Brent Davis

Email: abqpvv@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********** **.

City: Norman

State: OK

Zip: 73071

Country: USA

Phone: 832-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $50,000

Willing to Relocate

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Brent Davis

2102 Cottonwood Dr. 832-***-****

Norman, OK 73071 abqpvv@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Applying for a territory sales position where proven strengths in the areas of analysis, planning and problem solving, combined with excellent communication and employee development skills, will contribute to the effective and efficient achievement of an organizations growth and profitability goals.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

More than 9 years of retail management, and multilevel experience includes:

Project Management Customer Satisfaction Strategies Employee Coaching/Training

Sales Forecasting Work Process Analysis/Development Productivity Reports/Analysis

Team Building Training/Employee Development Inventory Management

Community Relations Payroll Forecasting/ Expense Controls Turnover Maximization

Employee Relations Merchandising and Promotions Monthly Management Reports

Annual Inventories Safety Management/Loss Prevention Quick Books

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Conns Appliances

Store Manager, Oklahoma City, OK January 2012- Present

* Responsible for sales and budget increase on a monthly basis, with a posted average of 30% increase over last year`s budgets.

* Supervise 25 employees and help them obtain their goals thru team atmosphere and positive attitudes.

* Coach and train on the importance of customer service experience and building the ticket. Teaching them to be confident in asking for the sell.

* Designated market trainer for underperforming writers.

* Reduced shrink from &7,000.00 to under $200 in the past year by following company policy and implementing new techniques to ensure successful counts.

Mach Speed Technologies

Account Manager, Ada, OK August 2011- January 2012

* Responsible for overseeing 29 accounts, and contacting new leads to grow the business. My main objective is to bring Mach Speed into more vertical accounts outside of big box retail.

* Set appointments, and conference calls to give presentation on why retailers should carry our products.

* Input sales orders, and invoices into quick books. Send invoices off for payment.

* Utilizing different CRM`s such as SalesForce.com, and JigSaw.com to obtain leads and information of category buyers.

* Focus on building brand awareness, and do my part in driving the company to its $100,000,000 goal.

* Provide assistance to our shipping department as needed to make sure orders are fulfilled in a timely manner.

* Actively participate in sales meeting every Monday, relaying my retail merchandising experience to the team, and letting them know what works, and what does not.

* Operate Quick Books and Microsoft Outlook efficiently.

* Act as liaison to our newest account 7-11 handling all calls from franchise owners.

* Landed and grew HEB account from $0- $360,000 in the first year of business.

Harbor Freight Tools

Assistant Manager, Pasadena, TX January 2010- August 2010

Store Manager, Lufkin, TX August 2010- April 2011

Store Manager, Tulsa, OK April 2011- July 2011

* Responsible for a $3,000,000.00 location and promoted into an $8,200,000.00 B level store.

* Responsible for a staff of 31 employees and 3 Assistant Managers.

* Train and coach on warranties and club member sales, while teaching my sales associates the importance of building a ticket, and units per transaction.

* Raised average tickets up by $5 per customer, with a 32% attachment rate.

* Responsible for maintaining low level of shrink in store.

* Efficiently run a P&L to make sure my store is profitable.

* Consistently run a 27% comp over previous year while using 22% less payroll.

* Oversee all merchandise coming in and out of store.

* Responsible for weekly inventory counts and submitting results to corporate.

* Hold daily and monthly safety meetings to coordinate individual tasks for employees.

* Raised operational audit score from a 78% to 94% well exceeding company average.

* Maintain a high level of accountability for management and staff.

* Merchandise aisles and end caps specific to company standards.

* Operate Kronos payroll system ( i.e.) correct missed punches and input PTO/Sick time.

* Completed store manager training and testing 3 months before company standards.

* Received a 98% employee satisfaction rating on companies` yearly survey.

Conn`s Appliances & Electronics

Store Manager, Austin, TX April 2008- April 2009

Store Manager, Beaumont, TX Oct 2009- January 2010

* Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new associates for the store.

Monthly follow up on progress of new associates to ensure proper implementation of on-going training and specific needs or issues are resolved for the first 90 days.

* Directly responsible for stores monthly quota.

* Manage a yearly sales budget of 8.4 million.

* Instrumental in implementing new selling process and procedures to increase sales and close rates. Immediate increase in sales growth of 12%.

* Implemented processes to reduce a $16,000 in shrink down to $0.

* Responsible for merchandising all displays and plan-o-grams on a weekly basis.

* Was lead manager in market and would provide support to other store managers when DM was out.

* Assisted in store evaluations with DM to bring other stores up to company standards.

* Followed up daily on sales associates i.e. 10/20, call sheets, and daily sales quota.

* Work directly with the sales associate and customer to insure customer needs were met.

Conn`s Appliances & Electronics

Sales Associate, Baytown, TX (Oct 2004- Sept 2006)

Assistant Manager, Baytown, TX (Sept 2006- April 2008) (April 2009- Oct. 2009)

* I was trained in each area of responsibility i.e.: Operations, Sales, HR and Merchandising.

* Posted 20 million in sales in relation to an 18 million dollar budget.

* Had a $4000 dollar shrink on 20 million in sales.

* Helped introduce and hourly sales program to a company who was formerly commission based.

* Won awards in several areas but the best in my opinion was Best Merchandised Store and Quota Achievement.

* Consistently achieved $1000 a month sales bonus for meeting and exceeding $100,000 sales quota with the proper attachment rates.

* Facilitated daily sales meetings, and team trainings.

References

Julie Thompson- 580-***-**** (Professional)

Nicholas Silver-405-***-**** (Professional)

Mike Hale-405-***-**** (Professional)

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