Anita Whited
Cumming, Georgia 30041
470-***-**** ***********@*******.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
A top producing sales expert with a proven track record. Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Skilled in establishing genuine rapport with prospects and clients. Ambitious professional with outstanding background in improving profitability, budgeting, customer service, level of automation, employee productivity, marketing strategies, and community involvement.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Associates of Business, American Institute of Banking, 1998
Georgia State Life/Health Insurance, 1998
Georgia State Annuity License, 2003
Fundamentals of Analyzing Financial Statements
Proactive Relationship Banking
Extraordinary Sales, Leadership, Supervisor Series
Branch Sales & Service Series
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chico’s
October 14-Present Store Management
Facilitates and manages all financial activities effectively to ensure maximum profitability and asset protection. Responsible for inventory management, expense/loss control, profitability, security, scheduling, training, and human resource functions.
Supervises associates engaged in sales, inventory receipt, reconciling cash, and promoting customer service. Monitors associate sales activities and production to achieve full potential. Models sales and customer service expectations.
Assists in recruiting, hiring, and development of store associates. Supports compliance with all applicable laws, operating procedures and controls: conducts training as need to reinforce proper controls.
United Community Bank
June 05-October 14 Commercial Lender II and Branch Manager V, Vice President
Manage and grow full service branch with deposits of $31.5 million/loan portfolio of
$18 million through effective sales, commercial and retail lending, underwriting new and existing loan portfolio, customer service, cross-selling, referrals and leadership.
Conducted proactive outbound calls to business and consumer customers to acquire loans, deposits and corporate services as well as aggressively manage credit quality, teller cash balancing, and operational compliance.
Manage and coach sales team to exceed sales and profitability goals. Responsible for building relationships and retention of high value clients, internal/external audits, expense/loss control, operational and physical security, scheduling, training, and morale of branch associates.
Regions Bank
February 92-June 05 Branch Manager IV, Vice President
Awarded “Chairman’s Club” for managing full service branch to exceed goals in Loans/Deposits/Fee Income/High Value Client Cross-Sales/Retention.
Manage a full service branch with total assets of $88 million. Responsible for training, morale and performance of a staff of 11 employees.
Responsible for sales goals, maintain and develop customer relationships, retention of high value clients, develop new business, scheduling, compliance/audit requirements, security, maintaining a “Strong” audit rating. Inspired and trained employees to be promoted to leadership/supervisory positions.
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
2013-Present: Leadership Forsyth Board Member
2010 National Mortgage Licensing System: License ID 798876
2009 Leadership Forsyth Graduate
2009-Present: South Forsyth Rotary Club
2011-2013 South Forsyth Board Member- Secretary/Family of Rotary
2012-2013 South Forsyth Rotary Monte Carlo Annual Fundraiser
2010-2011 Rotary International Project; Mission trip to Haiti. Co-founded a non profit “Never Enough Shoes”. Together we collected over 15,000 shoes which were delivered to Haiti.
2008-2009 “Strong” Banking Audit
2006-2007 Instrumental in planning, coordinating, and execution of the opening of two new locations of United Community Bank, Cumming Main Office in 2006 and Midway Office in 2007.
2006 United Community Bank Leadership Development Team
2004 Regions Bank Recipient of Leadership and Loan Production Award
2002, 2003, 2004 Regions Bank Chairman’s Club Award
1992-Present: Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Member
March of Dimes
United Way
American Cancer Society
Relay for Life
Past Member of Civitan
ALTA Tennis Team B-2
Mountain Lake Church Member
REFERENCES
Available upon request.