DAVID CLARK *** S Gatewood Valley Center, KS *****

316-***-**** adxfae@r.postjobfree.com

MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Strategic, challenge-driven management professional with a 30-year career driving profitable growth in challenging and competitive business operations. Outstanding communication, team building, and leadership skills. Customer-focused and results-oriented. Reputation for turning around flagged operations into profitable units.

Currently exploring new opportunities to bring expertise to an operation in need of a leader to:

— Drive revenues and profitability

— Develop and lead teams to exceed goals

— Improve market positioning and strengthen

bottom-line financial performance

Professional Experience

Kanza Coop Andale, KS

Convenience Store Manager 11/2021 to Present

Manages the daily operations of the store including:

Accounting responsibilities including payroll, bookkeeping, invoices, deposits, daily

reports and communicating with the home office

Working with vendors to ensure adequate inventory and ordering

Processing refunds, returns and contracts

Accurately maintains store logs and records

Marketing merchandise and developing promotional activities

Interviewing; hiring; training employees

Planning, assigning and directing work

Appraising performance; and addressing complaints and solving problems and

working with other managers to achieve maximum customer service

Ecolab Wichita, KS

Associate District Manager 7/2018 to 11/2021

Supervise 18 Service Specialist to drive service excellence, identifying and pursuing sales opportunities, coordinating district cleanouts, and performing quality assurance visits.

Cultivate a culture of accountability through managing and motivating team performance.

Managing overall service delivery to include responding to and handling urgent situations and timely completion of all business.

Build and maintain a strong team by effectively recruiting, selecting, developing and coaching Service Specialist.

Manage district warehouse process, employee inventory and perform quality assurance visits

Check Into Cash Wichita, KS

District Manager 2/2015 to 7/2018

Hold full strategic planning, operational, financial, sales, and marketing responsibility for 10 stores located throughout Kansas. Provide training and leadership for 10 store managers, oversee up to 25 employees, manage $2M budget, cost controls, and $1.8M in annual sales. Recruit and train employees, process management reports, and ensure adherence to federal compliance and company policies and procedures.

Increased book of business from $1.5M to $2.2M within one year.

Decreased customer collections 2.5% within one year.

Achieved/surpassed all operating and sales objectives.

Easyhome Rent to Own Wichita, KS

General Manager / Franchise Consultant 10/2009 to 2/2015

Led operational, financial, sales, and purchasing for one of the largest stores producing $100K per month. Managed merchandising, inventory, cash controls, purchasing, and customer service. Recruited, trained, and supervised employees.

Selected by management to relocate to various stores throughout Kansas and Oklahoma to turn around underperforming operations.

Provided sales training and business consulting services to managers for 45 franchise stores located throughout the U.S.

Successfully orchestrated a complete turnaround and revitalization of 4 stores.

May’s Drug Store Tulsa, OK

Photo Lab Director 1/1998 to 9/2009

Managed photo labs located within 25 drug stores throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. Directed all operations including photo lab operations, budgets, vendor relations, management reports, policies and procedures, facilities, capital improvements, and OSHA compliance. Led 25 managers and oversaw up to 75 employees.

Increased sales by 50% within the first 3 months of employment and generated 500% increase in sales over a 11-year period.

Increased sales by 50% within the first 3 months of employment and generated 500% increase in sales over a 11-year period.

Qualex, Inc. Wichita, KS & Tulsa, OK

Regional Managing Technician / Site Manager 2/1991 to 1/1998

Installed and maintained photo finishing equipment and related computer software for Qualex photo labs throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northern Arkansas. Provided training to personnel throughout Walgreens, Targets, and Dillons stores located throughout the U.S.

As Site Manager, managed photo lab in Dillons Food Store from 1991 to 1993.

Core Competencies

Multi-Unit Operations

Financial Management/$MM Budget

Revenue Growth & Profitability

Team Leadership & Training

Sales & Marketing

Processes & Procedures Development

Purchasing/Supplier Relations

Inventory Management/Audits

High-Level Presentations

Customer Service & Retention

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