Experience

Country Oven Bakery

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Kroger

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Store Manager

  • Apr 2001 - Sep 2020

  *Develop and manage weekly sales budgets of $1,000,000*Ensure accurate inventories for over 37,000 sku’s totaling approximately $7,000,000 through daily, weekly, and yearly inventory audits*Develop, support, and maintain staff of approximately 135 unionized associates to perform all aspects of retail store operation*Supervise 9 department managers, 6 assistant department managers, 8 group leaders, and 105 associates *Calculate two month moving average of budgets for various Kroger entities (including Kroger Store, Kroger Fuel and Kroger Pharmacy) through trend analyses of previous fiscal year unit sales and tonnage/freight costs*Assess and verify inventory levels through computer assisted ordering to ensure accurate inventory adjustments from sales and waste, and FIFO*Manage third party vendors to ensure their timely, customer focused, demand oriented execution of orders so that accurate quantities billed match quantities received Responsible for profit attainment – monitor EBTDI – to ensure budgets are met, shrink minimized, and labor costs are appropriately determined to meet store needs and maintain positive sales trend *Determine daily Kroger staffing needs per department through considerations of factors such as freight tonnage and shipping frequency*Execute marketing and sales campaigns so that store is prepared for promotional sales items through necessary reconfiguration of store sales locations as well as through correct inventory, signage and displays to highlight sales items*Interview and evaluate job applicants in order to match candidate qualifications and availability to store needs*Conduct and coordinate employee performance evaluations through daily huddles, 30 and 60 day evaluations, yearly performance reviews, and other one-on-one feedback communications as needed

• Co-Manager

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2014

• Co-Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2010

• Kroger MD1 Trainee

  • Apr 2005 - Aug 2005

• Nutrition Lead

  • Apr 2001 - Apr 2005



Kroger Personal Finance

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kroger Sales Manager MidSouth Division

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2012

  *Managed the Kroger Visa Credit Card program for over 163 stores serving as divisional sales manager*Responsible for all aspects of Kroger Visa Credit Card program to ensure store level compliance of Kroger sales strategies*Generating new accounts through in store face-to-face sales to customers*Coordinated transition from MasterCard branded credit card to VISA by ensuring in store obsolete sales information discarded and new content available to consumers by working with local store leadership and personnel as well as Marketing planners. *Collaborated with General Merchandise Department and Customer Service Departments across Division ensuring store adherence to Kroger Corporate Standards for Gift Card Sales and Money Services initiatives: Western Union, Money Orders, and Bill Pay