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Chad Allen

Caledonia

Summary

Results-driven Market Field Manager with over 30 years of leadership experience in retail and field services. Skilled in driving operational consistency, managing cross-functional teams, and building strong employee engagement cultures. Proven success in capacity planning, process improvement, and resolving escalations to preserve customer satisfaction. Recognized for aligning enterprise objectives with field execution while mentoring teams to exceed performance goals.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Market Field Manager

Best Buy
08.2000 - 10.2025
  • Led operational consistency across Best Buy’s repair network, aligning field services with enterprise objectives and ensuring quality performance across X locations.
  • Directed and coached a team of X employees both onsite and remotely, setting clear expectations and providing regular 1:1 feedback that improved performance metrics by X%.
  • Cultivated an exceptional team culture focused on engagement, collaboration, and belonging, resulting in a X% increase in employee satisfaction/retention.
  • Ensured compliance with standard operating procedures, providing actionable feedback to operations teams that improved process efficiency by X%.
  • Oversaw workload and capacity planning, including schedule creation, PTO approval, and route management for X routes/regions.
  • Resolved customer escalations with timely solutions, preserving the customer experience and reducing repeat issues by X%.
  • Launched Best Buy’s first centralized delivery hub in Grand Rapids, MI, organizing the facility and streamlining appliance operations to reduce costs, improve route efficiency, and expand service to Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Southwest Michigan.
  • (If you have earlier Best Buy roles or other relevant positions, they can be added below with bullets adjusted for impact.)

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
04-1994

Skills

  • Operations Management & Process Improvement
  • Team Leadership & Coaching
  • Capacity & Workload Planning
  • Employee Engagement & Retention
  • Escalation Management & Conflict Resolution
  • Field Service Operations
  • Strategic Alignment & SOP Compliance
  • Customer Experience Optimization

Timeline

Market Field Manager

Best Buy
08.2000 - 10.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Western Michigan University