Johnnie Lynn Walls
Executive Profile
A specialist who is focused in planning, directing, coordinating work and monitoring sales revenues; has assisted in
formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning using materials and policies as well as resources; handled
personnel, purchasing, or administrative services; has exceptional leadership skills that motivates team to perform; has good
business sense used for consolidating all performance and efforts of various departments to achieve goal; sets key
performance indicators to serve as guide for employee success; has keen ability to adapt to new business and make it run
successfully together with other company campaigns
Skill Highlights:
: Effective public relations and marketing skills
: Planning, organization and work coordination and delegation skills
: Decision-making, project management and operational skills
: Effective working relationships
: Follow written and verbal instructions
: Effectively verbal and in written communication skills
: Small business development
: Project management
: Product development
: Leadership/communication skills
: Business operations organization
: Client account management
: Budgeting expertise
: Employee relations
: Self-motivated
Core Accomplishments:
: Staff Development:
: Launched well-received program of professional development courses for all staff.
: Mentored and coached employees resulting in a 25% increase in productivity.
: The Association for Operations Management, Member
: Institute of Operations Management, Member
Professional Experience:
United Trading Title: Front office manager July 1999- 2006
Responsibilities:
: Accountable for front office, including overall customer satisfaction.
: Maintained detailed administrative and procedural processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.
: Verified and logged in deadlines for responding to daily inquiri es. Managed incoming and outgoing calls.
: Maintained and organized master Resident Index and information files in master database. Computed, recorded, : and
proofread data, records and reports.
: Performed heavy bank reconciliations and cash flow statemen ts.
: Created solutions in the areas of inventory, sales reporting, distribution and product upgrades that led to system
improvements and streamlined processes.
: Worked closely with company executives to identify new business opportunities and routinely p articipated in the sales
process.
: Reported and consolidated company financial performance.
: Communicated with customers, employees and other individuals to answer questions and explain information.
Ziyan Salon and Spa Title:Owner/General manager June 2006 - Feb 2012
Responsibilities:
: Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of Lead developing new policies, Managed team of [36] of
professionals Stylist and spa crew.
: Increased profits by 60% in one year through restructure of business line.
: Generated new business through new ideas of free advertising. In the first year of business my company was debt free.
: Directed management of costs and expenses to ensure effective plant operations.
: Forecasted expenses and planned budgets.
: Drove sales, financial management, and ensured that store profits and productivity goals are achieved monthly.
: Ensured that customer service standards are consistently met through active floor service management process es.
: Created and cultivated a store environment where diversity is valued and is practiced
: Handled, monitored all merchandise and inventory management systems to remain competitive
: Promoted products and product-bundling, marketing initiatives to have a good status in the marketplace and get ahead of
competition.
: Created and implemented effective lines of communication within the Salon & Spa
: Handled payroll, AP and AR.
: Pr-booked appointments to guarantee repeat business.
Bankers Life & Casualty Title: Health insurance agent November 2010 April 2011
Responsibilities:
: Received my Health insurance license to sell Heath insurance, and was studying for my life insurance license.
: Cold Calling, “goal” 80 calls per-day, and 5 appointments set per day.
: Door to door advertising.
: helping individuals and families protect their financial security and prepare fo r retirement. Take time to get to know their
family, listens to their needs and values, and was dedicated to helping them meet their goals for a secure retirement.
: Generated new business through new ideas of free advertising.
: Visiting clients to insure they new the laws and regulations about the new laws regarding medicare and medicaid.
J Salon & Spa Title: Owner/General manager Feb 2012 Now
Responsibilities:
: Accountable for [all] including overall customer satisfaction, and employees.
: Generated new business through new ways of advertising and customers satisfaction.
: Captured 55%+ market share with new product quickly brought to market.
: Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of a business consulting (salon service inc) employees
account abilities were increased 85%.
: Developed and directed strategy for launch of new product that became #1 in the marketplace 11 months after launch.
: Monitored performance, including accounting, personnel and logistics
: Analyzed, tracked and communicated store performance metrics as well as performance goals for both the sales personnel
and the Salon and Spa.
: Led in the recruitment, hiring, training, coaching, and development of excepti onal, sales-driven teams
: Created and enforced a culture with outstanding customer service.
: Implemented store directives, policies and procedures, and administered requests of sales partners and
assistant managers.
: Performed regular inventories with purchasing and inventory manager to monitor stocks
Conducted quarterly evaluation of personnel for performance bonus and promotions
: Directed management of costs and expenses to ensure effective Salon & Spa operations.
: Forecasted expenses and planned b udgets.
: Produced reports, fished for feedback and strengthened customer relations to increase sales and retain customers.
: Produced all internal and external billing services to properly inform clients of costs.
: Followed proper accounting methods and performed account receivables tally with the customer.
: Produced weekly reports and ensured regulatory compliance and service certifications.
: Handled payroll, AP and AR.
: Pr-booked appointments to guarantee repeat business.
LOXONE Title: Lead Developer April 2013 Now
Responsibilities:
: Developing relationships with companies to insure the sale of Loxone's product.
: Cold Calling
: Goal per day 60 calls placed a day,18 personal emails, and 1 welcome package to be sold per week.
: Followed proper script.
: Produced and new script for the company to get pass the receptionist to be able to get directly to the owners of the
company.
Education:
Georgetown: 1997
: Business/Arts
Kaffmans: 1999
: Hair design
Skills:
: Effective public relations and marketing skills
: Planning, organization and work coordination and delegation skills
: Decision-making, project management and operational skills
: Effective working relationships
: Follow written and verbal instructions
: Effectively verbal and in written communication skills
: Payroll
: Accounts payable/ receivable
: Cold calling and Lead developing
Awards and Affiliations:
: The Association for Operations Management, Member
: Institute of Operations Management, Member.
: Best in Show, 4th of July Parade.
: Best Hair & Fashion show in Lexington. Reward received by “Paul Mitchell”.