Kenneth Conkle
Mobile Phone: 239-***-****
Secondary Phone: 580-***-****
E-mail: **************@***.***
Summary:
* Team builder and mentor to my management.
* Proven comprehensive skills in operations and human resources.
* Expert knowledge in Profit & Loss and solutions.
* Experienced negotiator with unions.
* Aggressive in building sales and controlling shrink.
* I always strive for excellence.
* THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!
WORK EXPERIENCE
District Manager
June 2010- Present
RGIS Inventory Service
Responsible for daily operations of inventory services for 2 large metro areas.
Oversee 3 area managers, 15 manager team leaders, office personnel and 120 other employees.
Responsible for sales, marketing, schedules, human resources, vehicle logistics, inventory schedules, and profitability of my office.
Contribute as part of the pit team that reacts to negative results in area markets, travels to troubled market, contribute and access
the operations and bring stability back to the market operations.
Retail Manager
August 2004 - October 2009
CVS Pharmacy
Manager of 1 assistant manager and 20 store employees. Responsibilities
include merchandising and development of creative product presentation
throughout the store. I also maintain schedules, perform evaluations,
conduct training sessions, manage all sales departments, develop and
ensure completion of internal sales reporting, sales record analysis,
coordination between head office and group members. Accountable for the
store overall look and for driving store sales in addition to managing
in-store visual merchandising.
I am held responsible for the total profit and loss of daily operations,
sales planning, inventory management and product promotions.
District Operations Manager
May 2002 - August 2004
Walls Bargain Centers Tupelo, MS
Retail
Responsible for all aspects of daily operations of all Mississippi
locations. Overseeing all sales, P&Ls, Budgets, Schedules, Company
Directives, Expenses, Human Resources, and maintaining profits.
Achieved the best shrink controls and bottom line profits for the
2004 year.
Professional Service Coordinator
August-1999 - April 2002
Carter Healthcare and Hospice Clinton, OK
Healthcare Services
Responsible for effectively communicating with physicians, clients,
clinicians, and other employees. I coordinate patient care activities,
cultivate and maintain relationships with referral sources, have a
working knowledge of all Medicare regulations and guidelines, and develop
new programs and services
.
Manager
August 1985 - June 1999
Rite Aid Drug Stores Vacaville, CA
Retail
14 years experience in management and supervision of up to 35 employees.
Highly effective in motivating, evaluating, and maximizing staff
effectiveness and morale by promoting team work and accomplishments.
Responsibilities included forecasting and developing operating budgets
for salaries and expenses, implementing programs for seasonal moves, end
cap revitalization and daily work programs, as well as creation of new
programs for 1 hr-photo department, nursery department, seasonal
merchandise and pharmacy.
Successfully increased sales and decreased shrink throughout each
department yearly.
EDUCATION
Some College Coursework Completed, Business and Managerial Economics,
9 1985 - I have not graduated
Southwestern University Weatherford, OK
CERTIFICATION
Top Gun Award
4 1989
Rite Aid Drug Stores
Intensive 7 day training period for store managers under degrees of
stressful situations to show your abilities to react and achieve
positive
results of company goals and standards.
CVS Conversion Trainer
6 2007
Was chosen to become a CVS Trainer and sent to the Las Vegas market to
train new managers from the Osco/Savon acquisition. It was a 3 month
endeavor completed in record time and with very positive results.
SKILLS
Inventory specialist
Oracle
Taleo
All computer applications
Coordinator Expert
LANGUAGES
English Fluent
Kenneth Conkle
Mobile Phone: 239-***-****
Secondary Phone: 580-***-****
E-mail: **************@***.***
Summary:
* Team builder and mentor to my management.
* Proven comprehensive skills in operations and human resources.
* Expert knowledge in Profit & Loss and solutions.
* Experienced negotiator with unions.
* Aggressive in building sales and controlling shrink.
* I always strive for excellence.
* THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!
WORK EXPERIENCE
District Manager
June 2010- Present
RGIS Inventory Service
Responsible for daily operations of inventory services for 2 large metro areas.
Oversee 3 area managers, 15 manager team leaders, office personnel and 120 other employees.
Responsible for sales, marketing, schedules, human resources, vehicle logistics, inventory schedules, and profitability of my office.
Contribute as part of the pit team that reacts to negative results in area markets, travels to troubled market, contribute and access
the operations and bring stability back to the market operations.
Retail Manager
August 2004 - October 2009
CVS Pharmacy
Manager of 1 assistant manager and 20 store employees. Responsibilities
include merchandising and development of creative product presentation
throughout the store. I also maintain schedules, perform evaluations,
conduct training sessions, manage all sales departments, develop and
ensure completion of internal sales reporting, sales record analysis,
coordination between head office and group members. Accountable for the
store overall look and for driving store sales in addition to managing
in-store visual merchandising.
I am held responsible for the total profit and loss of daily operations,
sales planning, inventory management and product promotions.
District Operations Manager
May 2002 - August 2004
Walls Bargain Centers Tupelo, MS
Retail
Responsible for all aspects of daily operations of all Mississippi
locations. Overseeing all sales, P&Ls, Budgets, Schedules, Company
Directives, Expenses, Human Resources, and maintaining profits.
Achieved the best shrink controls and bottom line profits for the
2004 year.
Professional Service Coordinator
August-1999 - April 2002
Carter Healthcare and Hospice Clinton, OK
Healthcare Services
Responsible for effectively communicating with physicians, clients,
clinicians, and other employees. I coordinate patient care activities,
cultivate and maintain relationships with referral sources, have a
working knowledge of all Medicare regulations and guidelines, and develop
new programs and services
.
Manager
August 1985 - June 1999
Rite Aid Drug Stores Vacaville, CA
Retail
14 years experience in management and supervision of up to 35 employees.
Highly effective in motivating, evaluating, and maximizing staff
effectiveness and morale by promoting team work and accomplishments.
Responsibilities included forecasting and developing operating budgets
for salaries and expenses, implementing programs for seasonal moves, end
cap revitalization and daily work programs, as well as creation of new
programs for 1 hr-photo department, nursery department, seasonal
merchandise and pharmacy.
Successfully increased sales and decreased shrink throughout each
department yearly.
EDUCATION
Some College Coursework Completed, Business and Managerial Economics,
9 1985 - I have not graduated
Southwestern University Weatherford, OK
CERTIFICATION
Top Gun Award
4 1989
Rite Aid Drug Stores
Intensive 7 day training period for store managers under degrees of
stressful situations to show your abilities to react and achieve
positive
results of company goals and standards.
CVS Conversion Trainer
6 2007
Was chosen to become a CVS Trainer and sent to the Las Vegas market to
train new managers from the Osco/Savon acquisition. It was a 3 month
endeavor completed in record time and with very positive results.
SKILLS
Inventory specialist
Oracle
Taleo
All computer applications
Coordinator Expert
LANGUAGES
English Fluent