Corey Sewell

Drive overall sales and financial performance for complex, large-scale facilities, operating from $60M-$90M in revenue throughout the Kansas City metro. Manage logistics and warehouse operations of facility. Direct all human resource activities, including hiring and onboarding, training, mentoring, evaluating, promoting and terminating staff, guiding 10-15 direct salaried reports and over 300 hourly associates. Regularly counsel and mentor managers to effectively lead team; support hourly associates and assist interested associates in developing opportunities for management career paths. Devise and implement specialized training and development, including diversity awareness, safety training, and compliance adherence. Multi-unit leadership through overseeing all store departments and holding leaders accountable for smooth operation of their "store within a store", including sales and marketing, supplies and inventory, accounting, merchandising, and compliance. Provide continually exceptional customer service, modeling and demonstrating guest standards to store associates.

Key Accomplishments:

• Began Walmart career as hourly inventory associate; steadily promoted through multiple levels of salaried management, becoming Senior-Level Store Manager in 2019.
• Chosen to manage two turnaround (troubled and non-profitable) stores, Overland Park, KS 2019-2021 and Bonner Springs, KS 2021-2023 due to stellar reputation as change agent. Utilized expertise in logistics, warehouse operations, and freight management to solve store specific problems and lead both stores to multiple years of sales growth and profitability.
• Devised and implemented specialized training in loss prevention and shrink control, which reduced store shrink over 75 basis points.
• Created and executed facility wide safety plans and training resulting in 50% accident reduction.
• Utilized available metrics, associate listening sessions, and "coaching by walking around" to analyze and solve associate engagement issues, retaining associates and reducing turnover 60%.
• Strengthened compliance training and enforcement of both company and legal policies, procedures, and regulations; improving stores from "red" to "green" compliance, evidenced by outstanding results in monthly audits and regulatory visits.
• Project management; Market Champion of "Pick Up Today/Walmart Digital" 2014-2015. Full store remodel in 2017. Led business/office transformation project in 2017. Oversaw installation and implementation of "FAST" unloader automated warehouse and inventory technology in 2018. Piloted "Flex Stock" initiative in 2019 and "Walmart In-home Delivery" in 2020.
• Developed skills in Event Planning, Crowd Control, and Emergency Management as Black Friday Annual Event Coordinator and Market Champion since 2010.