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Lubbock, Texas Area

Multi unit supervision up to 9 campus locations and 15 million in sales.• Responsible for campus relationships and communication with each campus contact and administration•Responsible for yearly budget planning•Trainer at T.B.C. university•Increased profits on budget for the first two years in position•Developed new training materials and processes that have been adopted company wide

• Responsible for all operational and merchandising planning for 149 stores doing 500 million annually in sales. • Oversaw all training materials and communication to Sales field.• Responsible for $65 million dollar company labor budget for stores. Weekly oversight and follow up with the field. Scoped and rolled out new labor and scheduling program in 2010 and have achieved 16 straight months of meeting company labor budget.• Responsible for Store and Support center yearly budget… Show more • Responsible for all operational and merchandising planning for 149 stores doing 500 million annually in sales. • Oversaw all training materials and communication to Sales field.• Responsible for $65 million dollar company labor budget for stores. Weekly oversight and follow up with the field. Scoped and rolled out new labor and scheduling program in 2010 and have achieved 16 straight months of meeting company labor budget.• Responsible for Store and Support center yearly budget planning.• Regional Manager and District manager trainer.• Developed mentor program for new District managers and updated all District manager training materials to improve new District manager effectiveness.• Responsible for oversight of new Tradesmart concept store in Denver, Colo. Show less

• Leading team of Divisional, Regional and District managers that oversee 2050 Sales Representatives and Merchandising specialists that service 3600 Wal-Mart Stores and 600 SAM’s clubs.• Interacted regularly with Wal-Mart executives and buying staff on strategy and operational topics• Responsible for overseeing staffing, training, coaching and associate development programs that resulted in less than 40% turnover for last 2 years.• Responsible for development of labor allocation… Show more • Leading team of Divisional, Regional and District managers that oversee 2050 Sales Representatives and Merchandising specialists that service 3600 Wal-Mart Stores and 600 SAM’s clubs.• Interacted regularly with Wal-Mart executives and buying staff on strategy and operational topics• Responsible for overseeing staffing, training, coaching and associate development programs that resulted in less than 40% turnover for last 2 years.• Responsible for development of labor allocation program for 64 million dollar payroll.• Led redesign of a task management system for Sales Representatives that resulted in 8 % improvement in completion of assigned tasks in 2009.Divisional Manager• Responsible for overseeing 7 Regional managers and 72 District managers for Southeast Division.• Responsible for overseeing staffing, training, coaching and associate development programs for my Division.• Achieved and exceeded sales goals for my Division during tenure.• Redesigned allocation and inventory control program for Music product line for 3600 Wal-Mart Stores that resulted in lower returns, higher product turns and additional profit for Wal-Mart and Anderson.Project manager• Responsible for establishing a 6 month service test between Wal-Mart and Leapfrog toys.• Increased sales in 12 test stores by 22% compared to Wal-Mart chain average in non test stores Show less

• Multi unit supervision up to 14 stores and 35 million in sales.• Trained and promoted 5 District managers and numerous support associates.• In top 20% in Sales and profit during tenure.• Integral part of teams that developed store scheduling software, Superstore concept, and Hasting University training program.