Wilma Edwinnia Lawson

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Russellville, TN. 37860

(423) 258 - 1236 /winnia.lawson@ g mail.com

Proven environments. and loss inventory prevention retail control sales Maximize in order professional initiatives. to sales maximize and Ability with profitability performance. 35+ to function years through of within experience P&payroll, L, staff management, in controllable ‘big box” retail expenses, merchandising, and

Proven well productivity to the as operations a leadership customer and a of passion service background the business. oriented to perform, building team. through Possess a bench understanding a for personality promotion how that within company supports the organization objectives efficiency, relate as SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Customer Retail Budget/Operations Financial Service Administration Management Management Oral Sales Hiring and and and Written Margin Scheduling Communications Improvement Inventory Performance Team Building Control Management Professional Experience

Store -Team Leader

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet - Morristown, TN.

June 2020 to October 2023

Responsibilities and prevention preparing working annual and freight safety, include reviews receipts resolving hiring, as well to training, employee as the developing floor, scheduling, and merchandising, customer associates team concerns building, to build payroll a in unloading, bench a control, positive for receiving, promotion. cash and timely balancing, processing manner, loss My store team was exceeded 14% over sales planned goals sales for for three 2023. consecutive years and at the time of my resignation my Store Operations Manager:

Rural King - Morristown, TN.

May 2018 to January 2020

Directly responsible for interviewing, drug testing, hiring, staffing and scheduling the entire store and understanding, the aspects Barn company, associates Operations of of approximately store resolved through trained operations to include associate 75-and daily 90 audits. in developed walk sales the and Store thru associates, customer associates and Managers company assigning conflicts to absence. allow directives and daily them Also concerns, and and the responsible weekly opportunity follow and tasks was up for to responsible for Front for ensure store growth End clarity managers and for within Gun and all Assistant Store Manager:

Food City - Morristown, TN.

August 2015 to May 2018

Supervision processing as total store vendor of operations store payments, associates, in the planning store stocking, managers and merchandising, organization, absence. ordering, re-sets of planograms, front wall and receiving, endcaps as well Store Manager:

Stage Stores - Morristown, TN.

August 2010 to February 2015

Responsibilities with merchandising, within Managers employees the who district were delegation to included, to provide struggling assist operational, and with a welcoming follow with operations store up human environment of operations. and assigned resource, merchandise tasks, that payroll is traveled clean, training and neat, often loss for and prevention, recently to other organized, hired store worked visual locations Store closely Store Manager:

Goody’s Family Clothing - Morristown, TN.

July 1995 to February 2009

Directed open counseling, prevention aid in and their the closing future goals, delegation productivity functions, preparing development. and of follow daily annual approximately balancing, up, performance meeting 40-screening and 60 reviews associates exceeding and and hiring, in sales communicating a “big scheduling, plans, box” payroll, retail training, these store and to loss operation, coaching associates and to Education :

Walters January 2010 State Community - June 2010 College – Morristown, TN Forge August Ridge 1976 High - May School 1980 – Forge Ridge, TN