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Corey Myers
Qualifications
Innovative professional with 30 years of retail management experience and skills to drive sales and profit growth. Experienced in sales, scheduling, hiring, shrinkage control and associate/customer relations. Understands relationships between sales profit and shrinkage to budget control. Great leadership, communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem resolution skills. Proficient at training and development of Asst Managers and Co-Managers.
Experience
May 2021- Current Store Manager Lowes Inc North Augusta SC
Feb 2018- May 2021 Academy Facilitator Evans Ga- facilitate leader training
June 2015- Feb 2018 Co- Manager Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Nov 2013- May 2015 Dicks Sporting Goods Store Manager
Supervise total operation of entire store and train ASM’s. Control inventory and shrinkage to meet company standards.
Oct 1993- Oct 2013 Wal*Mart Stores Inc.
Store Manager Brunswick GA 2009-2013
Store Manager Augusta Ga 2004-2009
Store Manager Americus Ga 1998-2004
Increased sales from $104 million to $110 million in 2010
Managed 470 associates at peak time of the year
Exceeded sales forecast at 104% of budget
Improved inventory management to 102% of budget
Outperformed profit plan at 97% of budget
The store won 5 awards for 1% profit improvement for a particular month
Won Community Involvement Award for the Market 2006
2012 #1 Market store raising money for Tour de Cure- Diabetes
2013#1 Market store for Tour de Cure, 12 total stores
2013 #1 Region store for Tour de Cure, 108 total stores
1990-1991 U.S. Navy Active Duty
1991-1995 Reserve Status
Hospital Corpsman
Provide medical support to sailors and Marines at duty station
Served on 2 Aircraft Carriers- CV 66-JFK and CV-67 America Norfolk Va.
Outstanding Recruit from training center and selected by Commanding Officer to attend Naval Officer Training San Diego, Ca
Graduate of B.O.O.S.T. Program- Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training
Education
1987-89 Ga. Southern University
Biology Major
2 years football
1991-1995Savannah State University/ Armstrong University
Nursing Major
Naval ROTC
National Dean’s List 1994 and 1995
NCNSA- National Collegiate Natural Sciences Award 1995
NCMLA- National Collegiate Minority Leadership Award 1995
USAA All American Scholars Award 1995 United States Achievement Academy
The Presidential Academic Fitness Award
Training
Management Development Seminar- Leadership Foundations
Serve Safe Certification- Food Certification
Dale Carnegie Leadership Training
Dale Carnegie Effective Communications and Human Relations
Rincon Police Dept Loss Prevention Seminar Sponsorship
Professional Organizations
Former member of The Salvation Army Board of Advisors
100 Black Men of Augusta- Mentoring Organization
Former member of Glenn Hills School Advisory Board
Certified Richmond County BOE School Volunteer