MELISSA MATTHEWS
**** ********** *****- ********** *****, MI 48304
*********@*****.***
Staff supervision Sales leadership Store management
Summary
Assistant manager and floor leader with experience in large- and small- volume retail outlets and
demonstrated record of excellence in providing service to diverse, female-oriented customer base
Retail sales history:
Coldwater Creek, Assistant Manager, January 2011 to November 2012
Supervise staff of 15 in store with annual projected revenue of $2- million dollars
Coldwater Creek, part-time staffer and then full-time sales lead, September 2009-January 2011
Drove floor sales in stores with annual revenues of 1-1 1/2 million dollars
Reference -Store Managers: Britt Sommers, Assistant Manager Amy Miller, 248-***-****
JJill, Key-holder/floor supervisor, 2002 -till store closed summer 2009
Coordinated customer service in stores with annual sales of over a million dollars
Reference- Green Oaks JJill managers-Store Manager: Sharon Peecook, Assistant Manager: Lori Gerkin
810-***-****, former Co-Manager: Sally Mueller, 248-***-****
Current responsibilities:
Staff management, learned to drive business results by maximizing daily sales plans,
controlling expenses and improving metrics through floor leadership, execution of
Coldwater Creeks' training programs, and continuous staff coaching
Financial-strived to maintain labor percentages by effectively utilizing right people right time practices
Floor sets-supervised and executed floor sets from detailed plan-a-grams
Achievements:
Coldwater Creek:
Received bronze, silver and gold star status for customer service in first year as full time lead
Completed Coldwater Creek University training
Implemented and supervised several outreach drives which contributed 50 bags of clothing to area
charities, over 300 personal care products for veteran's homeless shelters, and a pet food drive for the
humane society
JJill:
Completed Jill Skills, companywide strategy for promoting excellence in customer service
Technical and Education background:
Familiar with MS Office applications
Various POS systems
Eastern Michigan University, BA, public relations
Washtenaw Community College, Associates Degree