Russ Baslow Email & Phone Number

Williston, Vermont, United States

Burlington, Vermont Area

Responsible for developing and executing the Vermont strategy within the first retail shop location. I work cross functionally with my Home Office Department Directors and Senior Field Management team members to develop the brand strategy for Smile Direct Club in the state of Vermont. Due to my extensive Operations and Training experience, I was selected.

Burlington, Vermont

• Responsible for shaping the retail strategy within a 5.2MM store overseeing a team of 75. Focused on recruit and hire top-talent, educate my team in all facets of their position and empower them to take what they know.
• Advanced through 4 leadership roles in 4 years and selected as the interim Store manager for 6+ months.
• Selected for National NSO Team Lead in part the set up and opened for 2 locations Cleveland 16’ & Charlottesville 17’.
• Developed Key relationships within the community to sponsor and engage in events that supported the stores target customers.
• Provided exceptional leadership by recruiting, developing, coaching, and engaging employees, specifically management staff, to obtain maximum results in building a workforce of customer focus and operational excellence.
• Developed IDP’s for staff members and worked directly in their development to promotion of position.

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Essex, Vermont

• Responsible for developing and executing the retail strategy within a 35MM store overseeing a team of 180. Successfully led a team of 12 Department Managers and 80 associates through multiple company program launches.
• Developed & Promoted 19 members of associates to Management positions over 4 years.
• Reduced shrink from.77% to.44% in 2012 then.34% in 2013.
• Identified and implemented a strategic plan that improved operational audit compliance from below satisfactory to over 90% efficiency realization.
• Supervised 8 major Floor-sets a year as well as weekly updates to Plano’grams, marketing and promotions.
• Built successful teams through individual development and succession planning, strategic recruitment of 80+ associates annually, constant skills assessments and direct mentoring to build a quality bench for key.

Richmond, Vermont

• Responsible for leading a team of 15 in a family owned and operated home improvement store achieving 2.5MM annually. Provided leadership and training through the organizations various departments, including training in.
• Recognized as a driving force for the company achieving regular year of year positive comp sales.
• Developed an inventory organizational system to address paperwork shrink of lumber supply deliveries.
• Cultivated Key relationships with vendors to ensure that the store had the latest in local goods & services.
• Developed and implemented inventory a refined warehousing system to position stock for the most efficient retrieval for customer sales and store restock.

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