Carrier Associate Merchandise Manager

Professional Experience:

Dollar General Stores, 10-31-2015 to Present, Store Manager, strategic planning and P&L management responsibility for 5 Million dollar Store, highest volume store in City. Spearheaded all sales, in store marketing, and business development training and initiatives; held autonomous decision making in store authority within areas of sales, expenses, merchandising, shrink, training and human resources.

Publix Supermarket-02-09-2012 to Present, College interim, Grocery Stock Clerk / Cashier/Customer Service Staff/Produce Clerk, and Sea Food Specialist Clerk. Responsibilities include: Front desk services, supply chain appropriation, shrink control, productivity maximization, quality products availability, dynamic selling and merchandising. Increased the store bagging counts and customer appreciation responses.

Irie Mystic Jamaican Kitchen-05-03-2012 LCC as the Business Developer to include: Customer service trainer, event coordinator, food cook and prepare, faculty facilitator, operations advisor. Insure that Restaurant is up to code with City Ordinances, Fire codes and Health Department Standards. Family Business.

First Impressions Clothing-06-15-2011 to 09-06-2011, Key carrier Associate, Responsibilities include: store operations such as opening/closing store, store deposits, merchandising and sales person, an internship, Family Business, while attending College.

Randstad/Electrolux-11-11-2011 to 02-03-2012, Linesman/assembly engineer of Maytag, Frigidaire and Kenmore gas and electric ovens. Responsibilities to include: team work, repetition stimulation assembling Manufacturing products in motion of production.

Dollar Tree Stores-08-06-2008 to 07-13-2009, Store Manager, full strategic planning and P&L management responsibility for 3 Million dollar Store... Spearheaded all sales, in store marketing, and business development initiatives; held autonomous decision making in store authority within areas of sales, expenses, merchandising, shrink, training and, human resources

Trane-(Commercial Air Conditioning Manufacture- 01-09-2008 to 08-04-2008, Linesman/

Manufacturing engineer of commercial air/heater units and Dexter Machine operator. Responsibilities to include: team work, repetition stimulation, quality control as you work towards the goal of the final product.

Coconut Creek Casino-(Coconut Creek FL) 03-19-2007 to 11-25-2007, Cash Operations Supervisor, Cash management, responsibility includes the daily cash flow in and out of the Casino. With 42 rotating cashiers around the clock, 24 hour operation. Sign off on all winnings in cash or check. Insure that all procedure related to the ICS (Internal Control System) and Title 31 is followed as expected by the Federal Government 1099 and W2 Tax regulations. Support the count team, Internal Technicians, Revenue, Accounting and Gaming Departments.

Save-A-Lot-(Sunrise FL) 08-23-2005 to 01-24-2007, Asst. Store Merchandise Manager, for Grocery, Dairy, Frozen, meat and Produce departments with Sales Management and Business development initiatives; at times held autonomous decision making in-store authority within the areas of production, expenses, sales, and administrative affairs. Recipient of the Company’s, SUPERVALU, Principles of Store Management class #21, 08-18-2006, St. Louis, Missouri.

Home Depot-(Pompano FL) 12-06-2003 to 08-20-2005 Hardware Department Manager, Entry level management/, key Carrier, high integrity position, Responsible for department sales of 9 million dollar Hardware department. Part of the Hurricane response team.

Ross Dress for Less-(Tamarac - FL) 12-04-2002 to 06-30-2003 Store Manager, with overall responsibilities, assisted in the new implementation of Metrics staffing. Computerized modular staffing that determines staffing needs base on customer traffic and production. Reduced the store 15 full time employee staffing needs to 9 full time employee modular design for 9 million dollar store.

Family Dollar Store-(Miami FL) 10-23-1998 to 12-02-2002. General Store Manager. Changed a 1.9 million dollar store with a 9.5 % shrink; within a year time period to a remodel expansion store from 10000sq to a 20000sq 5 million dollar store. Reduced shrink to 1.65 and build customer base up to 80% above previous years. Ranked number 11th most profitable store in the company out of 2000 stores.

T.J. Maxx- (Coral Springs FL) 11-27-1995 to 10-21-1998 Store Operations Manager

Caldor’s (Bensalem PA) 07-03-1993 to 11-01-1995 Hard lines Manager

Young World Stores- (Philadelphia PA) 1988 to 1993 Store Manager

Bradlees- (Allentown PA) 1984 to 1988 Soft Line Area Manager

United States Army 1976 – 1982, Section Sergeant of 19D10 platoons.

Associates Degree in Business Administration at Lehigh County Community College, Schnecksville Pennsylvania (1985 to 1987).

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Organization at Bethel University, Clarksville Tennessee (2010 to 2012). Attended College while working multiple jobs in an accelerated bachelor’s degree program in Business Management and Organization.

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