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Schaumburg, IL, US

Bloomingdale, Illinois, United States

Store Director of Chicago’s locally owned grocery and produce retailer. Duties include but not limited to exceeding planned sales and service goals, recruiting, hiring, coaching and staff development. Job duties also include business analysis and product development, exceeding monthly and yearly shrink goals and maintaining profitability thru margin.

Aurora Il

Store Director of the Chicagoland's industry’s leader in the grocery business. Responsibilities include consistently exceeding planned sales and service goals, recruiting, hiring, coaching and staff development. Job duties also include business analysis and product development, exceeding yearly shrink goals and maintaining profitability thru margin.

Midwest Region

Manager for the Home Depot, the Nations leading Home Improvement Center Responsibilities include consistently exceeding planned sales and service goals, recruiting, hiring, coaching and staff development. Job duties also include business analysis and product development, exceeding yearly shrink goals and maintaining profitability thru margin control.

Algonquin Il

Store Manager in Algonquin location for the industry’s leading retailer of Sporting Goods, Athletic Apparel and Footwear in the United States. Responsibilities include consistently exceeding planned sales and service goals, recruiting, hiring, coaching and staff development. Job duties also include business analysis and product development, exceeding.

Niles Illinois

Working at the Niles location for the largest retailer of Sporting Goods and Apparel in the United States. The Niles store is a two level store with over One Hundred and Thirty Square Feet of selling space and sales exceeding 18 million dollars and a top 20 volume store in the company.Daily focus is upon driving key metrics including but not limited to.

Glenview Illinois

Working for the largest retailer of Sporting Goods and Apparel in the United States at the Glenview location. The Glenview store is a two level store with over One Hundred and Ten Thousand Square Feet of selling space and sales exceeding 12 million dollars. Daily focus is upon driving key metrics including but not limited to Customer Service, Sales.

As a District Manager I was directly responsible for managing 11 stores with a sales volume in excess of 100 million dollars. in both Wisconsin and Illinois. Integrated Manager of the North Riverside location. Direct responsibilities included all aspects of construction, merchandising, space planning, staffing and hiring and profitability a new concept for.

Managed over 25 retail store locations in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota with sales in excess of 30 million dollars.

Trained all new managers joining company in learning and developing the skills needed to be successful as a manager for Zany Brainy.

General Education

B.S., Finance

Teaching Certification, Education

General Education