Working as store manager alongside the company owner in a busy independent photographic retailer to help grow and expand the company.Main duties are: The day to day running of a busy city centre store.Working with my team members to maximise turnover and profitability on a daily basis.Being instrumental in getting a company website up and running that was non existent before my arrival.Running said company website and keeping it relevant and up to date and dealing with site banners and marketing.Meeting various dealers and negotiating orders on products for the store.Being in charge of store layout and merchandising along with store branding.Setting up contracts with a local firm to make and supply company uniforms for all staff.Meeting with the company owner on a regular basis to look at potential areas of improvement.Promoting the company via in store days and setting up workshops/training events for customers .

After succeeding as assistant manager I was asked to run the head office branch in Wigan to help achieve the goal of improving turnover and profitability and also to compete with and beat a close rival Jessops branch.Main duties were:Helping my team to improve sales techniques and performance and leading by example.Meeting with head office on a regular basis to evaluate current targets and ear mark potential points of improvement.Create individual performance targets for my team members.Keeping records of turnover for the store and comparing to previous records.Looking for ways to increase turnover and also to promote the store and business.Overseeing all aspects of the day to day running of a busy high street store.Being in charge of buying in and selling of all used equipment that was taken into store.Writing up monthly reports on store performance.

Worked in conjunction with the store manager in the busiest store in the business helping him improve and increase turnover and profitability.Main duties were:Being in charge of the day to day running of the shop when the manager was on holiday or day off.Cashing up the till at the end of the day and banking the days takings.Helping the store manager motivate and train the rest of the team members .Being in charge of dealing with the new online web orders that arrived and doing the relevant checks and procedures to make sure that everything was in order.Merchandising the shop floor and making sure that all the window displays and in store displays are correct and up to date.Working to the store managers expectations of being the leading salesman in store.Helping the store manager achieve and exceed head office targetsBeing in charge of the store cleaning rota and making sure this was adhered to.

Worked as part of a team selling the latest photographic equipment.Main duties were:Maintaining the shop floor and keeping it clean and tidy. Serving customers on a one to one basis advising and selling them on all aspects of still and video cameras and accessories.Working to the store managers individual and team targets.Using the till system to check stock levels and prices.Pricing and ticketing all products in store.Yearly stock taking with the rest of the team.Taking the days takings to the bank and getting change for the till.