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Frisco, Texas

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Specialty Fine Jewelry and Watch Retailer

North Eastern Us

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Specialty Retail

Greater Philadelphia Area

Managed day to day operations of 17 retail locations throughout the east coast.* Sustained double digit comp. sales increases over a 18 month period* Responsible for hiring, training and development for 17 store managers and 100 full and part time associates.

Oakland, California

Managing the day to day operations of 127 Retail jewelry stores in California, Arizona and Nevada with sales of 40 million dollars annually.* Marketing, visual display departments set and approve all special events, marketing calendars, visual display direction and branding initiatives.* Report to the C.E.O.* Assisted in reorganization, sale of company and liquidation of unsold stores

Corporate Office Akron, Ohio

• Held full accountability for Profit and Loss (P&L) at 120 stores spread throughout an eight state region with annual sales of approximately $215 million.• Responsible for the performance of over 1,000 store personnel working through 9 District Managers.• Developed and implemented strategic plans to maximize sales and profits.• Maintained budgets, monitoring and analyzing expenditures to develop effective plans for reducing and controlling costs to increase profits.• Recruited, screened, and hired District and Store Managers, carefully selecting employees by focusing on development and leadership potential to support the company’s stringent promote from within policy.• Designed and delivered presentations and courses to develop the full potential of all regional employees.• Served as a member of the Executive Marketing Committee participating in planning companywide strategies.• Ensured sales and profit goals were achieved by implementing plans and monitoring progress Scheduled regular visits to each store location and traveled extensively to evaluate operations and performance. Accomplishments• Created and presented Sales Seminars for over 1,100 Managers each year for six years in Orlando, Florida.• Consistently achieved sales and profit goals each of the six years through effective planning and management.• Lead the company in fund raising donations for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital during the annual drive since the program inception in 2000.• Improved performance company-wide by integrating minimum standards at the corporate, district, and store level.District Manager, 1994 - 1997• Oversaw the operations at 16 stores monitoring performance and working directly with Store Mangers to ensure goals were reached.