Sales Manager

Gary D. Scruitsky

**** ******** *****, ****** *****, NC 28079

(H) 704-***-**** (C) 215-***-****

**********@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/garyscruitsky

Summary of Qualifications: I am a focused and dedicated manager with over twenty years of management

experience with a proven track record of success. I have established business expertise in the vertical industries of

fashion, general merchandising, logistics, retail and food service. I pride myself at being skilled at problem solving and

conflict resolution with the ability to encourage teamwork. My managers have recognized me as being an o rganized

hands-on leader who motivates, trains, and provides guidance to various teams to ensure co nsistent results.

Achievements

Earned the Golden Contribution award for 8 years by achieving sales and payroll goals for the year.

Transitioned two struggling Target stores over 18 month periods into Golden Contribution stores.

Selected as a turn-around expert to assist 10 stores with attaining their sales, payroll and performance goals.

Achieved an inventory shortage goal of under 1.5% as the Inventory Captain for 6 stores, inventorying over 5M dollars

of merchandise.

Managed the successful opening of 4 new Target stores.

Received an excellent annual review 11 straight years running.

Work Experience

Target, 72 billion in annual revenue (Charlotte, NC) – June 2001 to Present

Executive Team Leader-Sales Floor/Guest Experience

Hire, train and evaluate the performance of over 130 team members.

Achieve $42M in annual sales and payroll goals.

Manage the team to ensure ad sets, sales plans, transitions, revisions and adjacency changes are completed 100%

and in a timely manner.

Maintain the relationships of over 20 venders and hold them accountable for maintaining appropriate stock levels.

Assure that all guest experience scores are achieved for the entire store.

Ensure that all food safety, sanitation, personal protective equipment and cross contamination a re followed while

producing, displaying, holding and storing of food items.

Ensure that the store is 100% compliant with all Pizza Hut and Starbucks guidelines.

Executive Team Leader-Remodel

Ensured that all sets and merchandise moves followed their sequence schedules and timelines for two different

stores.

Maintained all security measures for both store and construction teams.

Hired, trained and supervised 30 team members of the remodel team.

Communicated with the general contractor, fixture contractor and store teams to plan and ensure that all schedules

were maintained as well as address any issues.

Maintained timelines and payroll goals for both remodels.

Executive Team Leader-Logistics

Hired, trained and achieved the productivity goals of over 60 team members.

Received on average 6-8 trucks a week of over 40M dollars in merchandise annually.

Ensured the timely execution of all replenishment and backroom best practices to ensure that the sales floor was full

at all times.

Managed and prioritized all workload, ensuring each process is properly sequenced including pre -tie, push, auto-fill,

back stock, and research.

Managed the receiving process of timely and accurate receipts and credits for all venders and direct to store

deliveries.

Ensured that all safety guidelines were followed and goals were achieved as Store Safety Captain.

Gary D. Scruitsky

(H) 704-***-**** (C) 215-***-****

**********@*****.***

Work Experience (Continued)

Executive Team Leader-Softlines

Maintained all apparel and accessories operations including all visual adjacency sets, merchandising, branding and in

stocks.

Oversaw that the price accuracy team and competitive shop team member completed all price change workloads

100% and on time.

Ensured that the prep and execution of all ad signing was 100% completed and audited on a daily basis.

Executive Team Leader-Hardlines

Maintained all hardlines operations including all planogram sets, merchandising, branding and in stocks.

Managed presentation team in ensuring that all planograms, revisions and sales planners are set as per best practice.

Led the electronics team in ensuring that guest survey and accessory attachment rate scores were achieved.

Executive Team Leader-Replenishment

Maintained all operations of an offsite warehouse including staffing and transporting of merchandise.

Ensured that the receiving and reverse logistics outbound processes are executed in a timely and accurate manner.

Made sure teams were utilizing all appropriate replenishment types to keep the sales floor full throughout the day;

made sure all system-generated auto-fills are pulled and stocked within one hour.

Today’s Man, 263 million in annual revenue (Montgomeryville, PA) - February 1999 to June 2001

Store Manager

Designed and implemented the first employee executed inventory project, inventorying 100,000 items.

Supervised and directed forty store associates in the completion of their duties.

Hired, scheduled, trained, mentored, motivated and disciplined store associates.

Monitored and controlled $9M in revenues per year and all associated financial results.

Audited all inbound and outbound merchandise.

Strived for 100% customer satisfaction with the store average rating of 95%.

Education

The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Bachelor of Science, May 1993

Major: Administration of Justice

Minors: Business and History

Certification and Expertise

Leadership Academy

Management Training Institute

Executive Development Institute

Food Safety Certification

Internship in Loss Prevention

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