Bryan T. Smith

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Kokomo, Indiana ****2

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Experience

District Manager- Ruler Foods, Kroger Company

February 2020 - present

Oversee 6 locations throughout Northern and Southwest Indiana

Driving double digit sales growth, with total sales over $37 million

Lead, develop and train over 100 associates, including shift managers and store managers

Leading company in payroll control, limiting overtime spend, and retention

Rolled out and trained company programs for in stocks, Handheld equipment changes, and workforce management program

Developed store manager into district manager, continual development of managers and associates at all levels to ensure succession planning

Store teams engagement scores above company goal of 95%

Drives controllable categories to ensure profit goals are exceeded

Resource for other District Manager peers

Store Manager- Lowe’s

September 2015- February 2020

Overseeing $40 million in sales with 160+ associates

Driving results for Market Director in 7th location, with a high ability to assess, resolve and plan long term results

Drove sales culture in multiple locations, hitting $50 million for first time in Bloomington location

Driving profit and sales and hitting team bonus

Developed and promoted talent to newly organized management structure

Established a clear culture of performance driven feedback, training, and merchandising to drive sales and profit

High ability to communicate clear expectations across all levels of leadership and associates

Maximize relationships across all tiers of leadership to drive company focuses

Recognized at National Sales meeting for volunteer efforts with Lowe’s Heroes Project

Exceeded company service goals and I am a leader in the district for service

Store Leader- JC Penney

November 2013 – September 2015

Responsible for 100+ associates and 7 hourly managers and 2 salaried managers

Driving annual sales over last year, strong cost control that exceeds budget and last year

Recruited and developed new management talent, developed associates to understand and drive business priorities

Positive turnaround of bottom performing store within 6 months, managed talent, and drove company standards with core standards and expectations

Elected to District “Warrior” by district manager for being great with communicating to large audiences, able to influence peers, and the ability use creativity to drive results across 22 district stores, including recognition, District goals, and engagement with benchmarking to drive sales in bottom performing categories

Area Coach

Yum Brands, Taco Bell

September 2011-November 2013

Multi-unit restaurant supervisor, overseeing 7 locations and 11 million dollars in sales throughout the Indianapolis area

Monitor and drive profitability, teamwork, staffing, sales growth and human resource functions for over 200 team members and management

Execute company programs and roll outs at a high level of expertise

Recruit, train, develop and engage teams at all levels

Excellent communication with senior leaders and headquarters personnel

Store Team Leader-Target

September 2008 –September 2011(3 years 1 month)

Increased sales over previous year 3 years running, 16%, 8%, and 11.5% consecutively

Supervise and develop an executive staff of 7+ and a staff of 140+ team members

Responsible for all aspects of big box retailer including sales forecast, profit controls, HR measurements, and Logistic planning

Decreased shortage every year, more than $20,000 the first 2 years, and $50,000 my last year through training and controls

Food Operations Specialist-Target

May 2004 –September 2008(4 years 5 months)

Instrumental in replenishment, communication, vendor partnerships, food safety and training for 76 Target stores, including 76 Store Team leaders and over 500 Executive Team leaders across Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and southern Illinois

Drove strong food sales results and company initiatives including: Green Food Safety results, same store sales increases in dry grocery over last year, 2.3%, reduced shortage in perishable departments by more than $600,000, and increased vendor scores from red to green across the group, in turn driving comp vendor sales by 4.1%

Developed and trained all new Executive and Store Team Leaders across the group, totaling more than 200, in food focuses, sales driving, food safety and creating vendor partnerships

Promoted to Store Team Leader at recommendation of Group Director

Senior ETL Food-Target

January 2003 –May 2004(1 year 5 months) Avon, Indiana

Responsible for all profits, training, and development of grocery staff in a $50 Million Super Target Store

Increased food sales by more than 15% over previous year by developing staff to order accurate, provide superior guest service and create a fun, accountable working atmosphere

Reduced “B”: markdown waste by 28%, while increasing sales and profit in payroll, sales, and team turnover

Promoted to Food Operations Specialist at recommendation of District Team Leader

Executive Team Leader Human Resources-Target

June 2001 –January 2003(2 years 1 month)

Reduced turnover in hard to staff store by more than 40%

Turned store from focus store to training store for all Executive Team Leader positions

Responsible for district training of Executive Team Leaders and Hourly Team Leaders in all areas of company required training, as appointed by District Team Leader. Moved training completion percentages from Red to Green

Executive Team Leader Logistics-Target

November 1999 –June 2001(1 year 8 months)

Excelled in freight management for low volume, payroll focus store

Moved store from payroll focus, to green productivity standards within first 6 months

Drove in stocks to move store from negative sales verse last year, to a positive comp of more than 2% for the last 20 months of my 24 month time period in role

Became district trainer for logistics Executives and Team Leaders due to excelling in productivity, morale, and location accuracy percentage

Education

Indiana Wesleyan University

BS, Business Management

2005 – 2008

Herkimer County Community College

A.A.S., Applied Science, Mortuary Science

1987 – 1989

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