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East Dundee, Il

Palatine, Illinois, United States

Grew paid membership sign-ups from 2 per week to over 5 per week for the year and over 8 per week for Q4Grew rewards sign-up conversion from 24% to 30% for the FY22 and 34% for Q4Achieved comp sales of 6.4% for Q4 and 7.4% for the yearIncreased the average transaction by over $3 for Q4 and for the yearRecruited and trained a team focused on providing high quality customer service and selling of products and services

De Kalb, Illinois, United States

Grew a store from the bottom 25% of the company into a store that consistently ranked with in the top 20% of the company through teaching and training the partners in the storeEnsured that we were exceeding the company expectations and led by example when selling membership programs.Grew the average weekly membership program sign-ups from less than .5 a week through the quarter 3 to over 2.5 per week average by end of quarter 4Empowered the partners in the store to express their ideas and to test them out in order to gain experience in owning a project and then reviewing what worked and did not work after completeConducted monthly deep dive check-ins with leadership partners on where they are and what we can work on as a team to get to next levelHosted quarterly teem meetings to ensure that leadership team is aligned and are aware of what is coming in the next quarter

Assist stores in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago as needed helping to improve efficiency and identify opportunities.Teach and train department managers how to efficiently complete tasks

Elgin, Illinois, United States

Ensured proper staffing levels to ensure that all freight was completed nightly.Reviewed applications, conducted interviews for potential hires, ensured they were properly trained for the position to be successful, held accountability conversations as needed with struggling associates.Developed my team leads to run the team when I was off so their was consistency through out the week.

Elgin, Illinois, United States

I am the social media champion for my store in order to help drive customer engagement and the customer experience.Act as MOD in support of $85 million dollar store. Run store when Store Manager and Co-Manager are out of store.As assistant manager over the GM side of store I had a $400,000 year over year through BTS season during pandemic.Initiated and planned the stores first Shop with a Cop program. We were able to assist 20 kids in the community with buying Christmas present that they may have not been able to get otherwise.Was previously in charge of our Auto Care Center where through the first 8 month of the fiscal year I drove a 9% increase in sales and a 21% increase in profit. I ensure the safety all of employees working the department and the safety of customers vehicles.

Schaumburg, Il

Serve as Manager on Duty, manage and coach sales associates to provide high quality customer service, ensure OSE standards are maintained throughout the store.Raised the stores promoter score from a 64 to a 71 within two months of moving to the location and also increased the guest nutrition conversation score from 6% to 12% with in two months.Planned and executed a $500,000+ dog food inventory reset, optimizing working capital investment in support of a $2.5 million retail location.Planned the execution of a $100,000+ cat food inventory reset, optimizing the capital investment of a $2.5 million retail location.Planned the execution of a $100,000+ dog treat inventory reset, optimizing the working capital investment of a $2.5 million retail location.Lead a team of 3-4 associates.

Providing emergency medical response Investigating financial crimes against Meijer Investigating and documenting various other specific crimes Identifying and documenting unsafe behavior and environments Inspecting and maintaining perimeter security Being a liaison with local prosecutors and law enforcement officials Serving as a resource for operational management

Serve as Manager on Duty, manage and coach sales associates to provide high quality customer service, ensure OSE standards are maintained throughout the store.Mentored an associate who then moved up into a manager role in the company.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Criminal Justice

Diploma