Derek D'Costa: Business Management Consultant in Valley Stream, NY
Derek D'Costa
Business Management Consultant
Valley Stream | United States
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Peter Yatrakis & Ass0ciates
Business Management Consultant | 05/2012 - Current
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT (MAY 2012 TO Present)
• Reviewed 6 businesses — bar, bakery, hotel, gift shop, package good store, and home rentals and the startup of a new restaurant.
• Reviewed P&L's and identified opportunities especially with payroll, expenses, advertising and shrink.
• Installed Quick Books on all management laptops so that they can do daily entries on sales, payroll, expenses and cost of goods.
• Provided daily feedback and communicated with the owner on issues, opportunities and solutions.
• Shopped the competition and addressed advertising issues
. Set up night deposits with Banco Popular for all businesses.
. Shopped the main island, San Juan for equipment for the restaurant and expansion of the bakery and
Packaged goods store.
. Met with the Mayor to seek out opportunities to improve business and labor.
Nest Egg Kids
Project Manager | 12/2011 - Current
PROJECT MANAGER (December 2011 to Present)
• Supervised 6 people with the building and setup of an upscale toy store which included:
• Drawing up floor plans and the layout of the store, fixturing, displays and merchandising
• Recruiting, coaching and training
• Creating play set themes by age groups and learning toys, and creating an environment where children can play and learn and grow with educational and eco-friendly toys from Asia, Europe, and South America.
• Review P&L’s and identify opportunities to reduce expenses, control payroll, improve selling
Techniques, and drive revenues to increase profits.
Spencer Gifts
District Manager | 07/2011 - 12/2011
DISTRICT MANAGER, SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN (July 2011 To December 2011)
• Responsible for the overall efficient operation of the district, up to 6 stores.
• Building, merchandising and breakdown of all stores along with securing necessary permits, licenses and conducting all building inspections.
• Maintained company standards on in store appearance and in store experience.
• Recruited 7 managers and 14 assistant managers to staff all stores completely and followed up to make sure all training was completed of all associates.
• Worked with the store team on the proper techniques of merchandise stocking, reducing damages and defects and handling price changes to reduce shrink.
• Held management accountable for daily policies regarding cash and bank deposits, manage expenses, control shrink and use every opportunity to drive sales for success.
Toys R Us
Market Manager/Store Director | 07/2007 - 05/2011
MARKET MANAGER, Toys R Us EXPRESS (JUNE 2010 To MAY 2011)
• Responsible for the profitable operation of 13 Express stores through season.
• Implemented new Pop-up strategies and accelerated new store rollouts.
• Reduce expenses, integrate operations, improve productivity and control shrink.
• Simplify processes to provide an exceptional guest shopping experience.
• Enhance talent and staff all stores through recruiting, training and development.
• Ranked for the year in the top 25% of the Express division in sales and #3 in margin.
STORE DIRECTOR, TOYS R Us (2007- 2010) DOUGLASTON, NEW YORK
• Responsible for operating this urban toy store with a sales volume of $13MM.
• Supervised a staff of 4 managers and up to 175 sales associates.
• Hired, trained, developed and evaluated staff members at all levels.
• Ensured operational procedures, loss prevention, merchandise presentation, and execution of all corporate initiatives are implemented to the standards of excellence guidelines.
• Set goals on a daily and weekly basis for measurable metrics for all associates.
• Analyzed sales, metrics and profit to determine appropriate actions needed to be taken to achieve goals.
• Assisted with the role out of new company initiatives and helped with developing consistency within the district with signage and improving the overall shopping experience.
Payless Shoesource
District Manager | 11/1995 - 06/2006
DISTRICT MANAGER (1995-2006)
BROOKLYN 2003-2007 - QUEENS 1999-2003 - MANHATTAN 1997-1999 - BRONX 1995-1997
• Responsible for the successful operation of up to 25 stores located throughout the five boroughs of New York, representing average yearly sales volumes of $25 million dollars.
• Supervised a staff of up to 25 store managers and over 250 sales associates.
• Hired, trained and evaluated management personnel throughout district.
• Ensured adherence to corporate plan-o-grams throughout departments district-wide.
• Responsible for operational procedures, merchandise presentation and execution of all corporate initiatives.
• Visited 1-2 stores per day, checking store operational and merchandising directives; working with staff to correct issues, and coordinating training and recruiting.
• Analyze sales and profit results and determine appropriate actions to be taken to achieve goals.
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
• Awarded Pinnacle Award for 3rd Quarter 2005.
• Winner of "Brighten Smiles " a customer service award, October 2005.
• Awarded District Manager of the Year, 2002,— ranked #1 in sales, profit, employee retention, ROS improvement, and held shrink under 0.75
• Trained and promoted five managers to Training Supervisors.
• Consistently held shrinkage under 1% from 1996 through present.
• Awarded District Manager of the Year, 2000 — ranked #1 in best full and part-time retention, best overall retention, best UPT improvement and held shrinkage to .75%.
• Winner of the Buddy Sales contest, 4th Quarter 2000.
Education history
University of Waterloo
B.Sc. | 1979 - 1982
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