James Bradley Warden

**** *** ***** **., ********, Tennessee 38133 615-***-****

acn2ci@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

FIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVE

THE HILLMAN GROUP ( Memphis, Tennessee

2013-Present

Supervision of 43 properties in Tennessee and Mississippi

Responsibilities include:

. Training of store teams on Hillman products and initiatives

. Ensuring Hillman owned properties are properly maintained, service and

presented

. Scouting and establishing new Hillman accounts within territory

Accomplishments include:

. 20% increase in Same Store Sales FY 2013

GENERAL MANAGER

TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY ( Memphis, Tennessee

2012-2013

Supervision of $3.4 million dollar store and team ten team members.

Responsibilities include:

. Achievement of sales and shrink goals

. Staffing and training of store team

. Promoting and fostering customer focused environment

. Merchandising diverse product assortment

Accomplishments include:

. Ten Consecutive months of Budget and Comp gains

DISTRICT SALES MANAGER

LIDS ( Tennessee/Mid Atlantic Region

2005 - 2012

Supervision of 18 stores in Tennessee and four other states

Responsibilities included:

. Staffing and training of store associates

. Achieving monthly sales goals and yearly shrink goals

. Controlling wages and payroll

. Controlling store expenses

. Establishing Merchandising Guidelines and execution

. Management of P&L

Accomplishments include:

. #1 in Comp Sales Gain in 2011 up 13.55%

. Fifteen Consecutive months of Budget and Comp gains

. Highest Volume District in the Mid Atlantic Region

. Supervision of over 190 employees

. 2007 District Manager of the Year

. Two Managers promoted to Field Level positions

. Selected as sole DSM to redesign Customer Loyalty Program

ASSISTANT MARKETING DIRECTOR

Middle Tennessee State University ( Murfreesboro, TN

2002 -2005

Responsibilities included:

. Advertising sales for all sports including program ads, signage and

media.

. Plan and manage in game and game day promotions for Football, Men's

Basketball and Baseball.

. Creation of all print media

. Recruit and supervise interns

INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR

General Nutrition International ( Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2000 -2002

Supervised eight countries in the Caribbean and Middle East. These

countries were Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia,

Bahamas and Grand Cayman

Responsibilities included:

. Keeping GNC product orders high

. Ensuring that each country was compliant with GNC merchandising

. Find new store locations in each country

. Ongoing training in each territory on new GNC initiatives

SENIOR STORE MANAGER

General Nutrition Centers ( Nashville, TN

1997 -2002

Managed my home store and supervised two other GNC locations.

Responsibilities included:

. Day to day operations of home store. Including recruiting, training,

inventory control and achieving sales goals.

. Visit other stores monthly or as needed for training and merchandising

help

. Ensure other stores were staffed properly and achieving company

standards

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration

Middle Tennessee State University ( Murfreesboro, TN

1999

Bachelor of Business Administration

Middle Tennessee State University ( Murfreesboro, TN

1995

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