Kevin Rupp Email & Phone Number

White Marsh, Maryland, United States

I am responsible for building a winning team and knowledge base for achieving excellence in all facets of branch operations including inventory management, team development, customer value, and overall financial performance and growth. I bring my expertise in plant knowledge and plant care to this role in branch leadership. My role works in collaboration.

Bel Air, Maryland

• Store hit top of company performance in sales and profit in 2021.
• Store came in #1 in the district for 2019&2020&2022! Top 10% in region and company as well!
• 5 people developed and promoted over the last 2 years
• Building, training and motivating the store team
• Providing superior customer service and consistently executing operational functions
• Oversee all daily operations for running the store

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Drive store line operations to the retail stores.
• Act as liaison between corporate partners and the field.
• Coordinated & planned with the field organization, HQ Business Partners and 3rd party vendors to help shape strategies and processes to drive profitability in the business.
• Oversaw new store opening process for the Brand House stores from 2014 to 2016. Doubling the store count for Brand House stores during that time and introduced new value added service to reduce opening time and cut.
• Developed a new VIP policy that organized and automated the request process for the company that resulted in a positive accounting adjustment of approximately 600K.
• Led the planning, sales operations, merchandising, and inventory management for the Under Armour Sample Sale which generated over 1 million dollars in sales in FY 15 and FY 16.

North East Region

• Multi-unit territory role overseeing the connectivity business in over 170+ stores, covering the northeast region of the country.
• Achieved Net Operating Profit growth of 21% in the Mobile category which was the largest contributor to territory profit.
• Act as liaison between our corporate support team and the field to help shape strategies and processes to drive profitability in the business.
• Expert in operational areas of the business such as; labor and productivity management, supply chain management, margin erosion, shrinkage, reverse logistics, training and development around standard operating.
• Strong partner with our corporate support team to help shape strategies and processes to drive profitability in the business.
• Influential in the development and implementation of new business category that increased market share from less than 1% to over 10%.

East Coast Region

• Multi-unit territory role overseeing the supply chain business in over 120+ stores, covering the Mid-Atlantic region of the country.
• Introduced 2 new lines of product categories (electronic toys and branded merchandise) for the company. They contributed over $15 million in sales for the company.
• Improved supply chain performance and territory growth through support of the individual needs of each store, district, and over all territory needs.
• Functioned as a field representative on a cross functional team to developed reverse logistics to redistribute overstock/at risk inventory.
• Identified one-time lift needs and ensure specific product is allocated (aid in planning for Drive-Times, events, Tailored Market Assortment, New Store Opening, etc.).
• Managed Store Open-to-Buy process through analysis, reporting and communication. Drive margins through proper management of ‘At Risk’, ‘Open Box’ and ‘End-of-Life’ Inventory.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Managed $45+ million dollar revenue units driving profitable growth through strong hiring and training and development of staff.
• Created a positive culture around performance management through one on ones and recognition.
• Executed the company strategies to top performance in company.
• Digital Achievers Award FY 2003
• Computers Achievers Award FY 2001
• Get Digital Achievers Award FY 2001

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Managed cashiers, customer service, and back office employees.
• Complete Solutions Achievers Award FY 2000