Bill Winkler

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Lewis Center, Ohio 43035

Cell Phone330-354-7549

E-mail acefs5@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I have extensive Retail Marketing/Management experience with a solid

background in all phases of retail marketing including budgeting and

all aspects of financial and inventory control; strong leadership and

people skills, supervised up to 385 employees including professional

and hourly personnel, excellent communication skills, and can interface

well at all levels of organization, including senior management. I am a

strong seasoned professional Manager with numerous years multi unit

experience and numerous years as a Training Manager developing future

leaders for the companies.

WORK HISTORY

07/2009-Present Once Upon A Child, Inc. Columbus, Ohio

District Manager

Responsible for up to 22 stores with sales of 20+ million.

Responsibilities include overseeing operations of district payroll

budgeting, sales and personnel. Other responsibilities include working

with Corporate Human Resource Manager in regards to recruiting

personnel for all levels of the company. Insure that all stores are at

company standards in regards to merchandising and buying. Perform

weekly walks and audits of all assigned stores and follow up on all

training. Worked with owners to develop and implement new concept

stores.

08/2007-07/2009 Kmart Corporation, Sears Holding Corp

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Store Manager

Responsibilities include day to day operations of the store, overseeing

90 employees both hourly and salary, managing the Regional Model and

Training store. Also worked directly with Corporate recruiting

department for on campus recruiting of interns and management

personnel. Accomplishments included turning profit in a store for the

first time in 11 years. Finished 2008 as the Top Regional Model store

for comps in the nation. Generated over 80% of District profit for this

period. District finished number one in the company for the year.

4/2005-8/2007 Gabriel Brothers, Inc. Beavercreek, Ohio

Store Manager

Responsible for store with 12.5 million in sales. Supervised operations

of the store with up to 150 employees both salary and hourly. Duties

also included training store manager responsible for overseeing

training of store managers and assistant managers with the Ohio market.

Member of inventory committee responsible for the implementation of sku

based inventories which provided company with better reporting and

ordering capability.

6/2002-4/2005 Lowe’s Home Improvement Columbus, Ohio

Store Manager

Responsibilities include day to day operations of the store, including

budgeting, P&L and overseeing 150 personnel both salary and hourly,

Annual sales volume of $43.0 million. Supervised store during complete

remodeling phase which lasted 17 weeks. Accomplishments including

turning store from $28 million to over $40 million. Lead company in

credit applications for 2003.

10/2000-6/2002 Dillard’s Department Stores Cleveland, Ohio

Store Manager

Responsibilities included day to day operations of the store, including

budgeting, P&L and overseeing 275 personnel both hourly and salary.

Annual sales volume of $40.0 million. Oversaw all Human Resource

aspects for the store.

4/1997-10/2000 The Home Depot Cleveland, Ohio

Store Manager

Responsibilities included day to day operations, all financial and

Human Resource aspects. This included P&L, budgeting and overseeing up

to 385 associates, both salary and hourly. Annual sales volume of $73.0

million. During my tenure with Home Depot I opened 3 new stores,

requiring constant contact with General Contractors, Vendors and

Merchants to insure timely openings. Also directly in charge of mass

hiring and training of new associates in new markets.

6/1989-4/1997 D.I.Y. Home Warehouse Cleveland, Ohio

District Manager

District Manager with 7 stores and 240 million in sales. District

responsibilities included Project Manager that included working with

senior Management and General Contractors on site locations and all

phases of construction. Responsibilities included working with vendors

and merchants on receipt flow and Planogramming. Managed budget

preparations and all aspects of hiring and training of new associates.

Duties also included all blueprinting of new and remodel layouts and

all operational buying for the company. Worked with MIS department to

implement new hardware and software systems when company converted to

the AS400 system. This included training of all corporate merchants and

store staffs.

CAREER SUMMARY

My career also includes May Department Stores, Buyer and Radio Shack,

District Manager.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Administration

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