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Top-performing management professional desiring to leverage leadership in strategic planning, business development, operations, brand management, and customer relationship building to drive revenue, profit, and market growth for an early-stage or established company. Thrive in dynamic environments requiring focused decision-making, strong business acumen, and the ability to build consensus among key stakeholders. Thorough understanding of the requirements involved in developing strong “go to market” strategies for successful launch of new products/services.

Specialties: Business Development; Sales; Revenue & Profit Optimization; Operations Management; Turnaround; Associate Development and Training;

•	Developed a market business strategy, growing sales 47% from $1.49 million 
        to $2.2 million in eighteen months
•	Created and developed Salomon North American Leadership and Change
        Management call
•	Identified opportunities to drive brand awareness increasing traffic 15% 
•	Set the division NPS standard of 88%, and Helpfulness score of 9.7 out of 10


Multi-Unit Manager

•	Joined Salomon to launch the first stand-alone retail outlet in North America
•	Partnered with the District Manager and Global Visual Merchandising 
        Manager to create a more logical and consumer friendly in-store experience, 
        impacting UPT with a 40% increase and an average basket with a 25% 
        increase within the following thirty-day period
•	Partnered with the Global Allocation Team to bring Salomon reproduction 
        product to the North American outlets, resulting a 478% increase in Salomon 
        Outlet apparel sales
•	Assisted in the planning and presentation of the Salomon segment of the 
        2017 and 2018 North American Retail Summits


Store Manager

•	Oversaw multiple departments with thirty direct reports 
•	Planned, organized, and lead all management meetings to establish a clear, 
        consistent direction for the business
•	Lead recruiting efforts to create a forty-two-member team with first year 
        retention of 75%
•	Controlled and managed expenses by coordinating with the IC and Visual 
        Department to ensure supplies, inventory, and fixture needs were met 
        without impacting bottom line results


Operations Manager

•	Drove business development and leveraged a partner relationship with the 
        independent Doctor of Optometry to increase sales and in-store traffic, 
        yielding a 25% percent sales increase in the first year
•	Analyzed business and OD traffic trends to drive sales volume and increased 
        profitability in the store, yielding a 15% top line profit increase
•	Rolled out E-schedule to a twenty-four-store market, hosted conference calls 
        and meetings, as well as provided ongoing support throughout the region
•	Spearheaded On360 Omni Tablet deployment activities for 24 stores to enable    
        effective change management
•	Organized and hosted Regional and Market training meetings for 50 managers  
        and regional leaders


General Manager/National Deployment Leader

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