District Manager

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Temple,Ga.*****

Cell 770-***-****

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James Swanson

Professional experience August 2008- present Total Wine and More Atlanta, Ga.

Store manager

• Over see total operation of 50,000 sf retail beverage warehouse

• Staffing, store conditions, and implementing all company policies

• Buying in all categories for store and maximizing QD levels for margin management

• Store merchandising

• Payroll, budgets and loss prevention controls

March 2002 – July 2008 Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Atlanta, GA

District Manager / Area Operations Manager

 Oversee total operation of 31 store district, which has grown from only 22 stores originally

 Staffing and training of all new Managers in District

 New store set up, merchandising stores for grand opening, and all licensing requirements.

 Oversee all visual direction for stores in all departments including soft lines and hard lines

 Insuring the highest of store conditions, standards, and customer service

 Analyzing all controllable expenses and creating action plans for controls

 Profit and Loss reviews and identifying problems and implementing plans for correction

 Responsible for sales volume increases, continuing profit increases

 A vast knowledge of employee relations including training, recruiting, new hire processing, employee retention and payroll

 Implement seasonal merchandising plans for each store

 Monitor all policies and procedures for 520 associates in district. Maintaining accountability levels from all upper management levels

 District volume runs over $40,000,000.00 per year with positive comps each year.

 District payroll runs on a 7.69% average and 3% shrink

 Systems management for all stores

2000- March 2002 Consumers Foods Springfield, MO

Regional Director

 Oversee total operation of 16 Upscale Grocery stores, with pharmacies, Meat Markets, Delis, Produce depts., Bakeries, Floral depts., and Video depts.

 Store volume ranges from $250,000 to $500,000 weekly

 Responsible for all perishable department sales, gross profit, shrink ,staffing and department layouts

 Responsible for total merchandising plans for stores

 Insure that all departmental resets were completed in a timely fashion

 Responsible for all store internal and external loss prevention problems pertaining to stores

 Insuring the protection of company assets

 Insuring all store maintain the highest of standards and the best customer service

 Staffing and training, employee retention, recruiting and payroll

 Profit and loss reviews, both quarterly and annually

 Reported directly to Executive Vice President of company

1996- Dec 1999 Bruno’s Food and Drug Atlanta, GA

District Merchandising Specialist

 Responsibilities include but not limited to 10 store district, follow through of weekly merchandising plans for all departments, buying and ordering of all seasonal goods, vendor negotiations and sourcing of best possible prices and deal terms

 Vast knowledge in contract negotiations

 Training of management teams in all departments on merchandising fundamentals.

1991 – 1996 Ingles Market

Produce Supervisor

Joined company as a Store Manager prior to promotion to multi-unit position as a Produce Supervisor

1986 – 1991 Bi-Lo Supermarket

Store Manager (1987 – 1991)

Joined company as an Assistant Manager and after 1.5 years was promoted to Store Manager

1980 – 1986 Food Lion

Assistant Store Manager

Started with Food Lion as a Stocker while still in high school, promoted up the ranks to an Assistant Store Manager.

Education 1981-1982 Augusta College Augusta, Ga.

1981 Harlem High School Harlem, Ga.

Office Outlook, Word, Excel, Quick Books, Uni-crew, Power point, Staff Scheduler XP, and XBR and SAER reporting.

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