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Franklin Springs, GA

Winder, Georgia

Mooresville, NC

Concord, NC

Huntersville, NC

• Responsible for leading the third party live goods merchandising operations for the nation’s largest greenhouse and annuals grower and perennial provider.
• Implemented recruiting plans for seasonal merchandisers that included the development of staffing estimators by store and local grass roots recruiting efforts.
• Restructured field management team to more closely match our client’s organization and improve vendor / client relations. This also added over $250,000 directly to the bottom line.
• Restructured training to better accommodate the needs of our Regional and District Managers within the new field structure.
• Implemented new reporting tools to ensure field managers have access to real time numbers to ensure budgeted hour’s compliance.
• Plant Partners provides merchandising services in approximately 1300 Lowes, Walmart and Home Depot stores, operating in 17 states and employs over 2600 seasonal merchandisers.

Recognized for my accomplishments in Ashville, NC and received a promotion to include 40 locations and over 600 employees.Increased district net profit from 33% to 41% by controlling costs and expenses to improve operating efficiencies.Developed and led marketing plan for the entire district increasing client count for the district by 1.6%; which led the.

Responsible for the day to day operations of a 60K sq foot retail store with an average sales volume of $10mm per year.Drove store budget attainment through the effective execution and management of the stores operations, sales, training and inventory responsibilities.Led a staff of 2 assistant managers who under my direction were promoted to store.

Directed all aspects of store management for National pet and pet supplies store. Effectively hired, developed and managed a team of 2 assistant store managers and 16 store associates for a newly opened location.Recognized for achieving the highest gross margin within the chain.

Reporting to the company owner, I was responsible for the daily operation of multiple retail dry cleaning stores. Developed policies and procedures manual to streamline and standardize operations.

Total responsibility for Merchandise selection, catalog design and production, fulfillment of Mail order division.Manager of Distribution ControlResponsible for inventory control, customer order processing and productivity reporting for east coast warehouse operations.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting And Business/Management

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Accounting / Business Management