Ron Orsini

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My background is in construction, merchandising, facility maintenance, and retail management. With over 35 yrs. experience in retail, I worked 20 years traveling for Sears and KMart remodeling and opening new stores from ground up in the Eastern United States and Puerto Rico.

I know that with my vast experience in retail construction / merchandising and facilities management, I would bring to your company a broad range of skills, including but not limited to:

Managing multiple construction / merchandising projects in various locations.

Working closely with the trades and being the liaison with store teams.

Responsible for keeping accurate records and maintaining a budget for an on time, on budget, and always turning over a quality project.

Working with real estate on all aspects of planning and pre-construction activities.

Is able to read and understand construction / merchandising project floor plans and execute to completion.

Has prepared bid documents with various scopes of work, held meetings with trades and awarded bids to the best contractor for a successful end result.

Was part of a team who designed a Cadd program for ordering fixtures off of final floor plans.

A vast knowledge of planograms, merchandising, and signing presentation.

A highly creative eye for the latest trends in visual presentation.

Professional computer skills in Word, Excel, and Power point.

Extremely organized with an analytical approach to every project.

Speaks, writes, and reads in Spanish as second language.

Creates a positive working environment through motivation and recognition.

Solid in training and coaching for a successful end result.

Hard working and very dedicated.

Specialties

• Coaching and Training • Motivating • Team Building • Planning • Project Management

• Organization • Design and Creative • Planogram Implementation

• Visual Merchandise Presentation • Facility Management • Operations

• Outrageous Customers Service • Sales Enhancement and Promotion • Positive Results

Employment History

Burlington Coat Factory -Assistant store manager merchandising/operations (2015-present)

Manage a team of 150 associates responsible for all aspects of retail including receiving, product placement, daily recovery, merchandise sales, front end cashiers, and deliver a positive customer experience.

Manage and maintain a weekly payroll budget using both front and back of house workload events to schedule associates.

Holds weekly panning meetings with staff in reviewing sales, budgets, upcoming events, and ways to improve all processes using company standards.

Part of a management team that was assigned to open a new store in March 2016.

Macys - Merchandise Team Manager (2013-2015)

Managed a team of 25 associates responsible for receiving, placing, and maintaining cosmetic and fragrance merchandise.

Ensured that all product was displayed ready for mass selling with the highest standards, always following the company direction.

Worked closely with store and district teams to plan aggressive weekly and monthly cosmetic and fragrance events to increase sales.

Managed and maintained a $30 million sales department in a $200 million retail store.

Sears Holdings Corporation – Appliance Store Manager (2009-2013)

Responsible for managing 20 commission based appliance and electronic associates.

Recruits, interviews, hires, and performs coaching and training to retain talent within the store.

Is responsible for scheduling to meet sales forecast needs.

Handles all customer issues as it pertains to but not limited to product quality, delivery, installation, service, and continued care and support.

Is responsible for ordering and setting merchandise to plan, signing, and maintaining accurate inventory of all product.

Sears Roebuck and Co. (2007-2009) NE, SE Regional Project Manager of Construction and Merchandising

Managed a team of 20 Project Managers of Construction and Merchandising in the NE, SE United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Closely monitored and successfully completed 350 conversion of Kmart to Sears Essential stores combining the two major retailers.

Added major appliances in 500 Kmart stores

Built 30 ground up Sears Appliance stores

Held weekly conference calls, visited projects, managed team travel expenses, and kept my team informed of the latest company standards.

Maintaining accurate budgets, phasing schedules, while coaching and training for success.

Sears Roebuck and Co. (1993-2007) Project Manager of Construction and Merchandising

Responsible for remodeling over 1000 Sears and Kmart stores and opened more than 200 Sears full line stores from the ground up.

Was involved from the beginning planning process creating floor plans for multiple projects, responsible for ordering new fixtures, overseeing entire project, and maintain a budget.

Worked closely with all construction trades in planning and executing the final plan for project completion.

Creating new planograms for each store specific, managed a team of associates while hiring new associates to set the merchandise and sign it off for completion.

Finished every project on time, on budget, and a quality product.

Sears Roebuck and Co.(1983-1993)

Visual Presentation Mgr.

Assistant Mgr. Facilities

Assistant Mgr. Operations

Education: Hialeah-Miami Lakes H.S. (1980) Diploma

Medical Arts Training Center (1983) EMT/Paramedic License

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