Manager Sales

Ronald E. Cambridge

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Winter Park, Florida, 32789

Mobile: 850-***-****

Email: **********@*********.***

Summary

Operations and Retail Management Professional with over 30 years of domestic and international experience

directing multi-million dollar budgets. Additional strengths include:

Total P&L Responsibility Experienced in Retail, Spa, Golf, Resort Operations

Forecasting & Managing Budgets Multi-Store & Departmental Operations

Develop Highly Profitable Divisions Developing Store Concepts & Design

Team Developer Problem Solver & Action Plan Developer

Creative Visual Techniques

Accomplishments

In 2008 & 2009 redesigned, built, and re-merchandised stores at Tanque Verde Ranch and Grand

View Lodge. Developed new assortment plans and bought and merchandised their four Golf Pro Shops,

developed e-commerce program for their Camp Lake Lincoln and Camp Hubert. Developed strong

logo and company brand programs.

Converted 8,000 square feet of meeting space into four individual shops in The Grove Park Inn

Resort & Spa’s “A Walk in the Park”. Responsible for format, design, construction, assortment plan, all

budgets, purchasing, merchandising, and visual presentations. This project from 2005 to 2008 came in

under budget and on time.

Responsible for the design of town buildings for Alys Beach, Florida. Decided Town Center mix of

stores. Responsible for the “feeling” of the town as far as signage, scale of buildings, landscaping,

parking, water treatment, marketing and leasing. In 2006 redesigned the pool kitchen area, open

customer center, and health & fitness area.

In 2006, a gourmet market and an up-scale marine gift shop for Palmetto Bluff was designed, planned,

purchased, merchandised, and visually presented for the village and the marina.

Helped redesign 19 store for the South Seas Resort as part of their after-Hurricane rebuild.

From 2001 until 2004 directed the design, merchandising, visual presentation, staffing, sales planning,

and budget for 8 unique stores at Amelia Island Plantation with a projected 2004 sales volume of over

$7 Million. Stores included a Ladies and Men’s specialty store, Home Accessory and Gifts store,

Company Logo store, Deli and Gourmet store, Christmas store, Novelty and Ice Cream store,

Nature/Environmental store, upscale Hotel Boutique. This project included overseeing the

reconstruction of the vendors for the Golf and Tennis shops. Created luxury products and initiated

company-branded products for a four-star Spa. .

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Started Duty-Free Company that had locations in the Caribbean and Central America in airports and

hotels, on cruise ships and airlines, for 15 stores and a total volume of $30 Million.

Operated and merchandised in-flight catalogue for TWA Airlines and the merchandised the Travel

Channel TV program.

Senior Vice President for May Department Stores (O’Neil’s Division) with a volume of $65 Million in

Sales. Sr. Vice President of Federated Department Stores (Jordan Marsh Florida Division)

overseeing the Home Furnishings Division that exceeded $150 Million in Sales.

Ronald E. Cambridge

Professional Experience

Village Concepts, Winter Park, Florida TWA Marketing, Inc

Director of Marketing and Retail

Managing Director

Federated Department Stores

Alys Beach Development, Alys Beach, Florida Senior Vice President and General Merchandise

Vice President Operations/ Town Center Manager

Manager Home Furnishings Division

Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida May Department Stores

Senior Vice President and General Merchandise

Director of Retail/Executive Committee Member Manager

Home Furnishings and Store Division

Buena Vista Hospitality Group

Retail Director

Duty Free Enterprises

President

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