Charged with overall sales of and profitability of 12 Women’s Ready to Wear stores in Indiana and Illinois.• Opened 3 new stores, recruiting and staffing stores with high caliber and top performing candidates.• Supported store management by challenging staff with regard to store sales volume, customer service standards, merchandising, expense control and operating functions.• Built brand through client relationships, appointment sales, events, and local outreach.

Managed overall sales of and profitability of 16 Women’s Ready to Wear stores in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.• Awarded People Power Award in 2012 for retention, networking, and recruitment.• Challenged staff with regard to store sales volume, customer service standards, merchandising, expense control, and operating functions, motivating staff to meet/exceed brand goals and expectations• Promoted brand by networking with professional organizations to outfit employees in RTW suiting.

Headed overall sales and profitability of 15 stores in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois.• Expanded brand by maintaining strong and genuine customer focus, meeting needs of local customer and embracing change in fast-paced and ever-changing environment. • Staffed, opened, and supported 5 new construction locations and sourced 2 additional for real estate using knowledge of trending area growth, necessary income to support brand store, new, desirable, and compatible companies to brand.• Leveraged recruiting skills to locate and staff stores with knowledgeable, high-performing associates.

Steered overall sales and profitability for 9 stores in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.• Facilitated retail sales by ensuring strong visual presentation, conversion of restaurant meal tickets to retail sales purchases and training teams on excellent guest service technique and follow through. • Supported all areas in human resource issues by providing solutions, guidance, and training.• Completed EEOC certification, elevating understanding to lead associates through appropriate actions and responses in regard to discrimination of age, race, religion etc.

Directed 15 stores in Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan.• Maintained store budgets including markdowns, damage, and payroll, leveraging P&L management skills.• Taught effective presentation skills to drive sales and supervised product sell through and transfers, maintaining district stock levels. • Evaluated store managers’ performance annually, ensuring consistent driven behavior with coaching and feedback to increase sales and volume as well as individual growth.• Performed store audits, ensuring company policies and procedures were followed.• Achieved high customer satisfaction level through consistent service.• Promoted from store manager to district sales manager in 2001 through Company’s High Potential program.