Director of Operations, managing 14 New England Retail locations.
Resume:
Anthony R. Paratore
Falmouth, ME 04105
*********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Proven leader with over 38 years of management experience. Leading and coaching others to plan and strategize to maximize results.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Navigate Burlington, Ma 2017-current
Consultant- Gordon Brothers Retail. Implementing company liquidation procedures.
MACY’S DEPARTMENT STORES/FILENE’S Boston, MA 1978 to 2017
Director of Operations February 2006
Lead a team of six multi store operations manager, overseeing
all operational functions of 13 locations in New England,
consisting a total volume of $500.0m.
Reduced the shortage in the Boston store by $1.2M in 2006.
Was on the ground level in implementing the company’s
Omni/Promotional initiatives for the district. Training and
planning for the additional workload from the .com business.
Awarded the District Support Executive of the Year in 2013,
2014 and 2015. Also, was awarded Regional Support Executive
in 2014.
Took an active role in the company’s “Give Back Campaign”
for 10 years, which involved managing the District Grant
Program of $50.0K per year.
Div. Vice President/General Manager (Portland and Bangor) April 1990
Responsible for overseeing the management of the store
Including merchandising, operations and human resources.
Total store volume was $37.0.
Branch Store Divisional Sales Manager (Boston) February 1989
Responsible for merchandising Home, Children’s,
Men’s, Intimate Apparel, and Women’s Stores.
Total volume of $20.0.
Operations (Boston- Filene’s) January 1988
Responsible for the total operational functions for the
downtown location, including budgeting, merchandise
movement, shortage and store maintenance.
Divisional Manager of Human Resources (Boston) March 1985
Responsible of overseeing all employment functions
including hiring, training, performance evaluations and
benefits for 775 employees.
Monitored and controlled Affirmative Action plans
and recruitment strategies for exempt and non-exempt
employees.
Handled all labor relation issues and negotiated solutions with the
local union.
Human Resource Manager (Waterford, CT) May 1984
Responsible for the personnel functions for a new store
opening. These included hiring, training and communication
of policies and procedures for 250 new employees.
Operations Manager (Newington, NH) January 1983
Responsible for the operational functions for a new store
opening.
Managed and controlled store operations consisting
of security, cash office, housekeeping and processing.
Assistant Personnel Manager (Braintree, MA) March 1982
Assisted Personnel Manager with all employment
procedures,staffing and payroll control.
Sales Manager (Belmont, MA) June 1979
Responsible for managing the Children’s division, which
included scheduling, motivating and evaluating sales
staff and merchandising.
Assistant Sales Manager (Belmont, MA) November 1978
Responsible entailed stocking and merchandise presentation
for the Men’s division.
EDUCATION
Bentley College Waltham, MA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management
TRAVEL
Traveled and studied throughout Europe.
REFERENCES
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