Sales Manager
Resume:
Matthew T. Szajkovics
**** *. **** **., ***** Lake Beach, IL 60073
abhkro@r.postjobfree.com
Profile
Store manager with experience in retail sales, with over 10 years of
increasingly accountable positions for a multi-billion dollar "Big Box"
chain.
Skills
First-Line Manager of Retail Sales Workers in a high volume metro market,
recognized as a top performer consistently achieving sales/financial goals.
* Establish sales and profit goals
* Control expenses to ensure budget goals are reached
* Assign and prepare work schedules, duties, tasks, and responsibilities
* Assist sales staff in completing complicated and difficult sales
* Interview, recruit, hire, or discharge personnel
* Monitor and maintain inventory and ensure proper flow of merchandise
* Resolve customer inquiries or complaints
* Coordinate sales promotion activities and prepare merchandise displays
* Direct, plan and organize activities in a retail setting
* Enforce safety rules and regulations
* Establish work standards
* Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced
* Supervise and coordinate personnel
* Ensure all State and Federal compliance regulations are followed
* Trained in food handling, preparation and distribution to customers, in
accordance with state and federal compliance laws.
Experience
Blockbuster Video, Waukegan, IL 10/2007 to 9/2009
Blockbuster store Waukegan, IL
10/2007 to 9/2009
Store Manager with 8-15 direct reports
Closed this location through complete liquidation of all merchandise and
fixtures.
Wal-Mart 04/1997 to 10/2007
Wal-Mart store 5199 Antioch, IL
06/2004 to 10/2007
Ground up store. (Grand opened this location)
Assistant Manager for 6 departments with 40-50 direct reports, indirectly
supervised 400-500 employees in a high volume Supercenter with grocery
center. (200 million + annual sales)
Wal-Mart store 2816 Niles, IL
03/2000 to 06/2004
Ground up store. (Grand opened this location)
Manager for Tire and Lube Express center and automotive department with 15-
25 direct reports in a high volume, metro market store.
Wal-Mart store 2204 Forest Park, IL
03/1999 to 03/2000
Manager for Tire and Lube Express center and automotive department, with
20 -25 direct reports in a high volume, metro market store.
Wal-Mart store 786 Dekalb, IL
03/1997 to 03/1999
Ground up store. (Grand opened relocation store)
Service manager for Tire and Lube Express center, with 10-15 direct
reports in a high volume Supercenter with grocery center.
Achievements
* 1 of only 5 "Divisional Wal-Mart Store of the Year" 2006
* Lowest Tire and Lube division accident claim rate for the Midwest Region
2006
* "District Tire and Lube Express Store of the Year" 2005
* Consistently achieve annual financial/sales goals and quotas based on
volume, gross margin, payroll, shortage, percent-to-store and expenses
* Reduced annual shrink in an underachieving store by 85% within 1 year of
possession.
Education
* Associates degree in Biology, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
* 19 hours remaining for Bachelors
References
References available on request
Summary
Responsible and accountable for driving store business results by creating
a positive store experience, having the best employees in place, ensuring
marketing execution, and managing expenses.
Job Duties
1. Model, manage and reinforce service expectations of both internal and
external customers to maximize a positive experience. Reinforce an
environment that allows employees to do what is necessary to resolve
customer issues quickly and correctly.
2. Overall responsibility for achieving sales goals, creating a business
plan and setting store goals that are aligned with the strategic sales
plan.
3. Analyze store's financial data and take action to grow revenues,
control costs, and ensure appropriate inventory management (maintain
rental product and sell-through merchandise inventories) to achieve
sales and profit goals.
4. Recruit, hire, develop, evaluate and counsel store employees.
Schedule, organize and direct assignments.
5. Overall accountability to ensure that proper cash controls and loss
prevention procedures are in place and followed per company
standards.
6. Ensure the overall execution of merchandising standards and marketing
programs while maintaining a clean store environment.
7. Ensure all daily store required activities are performed per company
standards.
8. Perform other duties as assigned.
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