Mark Burton

Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii Carpenter

**/**** - ******* *** **** tools, including squares, levels, and chisels, as well as many power tools, such as sanders, circular saws, nail guns, and welding machines for building and remodeling. As part of a single job, build and set forms for footings, walls, and slabs, and frame and finish exterior walls, roofs, and decks. Frame interior walls, build stairs, and install drywall, crown molding, doors, and cabinets. tile floors and lay wood floors and carpet. Fully trained can easily switch from new-home building to remodeling. Paradise Companies Grants Pass, Oregon Owner

04/2004 - 01 2012 Owned and managed 3 companies under the parent company Paradise Companies including The Essence of Paradise a 7000 sf retail gift shop and home decor store. Paradise Marketing wholesale sales of merchandise to retail outlets. Paradise Homes real estate sales, rentals, remodeling, and flipping of homes. The Essence of Paradise

Oversee all of the daily operations of the store. Manage the store’s employees, including hiring, firing, performance evaluation, scheduling and assigning duties and responsibilities. Responsible for maintaining the overall culture of the store and to ensure the staff also represents and embraces the store’s culture and goals. Oversee the operational and organizational standards of the store as well as implement the marketing, advertising and financial strategy. Regularly review the daily weekly and quarterly financial data of the store to ensure the store and staff are meeting their financial quotas.

Paradise Homes Real Estate

Responsible for overseeing a team of Agents as well as brokering deals for the sale and lease of residential properties. Work with single-family dwellings as well as multi-unit complexes. Also purchase and remodel single family homes for profit.

Paradise Marketing

Oversaw the sales and distribution of products to retail outlets, including Walmart, Fred Meyers, Safeway, Albertsons.

CoreMark Distributors, Grants Pass, Oregon Numerous positions including category manager, Merchandise Manager, Merchandising Manager, Non Foods Manager

02/ 1995 - 04/2004

Wholesale distribution to convenience stores and supermarkets Overall responsibility to optimize sales for a particular group of products. With primary responsibilities of Vendor Management, Pricing & Marketing, and Planning & Inventory Control. Merchandise manager coordinate and communicate with company buyers on what items to purchase for a store's inventory. Make purchases for an entire store, Or a specific area, such as health and beauty or tobacco. Worked closely with the store's marketing team to ensure that products are given effective promotional 49-769 Kamehameha hwy

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Skills

Budgeting

Accounting

Finance

Marketing

Point of sales

Retail Management

Leadership

Ability to motivate

Delegation

Customer Focused

Multi task skills

Team player

Pricing

Inventory control

Staffing

Vender relations

Results driven

Strategic planning

Sales experience

Organizational skills

Computer proficient

Communication

Critical thinking

Merchandising

SpaceMan

Display building

Store Design

Customer service

Loss Prevention

Education

Bachelors of Science

Business Administration

So. Oregon University

SpaceMan Category

Management Nielsens

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attention. Set various sales goals and then work with regional and division managers and other employees to ensure that those goals are met. Work to satisfy their customers' needs while providing a positive work environment.

Merchandising Manager. Manages merchandising operations including managing 27 merchandisers. Developed objectives and processes to implement merchandising initiatives which include coordinating associated departments, planning budget needs and monitoring the company's merchandising system. Reviews and evaluates customer demand and sales trends, generates reports, analyzes financial performance, determines where to place products for sale. Supervises subordinate staff, provides corresponding trainings. Provided input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. Gave input into developing the budget. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments.

Jensens Finest Foods Palm Springs, CA Store Manager 09/1984 - 02/1995

Assign duties to staff based on their areas of expertise, to ensure that they make use of their knowledge to render best services in the store. Create a work schedule for staff to follow, seeing to it that they adhere strictly to their shifts and execute disciplinary actions to members of staff who are absent on their shifts and duty posts, to promote seriousness among staff. Increase sales by carrying out market surveys, researching consumer needs, to identify products that are high in demand, and make them available in the store to customers who are likely to purchase them. Visit competing stores to get information relating to products, styles, prices, and services, and implement details of useful findings in the store to improve the quality of service delivery. Observe market prices of goods to ensure that prices of goods sold at the store are not higher compared to what is obtainable outside. Looked for ways to reduce prices of goods, making them lower than those of competitors so as to attract more customers and be ahead of other stores in sales. Increase sales by embarking on sales promotions, showcasing products to customers at good rates to make them aware of all products available, and entice them to buy more while promotions last. Promote sales of new products by outlining their uses and benefits to customers, Handle customer complaints and returns in a cordial manner, creating mutual benefits to both the store and customers, and implement customer suggestions on how to render better services in the store. Answer customers’ questions about products and supervise the loading of products bought. Prepare workers’ performance report at the end of every month to evaluate their performances, identifying areas with low performances to work on. Maintain good hygiene by ensuring that the store is constantly cleaned by workers designated to the task.

Create a safe atmosphere by implementing safety measures for the protection of workers and customers, and handle emergencies promptly to prevent loss of lives and properties.

Awards

Nabisco national display

contest

Quaker international sales

Contest

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