Company Owner Responsible for Sales, billing, receivables, payables, promotions, presentations, merchandising to plan-o-gram and all store operations and procedures. Hired and managed12- 20 sales merchandisers in three states. Trained merchandisers to read a plan-o-gram and reset sections. Implemented food demos in stores to increase sales or to kick off a new item. Met all sales, budgets, and special event and contest goals.
1988- 1994 Best Products Murray, Utah
Sales Manager Started as hourly, promoted to dept. manager and to Sales manager. Hired and trained 50- 100 sales associate for all store departments. Scheduled for Sales, Hard lines, Returns, Camera, Toy and Jewelry depts.. Helped oversee Loss Prevention and store security.
1977- 1988 CW Silver Company S.L.C., Utah
Operations Manager Began as Inside Sales, promoted to Operations Manager in 1982. Implemented my own paper flow system. Increased efficiency 75%. Managed Inside Sales, Warehouse, Inventory, Payables, Receivables, etc. Sold Industrial Electrical Equipment to major Plants and Manufactures. Education 1974- 1976 Pacific College Parkland, Wa. B.A., Business Management and Electrical Engineering. Reliance Electric motors- Electrical mechanical systems. Eagle Signal Corporation- Switch gear and timers. Win smith Corporation- Course #1-N. Engineering power transmission. Cutler Hammer Corporation- Motor control engineering. Personnel Dynamics Institute- Organizational team building effectiveness. 1981- Dale Carnegie Institute. Sales course. 1982- University of Utah- Business, Sociology, Humanities. 1989- Best Products- Certification for Basic and Advanced Jewelry.
Interests Golfing, Camping, Fishing, Chess, Cars.
References Joe Bailey – Director of Operations Dev. 817-271-2980