Manager Sales

RICHARD GARY TAPPER

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West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322

Home: 248-***-****

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

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Procurement professional with extensive proficiency within the retail

aftermarket and sport industry fields. Additionally, senior level sales

executive with over ten years experience of extensive purchasing, inventory

control and logistics background. Highly qualified with excellent vendor

relationships and superb staff management, supervision and training

abilities. Able to function independently and as a team member, with high

level multitasking and organizational skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

B. J. Alan Company

01/2012-Present

Phantom Fireworks

State Senior Regional Manager

. Store development, inventory control, payroll, sales, and hiring.

. Trained staff

. Permitting

. Worked closely with landlords for real estate locations

. Purchasing

. Achieved sales and payroll goals

. High-level visual and presentation standards with ability to

understand store flow and productivity

Halloween City

6/2010-12/2011

District Manager

. Store development, inventory control, payroll, sales, and hiring.

. Trained staff for 6 locations.

. Worked closely with landlords

. Achieved sales and payroll goals

Bio Degradable Resources

2008-2010

Distributor for "Green" Eco-Friendly Products

Senior Sales Executive/ Regional Manager

. Developed and structured the company website

www.biodegradableresources.com,

. Purchase Eco-Friendly Green Products, coordinated customer

relation, developed buyer's catalog, and guided product selection.

. Oversaw the accounts payable department for receivables and

payables.

. Developed tier level pricing for our direct shipped customers.

. Our clientele grew from 5 to 18 vendors within a 6 month period.

Ultimate Soccer Arenas, Pontiac, MI www.ultimatesoccerarenas.com

2006-2008

Soccer & Lacrosse Facility- Built and constructed 18 million project,

largest soccer facility in North America

CFO/Controller/Facilities Manager

. Oversee accounts receivables and payables, Human Resources,

Computer hardware and software.

. Work closely with legal staff to secure $1,000,000 tax credit from

the State of Michigan.

. Instrumented and assisted with constructing a 266,800 square feet

sport facility in 5 months. Worked very close with all our

tradesmen's to make sure this project would be done by November

2007.

. Help build close relationships with our investors and financial

institutions. Aided in securing over $14,000,000 in loans and

private investments.

. Purchased inventory for the pro shop and Italian Coffee Caf .

. Secured $150,000 advertising dollars for the facility and helped

bring in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital to run our training facility.

. View some articles regarding the state of the art soccer facility;

http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/8-8-07/XS-

SOCARENA.asp,

Murray's Discount Auto, Belleville, MI 1999-2006

Automotive Aftermarket Retailer

Senior Management Order Expeditor-Procurement Manager/ District

Manager

Review all aspects of purchasing and distribution of merchandise, as

well as synchronizing logistics, store inventories and implementing

bill-back program.

. Collaborated with information systems department to develop an ad

merchandise program to raise the in-store stock ad inventory level

from 87% to 99%.

. Created and implemented a bill-back program for secondary vendors

and vendor violation spreadsheets to maintain a 96.7 % in store

fill rate.

. Purchased advertised and backordered merchandise, expedited orders,

responsible for inbound logistics, and resolved price discrepancies

with vendors.

. Increased vendor bill-backs from $320K to $580K during a one-year

period.

. Improved stock fill rate from 89% to 96.7% through vendor

communication and planning.

. Establish excellent relationships with vendors and vendor reps.

. Designed and implemented a cycle-count program containing over

17,000 SKUs. Over a 3 month period, each store will have checked

their on hand inventory for each sku.

. Directed a team of 25 personal to perform 18-25 store year-end

physical inventories.

. Key member of the inventory team to construct and instrument the

roll-out for a new stock ordering program called E3.

. Responsible for Finances, Budgeting, Purchasing, Inventory Control

and Vendor Relationship

. Recognized for attention to customer service.

. Director and organized the company car show. We had over 250

entries per show. The money raised went to local charities.

. Participated closely with corporate committees, HOP (Help Our

Personnel), Ad Program Kaizen and Merchandising.

EDUCATION

Michigan State University, BA, General Business / Retail Management

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE SKILLS SUMMARY

Dale Carnegie Seminars, Quick Book Pro 2007

Experienced and conversant in Microsoft Office 07, Outlook, Microsoft Excel

and Word, Power Point, and Publisher. Test results are available upon

request.

Member of LinkedIn.Com

Volunteer Work

Citizen Police Academy-2011

Gleaners Food Kitchen and The Friendship Circle.

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