Denise Dingle: Director of Retail in San Diego , CA

- Facilitate training of new managers, internal and external, for 12 stores in the San Diego/Orange County market - Store profitability; own P & L, drive higher margin product and control budgets to maintain a constant profit - Consistent business analysis; analyze KPI's, comp numbers and sell thru reports for opportunity on how to maximize profit, conduct coaching sessions on product knowledge and sales techniques - Maintain budgets and variable expenses including payroll, travel, repairs, and supply orders - Maintain low shrink each inventory period and develop strategies to further lower shrink, lowest shrink .34% - Store selected as test store in district to conduct self-inventory; zero errors, program was efficient and rolled out to entire district the following inventory - Clientele program: build and strengthen client relations by utilizing company clientele program, appointment business, rewards program, in store client events and grassroots efforts to drive store loyalty - Own the client experience and drive client loyalty through World Class Service, in the moment coaching, roll plays - HR functions: Recruit, hire, train, coach, and terminations - Administer monthly employee development agendas, mid-year and annual reviews - Maintain a low employee turnover and proven succession of management - Won countless management contests including a company wide sales performance contest, in which I was sent to New York for Fashion Week and attended the Bebe Style 360 event.

- Store development: achieved sales goals set by corporate and created strategy to exceed comp numbers - Sales analysis of bottom line, profits and loss, cost, budgets, expense reports - Analyzed sell thru reports to maximize profit, ordered off-price product to pad margins - Maintained budgets and variable expenses including payroll, supply orders, store repairs, events, travel - Loss prevention; maintained low shrink and developed strategies to further lower shrink - Conducted open to buy and product purchases; adjusting as needed per stores needs and sell thru trends, promo product and off price buy ins for holidays and promotions - Attended trade shows, saw product lines to assist with forecasting product trends - Set merchandise directives for both my own store and assisted in merchandise set up for other locations to drive profitability. - Trained and developed a peer manager who in turn took over merchandising for retail division - HR functions: Recruit, hire, train, coach, and terminate - Administer in-store quarterly meetings, attended yearly corporate sales meetings and "retail-roundtable" - Implemented new procedures, policies and worked with corporate team to streamline operations - Traveled to other locations to open a new store; hire and train staff, set merchandising, general operations - Traveled to other locations to oversee inventory procedures