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Maintain sales route, deliver, stock, merchandise, sell product daily.

Managed a successful sales team of 12 Sales Reps with annual sales of 8MRecruit,, hire, train and develop a diverse sales teamUsed syndicated Nielsen Data to drive sales growthSuccessful interaction with customers and execute sales programs & initiativesLead district meetings focused on plan to achieve sales objectives/goals using analytics and excel data to deliver power point presentations

Controlled in-stocks and increased sales to $50 million Successfully drove the Target Visa Program (108% of goal) Achieved 2006 Group 191 Shortage “Shrink” Award .82% on goal of .52%. District Trainer- Co-taught district wide training sessions Regulated payroll and scheduling for entire store (210+ team members) Interviewed, hired, trained, coached, and developed team members Store Assessment Captain-Process review from product entering the store to guest experience-on a team that reviewed multiple Target locations Identified potential inventory shortage concerns and worked with appropriate corporate partners to ensure action was taken to address any inventory issues by coaching team members to use company programs and tools to deliver excellent inventory in-stocks. Managed logistics, acknowledging load and supervising unload, and transition management within entire store.

Responsible for equipment & travel budgetsManaged day-to-day equipment needsCoordinated all hotel and travel plans for players & staffArranged player housing & furniture needs