PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Intuitive, customer focused, and reliable professional, with competent background in business and operations management. Versatile and excel at prioritizing workload effectively. Demonstrates composure and professionalism in dealing with pressured situations and in meeting deadline commitments. Goal oriented with strong problem solving abilities, coupled with hands-on experience in sales and personnel administration. Enthusiastic in securing a challenging role and be a significant channel of a company’s growth.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Contracted by Mission Foods, in Bend, Oregon
Independent Distributor 2007-Present
- Successfully purchased a distribution business with focus on distributing products of Mission Foods to all accounts that existed within the boundaries around the territory.
- Oversee and ensure appealing and organized store presentation in 24/7 store operations.
- Monitor sufficiency of product stocks and appropriate product shelf displays, as well as extra back stock in receiving.
- Manage pricing of all items, displays, sales and order of products, maintenance, product inventory, and store oversight.
- Coordinate with store and department managers to ensure that there is enough space for new items.
- Work closely with the district manager to analyze current sales versus the previous years.
- Develop sales plans and strategies to increase store profits through store-by-store basis with extra displays, promotions, or a wider product base.
- Manage a warehouse space for incoming products and a truck for product transportation.
- Completed training in running a computer system employed by Mission Foods in order to track sales, write invoices/credits, and print out end of day numbers.
Costco Wholesale, Bend Oregon Warehouse 101
Cashier, Stocker, Forklift Driver, Trained as Supervisor 1998-2007
- Initially served as cashier with responsibilities of processing orders and boxing groceries.
- Appointed to work in the “floor” on an early morning shift, actively involved in keeping the products levels up and in keeping the warehouse presentable.
- Promoted to forklift driver tasked to organize depot deliveries, place new items, drop backstock for the stocking crew, and clear the floor of all pallets by opening.
- Chosen to complete a three-month supervisory training.
- Ensured efficient customer flow at the registers, resolved pricing issues, coordinated delivery of heavy items to the front by other departments, and reported and logged sales to management.
- Streamlined all front-end employees breaks, lunches, and end of shifts.
- Managed the daily financial operations of the store including the comparison of the day’s numbers with the projected numbers for that day, which were based off of the prior year’s averages.
- Prepared and submitted reports of the store’s performance relative to management’s projections.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
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Program in Business Management (41 credit hours completed) - 1999-2001
Relevant Coursework: Accounting, Algebra, Economics, and Business
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
Completed a three-month supervisory training and obtained a forklift certification program at Costco Wholesale
ACTIVITIES
Audit college level philosophy, apologetics, and theology classes