Michael Simmon Email & Phone Number

Visalia, California, United States

Phoenix, Arizona

• Provide visionary leadership and direct oversight of staff working in workforce development, volunteer services, food service, and community partnerships.
• Work alongside Chief Program Officer to strategize and execute programmatic objectives and key results.
• Drove initiative to improve integration of Vocational Development activities more fully into recovery program curriculum and improved collaboration between the two teams.
• Expanded Vocational Development’s community impact by opening two additional community-based locations.
• Lead cross functional team that is providing professional training opportunities for residential and community Case Managers.
• Stabilized and improved the culture and morale of multiple departments that had been neglected under previous leadership.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Overall store management, supervision, and policy implementation - Train, develop, and evaluate crew members and supervisors
• Sales and inventory management - Organize and execute the display and signing of weekly, major promotional and seasonal merchandise
• Employee staffing, training, and development - Coach and execute counseling discussions with store employees
• Financial management and manage the sales/hours forecast - Schedule daily, weekly activities; prepare weekly work schedules based on store’s budgeted hours; Finalize and manage weekly payroll; Ensure compliance with.
• Customer service leadership
• Loss prevention management

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Served as Co-Manager at a store with annual sales over $104,000,000.
• Provided leadership, direction, and vision for 350+ associates from over 19 different countries.
• Actively provided support and leadership for our E Commerce programs - Online Grocery Pickup and Ship from Store fulfillment of Walmart.com orders.
• Responsible for the creation and execution of seasonal merchandise plans in consumable, grocery, and fresh departments.
• Responsible for key process execution that reduced annual shrink by $283,000 and increased customer availability that led to a 3% sales increase in grocery departments.
• Increased Fresh Profit over $500,000 and drove sales increase of over 4% in Fresh departments.

Tyler, Texas Area

• Functioned as the Operating Partner of a Sonic Drive In with annual sales of $1.4 million and 30 employees.
• Responsible for every aspect of daily operations of the restaurant.
• Responsible for all personnel decisions including selection, training, disciplinary actions when required, coaching, promotions, and oversight of store management team.
• Responsible for inventory control and weekly purchasing decisions.
• Created and maintained weekly schedules.
• Full Profit & Loss Responsibility including cost control, budgeting, analysis of results, and projections of future results.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Responsible for every aspect of daily operations of a restaurant with annual sales averaging $2.4 million
• Responsible for all personnel decisions including selection, recruitment, training, disciplinary actions when required, and oversight of store management team.
• Responsible for inventory ordering and maintaining an exceptional level of cost control
• Provided vision and direction for 50+ employees
• Developed and implemented comprehensive business plan, yearly goals, and store marketing plan
• Built and maintained extensive network of sales contacts in local businesses and schools