over 800 stores. • Launched major shoe brand rollout with ALDO Shoe Group that involved space planning, fixture, and visual design for 500-plus locations. Managed all aspects of this $30,000,000-plus project from inception to in-store execution. • Led full visual remodel of lingerie department in 800-plus locations and negotiated payment support with external vendor partners - including Maidenform, Jockey, Vanity Fair, Playtex and Bali to fund project. • Coordinated launch of new intimate apparel brands, including Cosabella Amore, Spanx, The Body by Elle Macpherson, and Ambrielle with store environment updates plus new fixture and visual rollouts.

Led and motivated team responsible for all merchandising, operational, visual, and companywide communications for over 1,000 stores. Strategized highly efficient processes that improved implementation while lowering costs. Developed new SET guidelines that increased cross-departmental shopping and average sale per transaction. Responsible for financial analysis and reporting of new initiatives, seasonal floor sets, and brand rollouts.• Guided teams that used space planning, built floor plans, developed visuals, and communicated easy-to-implement instructions for 1,000-plus stores in Home categories, including bedding, bath, housewares, window, home décor, and furniture. • Orchestrated $120,000,000-plus of capital expenditures supporting brand launches with fixture rollouts and store environment enhancements designed to improve customer shopping experiences between 2001 and 2009. • Spearheaded housewares reinvention, including major fixture and visual rollout, floor updates, lowering sightlines, and increasing exposure for national brands across 650 stores between 2010 and 2011. • Managed both internal corporate teams and team of 50-plus window and furniture field managers who led training and development for sales associates in 1,000-plus stores nationally. • Controlled visual and fixture rollouts for major company brand launches, including Cooks, Chris Madden, Linden Street, American Living, and Cindy Crawford Style. • Implemented Intactix set sell space planning and virtual retailing merchandising processes.• Led creative development for top-performing growth stations at store manager leadership conference in 2010. • Created key corporate strategy presentations for Senior and Executive level VP’s, including coordination and development of all scriptwriting, presentation slides, props, teleprompter entry and rehearsals.• Earned all-star rating (top 5%) in company and awarded 2010 ‘Chairman’s Award’ for far exceeding performance targets.

Served as team leader and delivered store communications, set plans, and all operational needs for bedding, bath, housewares, window coverings, luggage, seasonal, décor, furniture, and mattresses. Initiated development of automated rebate system, improving customer service by automatically printing rebate forms at point of sale. Originated development of on-display reporting, improving sales by ensuring stores could easily identify which products displays were missing. Improved corporate-to-store communication through process improvements. Maintained responsibility for driving sales, planning space and fixtures for all home business categories. Home Team delivered 6% Comparably store growth 5 years straight.

Improved execution of in-store price signing in over 1000+ JCP locations. Developed and Implemented corporate e-sign process that reduced signing errors across all stores and improved accuracy of POS results versus rack signing. Increased accuracy from 48% to 93% companywide and thus eliminated weights and measures fines and negative publicity. Coordinated Project Dorm, launching a dorm shop in 600 stores, and increasing seasonal productivity.

Delivered top-performing sales results for territory of 30 Florida stores through inventory allocations. Top sales results among 65 districts across the entire country in 2001.