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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

•Manage category spend in excess of $20MM annually•Led 6 highly successful service line roll-outs simultaneously in a 9 month time frame to more than 850 field locations•Negotiated product pricing and logistic terms while ensuring a continuous supply chain of product for on time deliveries•Liaison to field operations team for all purchasing needs: work closely with Divisional management for all business related operations•Manage pricing, contract terms, and relationships with 85+ suppliers

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

•Manage category spend in excess of $20MM annually•Led 6 highly successful service line roll-outs simultaneously in a 9 month time frame to more than 850 field locations•Negotiated product pricing and logistic terms while ensuring a continuous supply chain of product for on time deliveries•Liaison to field operations team for all purchasing needs: work closely with Divisional management for all business related operations•Manage pricing, contract terms, and relationships with 85+ suppliers

Responsible for qualifying and contracting with national vendors to provide products and services to 850+ field locations with emphasis on KPI and analysis to ensure the best fair market pricing. Project management including multi-market tests and national rollouts. Implementation of rightsizing program mix to capture $.5MM in cost avoidance in 2014.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Coach potential field management candidates for store operations through use of practical application and results focused reinforcement. Facilitate new coworker orientation and training classes. Participated in various focus groups requiring field level feedback on proprietary pawn software and dashboard reporting needs.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

General Manager of a largely successful pawnshop with a proven track record of revenue growth. Responsibilities include recruitment and training of staff, P&L accountability for budgeted revenue, sales and loan portfolio growth, while offering a hands-on approach to customer service to a diverse group of customer base. Grew business from tier 2 location into a tier 5 location.

Lubbock, Texas Area & Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Maintained perpetual accuracy of over $2.5 million of inventory. Responsibilities included ordering, transferring, and working order reports for delayed or short shipped orders and increasing profitability of departments by analysis of forecasted sales and inventory efficiency.