Regional Manager Inventory Control

RAY BROWN

New Westminster, BC 604-***-****

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PROFILE

~ Regional Manager ~

An enthusiastic, competitive results-driven Regional Manager with proven and extensive expertise in private sector corporate and retail environments. An analytical industry talent who consistently delivers timely and efficient service that optimizes diverse project and product portfolios across a nationwide and reputable platform. A versatile professional with a progressive history of career success, spanning almost three decades of diligent performance. A tactical thinker who successfully forges relationship-building and strategic solution implementation to reinforce a distinguished record of process improvement. Adept at identifying key organizational opportunities that support overall business objectives, this personable team player effectively prioritizes and manages multiple tasks to thrive in high-pressure situations meeting deadlines, leveraging an aptitude for outcomes-based problem solving with a propensity for bottom line profitability and revenue stream growth.

Key Competencies Include:

Data & Report Analyses • Cross-Functional Communications • Workshop Facilitation Strategic Planning • MS Office Suite • Organizational Skills • Team Leadership Time Management • Client & Vendor Relations • Product Display Planning PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IMPERIAL PARKING 2019 – PRESENT

HEALTH PATROL MANAGER

● Manage 18 parking enforcement colleagues, hiring, training, scheduling and payroll.

● Maintenance for 5 vehicles, Mec/printers, cell phones and supplies ordered as required. LOBLAW COMPANIES, LTD., 1989 - 2019

STOCK CLERK (1989 – 2003)

GROCERY/HABA/NATURAL FOODS & SAP REGIONAL MANAGER (2003 – 2019)

● Managed 8-14 stores, containing 5 departments in each location (Grocery, Haba, Natural Foods, Bulk Foods, and SAP, with over $100 million dollar in sales each year.

● Described merchandising standards/display setup/marketing strategies to maximize growth and explained products/ingredients to staff and diverse customer base.

● Implemented natural food departments into 8 stores across Canada

● Analyzed daily sales/hole counts/P&L and other Analytic skills.

● Participated in calls with Western Directors, National Directors, and Category Managers for Grocery, Haba, Natural and Bulk Foods departments for changes in customer purchases. ● Held weekly interactive conference calls for Natural Value managers for all 59 Western locations ● Maintained, conveyed knowledge of exchange/return policies and security practices ● Ensured departmental price changes and promotional signage were completed daily RAY BROWN PAGE 2

● Assisted in 16 formal store inventories annually, ensuring accuracy and detail at every turn ● Corresponded effectively through written/verbal and computer communications to partners and colleagues using MS Office, Excel, Word and Power Point.

● Demonstrated fluency in targeted product promotions/deadlines; stayed abreast of current lines ● Generated, presented, implemented, and taught the construction of Plan-o-grams ● Evaluated performance, programs, and processes; documented and shared information ● Implemented selling strategies to influence, develop, and expand consumer purchases ● Taught individuals and groups in workshop settings; delivered original and developed content ● Explored productivity standards, engineering layouts, and marketing techniques to grow sale ● Travelled throughout Western Canada and across Ontario as required

● Attended administrative meetings; conducted in-store training sessions and staff meetings ● Wrote, adjusted employee schedules; revised pertinent paperwork

● Reviewed, generated paper work related to employee theft situations

● Stayed abreast of shrink issues and current prevention protocol

● Reported to management, senior management, on variety of statistical information ● Rolled out SAP to 8 stores and monitored efficiencies daily.

● Strong customer service/operational excellence/leadership/mentoring/coaching/training/problem solving and management skills.

● Participated in Department and Store Managers Mid and Year End Reviews and Goal Setting. Key Achievements (Projects):

● Led RF Gun CAO (computer-assisted ordering program) rollout program in 14 stores, resulting in significantly-increased process and labour streamlining across Western Canada, as well as procedural market share security across entire Canadian retail grocery sector

● Trained managers on Plan-o-grams (how they are designed/mapped/rolled out, and implemented), which greatly aided multi-site organizational imperatives, increased sales volume, decreased waste due to improved product rotation and feature

● Was instrumental in regional training package preparation for new departmental and store managers, ensuring improved compliance and stronger leadership at various locations

● Spearheaded “First Things First” (ordering and replenishment) program, which expedited stock procedures and freed up managerial time, allowing senior-level focus on other, more pressing initiatives

● Taught Backroom programs; demonstrated structural and logistical techniques for ease of stock provision and replenishment in complex warehouse sections, which ultimately produced safer, organizationally-superior environments

● Headed “Grocery Efficiency” project; conducted time studies on warehouse pallet-building, and then presented findings to help front-line industry staff optimize stock delivery, unloading, storage, and rotation

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

* Company-Sponsored Training Courses:

B3 – MANAGEMENT STYLES/LIFE STYLES & MANAGEMENT/COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIALS

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