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A sales driven retailer, focused on providing solutions for our clients audio and vision requirements. 27 years management experience in various store locations across Essex, East London and Kent. Turnover experience exceeding £15m. With an enviable track record of store performance having achieved top position in area for sales versus target and strong margin focus to consistently deliver profit targets. Highly competitive and tenacious.I am driven by exceeding my customer’s expectation, exceeding KPI targets and maintaining excellent standards. I am very keen about being hands on, loyal, conscientious and have a “can do” attitude with excellent business acumen, I communicate effectively at all levels. I'm open to connection requests within the retail industry and from suppliers for consumer electronics. Achievement highlights:• For trading year 2021/22 my store team achieved a new store record on sales • Best performing store for a full year on LFL growth at SSAV • Significantly improved store’s Scorecard ranking performance from a bottom 20 position in the Company to a top 20 store (240+ Comet stores).• Ranked No 1 in Area of 20 Comet stores for sales versus target for a full year Skills and Expertise:• New Store Opening – Successful store opening in October 2015 having recruited and trained 60+ new colleagues.• Coaching – Development of management team & colleagues to achieve short term to long term goals.• Customer Service – 100% Mystery shop scores achieved in Comet & Smyths Toys.Sales Floor Management – Successfully managed sales floors c.20,000 sq ft with 30-40 sales colleagues.• Loss Prevention – Achieved a shrinkage result of 0.12% to sales, a reduction of 0.13% on previous year on a £15m turnover.• Performance Management – Experienced in managing process of conduct & capability. • Recruitment – Have identified candidates potential at recruitment stage who have later been successfully promoted internally.

Listed skills include Retail, Store Management, Loss Prevention, Sales, and 46 others.