Manage all office duties. Estimates both in person and over the phone. Worked on job site as needed.

Responsible for starting and opening a new store. Set up and manage all accounts from getting a business license to vendor accounts to bank accounts. Look for and implement marketing of the store. Ensure great guest service. Build and maintain a website. Order all product and merchandisethe store. Look for and implement any fundraising opportunities. Outreach to the community by teaching our youth how to impact the world around them. Find local artists and authors and help them get started by featuring their products in the store.

Responsibilities include all aspects of managing the floor, receiving trucks, unloading freight,moving freight to the floor, working pallets and putting up merchandise. Managing staff, to include Store Manager, Merchandise managers, Front End managers and associates. Writing up daily work sheets to assign tasks for staff as well as lunches and breaks. Look at store sales numbers to see where we can improve. Instruct and manage all seasonal changes. Check and respond to e-mails periodically throughout the day. Meeting with the other salaried managers to discuss and implement store issues and tasks. Interview prospective applicants and do orientations. Write weekly schedules, send in payroll. Travel and help in other stores as needed.

Primarily responsible for developing a strong team that would be able to maintain company standards, achieve sales goals and effectively meet the needs of the guests. This was achieved by recruiting, hiring and training individuals with the desire to serve. In addition, partnering with surrounding businesses to market and promote in-store events, hosting book tables, VBS (Vacation Bible School) and Sunday school workshops. These efforts returned a result of increased church sales by 20%. Additional responsibilities included receiving and stocking product, conducting and auditing yearly store inventories, leading initiated return to vendors, assisting with area store openings, and training managers. Daily store procedures included managing payroll, scheduling, performing store opening and closing procedures, store maintenance, and coaching partners. Attend weekly conference calls and conduct weekly meetings with staff. Travel to other stores to help with resets, inventories, and to conduct audits. Helped the DM by working as a DMIT.

Key in time, adjustments, vacations and lost time for all employees’. Process payroll and distribute checks. Enter and keep track of all job numbers. Set up all new personnel in computer, type up service cards, file and manual/void checks. Answer telephones, make tax deposits, certified payroll, create a payroll manual and keep it updated. Back up Human Resource Dept., and Reception area.