Manager Sales

Dennis McCarrell

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District Manager / Store Management

Budget Planning / P&L Responsibility / Operations Excellence

Training / Team Building / Mentoring and Coaching

Fortune 500 Experience: Being fortunate to enjoy a career of 20+ years of

progressive expertise in management. This has included key positions with

well-known firms such as Wal-Mart, Dollar General and Office Max. Career

Track: Professional growth through such positions as Assistant Manager, Co-

Manager, Store Manager and District manager.

ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE/ TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT: OVER THE PAST 20 + YEARS

I HAVE UTILIZED MY OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE GAINED WITHIN MAJOR CORPORATIONS

TO OPERATE SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE VOLUME LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

BUILDING SOLID TEAMS THAT HAVE RETURNED RECORDS OF INCREASING SALES,

REDUCING COSTS AND PROFIT IMPROVEMENTS.

PROVEN RECORD: DIRECTED AND TRAINED IN ALL AREAS OF STORE MANAGEMENT

INCLUDING MULTI-STORE. EXTENSIVELY MANAGED VARIED P&L EXPERIENCE AND HAVE

CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDED COMPANY OBJECTIVES ACHIEVING DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH IN

SALES AND PROFITS. OPERATED STORES DOING OVER 100 MILLION AND DISTRICTS

OVER 23 MILLION IN SALES.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

TEAM BUILDING & LEADERSHIP / TIME MANAGEMENT / BUDGET DEVELOPMENT &

ADMINISTRATION

Personnel Development / People Skills /Inventory Control / Merchandising

/Training & Development / Labor Relations / Scheduling/ Office Procedures

/ Food Safety & Sanitation Courses /Word & Excel

Key Achievements & Skills

*ORCHESTRATED TURNAROUND OF DISTRICT SALES AND PROFITS FOR 15 STORES.

AFTER BEING ASK TO TAKE OVER A DIFFERENT DISTRICT FOR DOLLAR GENERAL AND MY

TEAM WITH TRAINING AND DIRECTION WAS ABLE TO INCREASE SALES MORE THAN $2

MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S SALES AND IMPROVED PROFITS BY OVER

$800,000 IN THE SAME TIME FRAME.

*TURNAROUND PROFIT DECLINES IN STORES HEAVILY IMPACTED BY NEW COMPETITION.

A PROVEN RECORD OF OPERATING STORES FOR WAL-MART IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

THAT WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY NEW COMPANY GROWTH AS WELL AS NEW COMPETITORS

OPENING INTO THE MARKET SEVERELY IMPACTING SALES. BY CLOSE CONTROL OF

EXPENSES, PAYROLL AND MARKDOWNS PROFIT AND SALES WERE BROUGHT IN OVER

BUDGETED EXPECTATIONS.

*OPENING OF NEW MARKETS FOR WAL-MART'S AND DOLLAR GENERAL'S GROWTH.

CONDUCTED 2 DIFFERENT OPENINGS OF NEW MARKETS WITH WAL-MART IN THE

DAKOTA'S. WITH THESE OPENING'S MY TEAM'S WERE ABLE TO BUILD A SOLID

CUSTOMER BASE THROUGH EXCEEDING CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS ON SERVICE THROUGH

CLEAN AND RECOVERED STORES, INSTOCK AND EXCELLENT CHECKOUT SERVICE. WITH

DOLLAR GENERAL MY TEAM DIRECTED THE OPENING OF 4 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN MY

DISTRICT. IN ALL SITUATIONS HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT WITH HIRING, STAFFING,

TRAINING AND RETENTION WAS THE KEYS TO SUCCESS.

*SKILLS: STRONG VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS. ASTUTE ABILITY TO

ASSIGN, TRAIN, AND MANAGE PERSONNEL; EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND

RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT SKILLS. FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE, WITH STRONG CUSTOMER-

CENTRIC FOCUS AND PROVEN ABILITY TO BUILD AND MOTIVATE HIGH PERFORMING

TEAMS FROM DIVERSE PERSONNEL.

CAREER OVERVIEW/ ENTREPRENEURIAL AND FORTUNE 500 EXPERIENCE

*DOLLAR GENERAL STORES - DISTRICT MANAGER 2003-2009

*WAL-MART STORES INC. - CO-MANAGER 1998-2003

*OFFICE MAX - STORE MANAGER 1996-1997

*WAL-MART STORES INC. - STORE MANAGER 1978-1996

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