Award winning manager

Mark Patt

Regional, District or Manager.

Summary of Qualifications:

• Extensive Store Manager Experience - Managed complex operations. Highly effective in assessing, motivating and supervising team members.

• High tech experience, Turned around operations, Public company experience

• Directed start up, Negotiated major deals, Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; effective negotiator. Experienced in growth firms

• Award winning District Manager for 4 states and 16 stores

• Well organized, strong planning and implementation.

• Professional reputation for prudent fiscal management.

• Exceptional skills in assessing business opportunities.

Accomplishments:

• Realigned existing staffing to capitalize on merchandising strengths while narrowing decreasing sales to corporate percentage in a declining market.

• Successfully hired and trained a professional sales staff. Managed 60 to 80 sales Associates.

• Opened and developed Bend flooring store from zero to $6.4 million in four years. Received numerous awards for controls at annual meetings

• Sales in excess of $4 million within 4 years. Consistently exceed annual store profit projections.

• Increased sales from $2.5 million to $4.5 million. Implemented training course for new recruits, increasing profitability. Developed “Excellence in Sales” training course.

• Managed all aspects of running a small business. Expanded market into Oregon and Washington.

• District Manager of the year for a 30% increase in sales in USA and Canada.

• Worked with American Greetings and other card vendors to achieve proper mix and flow of all products for a fifty-store chain. National paper products coordination.

Employment History:

Store Manager Shopko 8 Mths

Customer Service Manager Best Buy 1.5 yrs

Store Manager/Direct Sales Trinity Carpet Brokers 6 yrs

Store Manager OfficeMax #299 4 yrs

Store Manager Emporium Department Store 7 yrs

Road Manager Just a Branch 3.5 yrs

District Manager 4 Western States American Greetings subsidiary Summit Corporation 6 yrs

Vice President Hatch’s 3 yrs

Education:

Oregon State University Varied business courses

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