Result-oriented executive with extensive experience in all phases of the business cycle. Major strengths include:
Client/Co-Worker Relationship
Sales
Organizing/Planning
Logistics
Analysis/Problem solving
Money handling
Coordinating/Team Building
Procurement
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Logistics Supervisor
Harbor Freight
11.2022 - 12.2023
Responsible for the store’s overall success by providing an excellent experience for each customer while protecting firm and following firms Standard Operating Procedures.
Opening and closing store.
Coaching and motivating associates for the day.
Money handling: register till floats/safe balance/total 'in-store' money balance reconciliation.
Supporting cashiers by providing change and tender pickups for safe storage throughout the day and creating nightly deposits for the day.
Working with customers on sales floor daily to get specifications on special orders for item’s not available in store or what item in-store best fit the customer’s needs.
Receiving and processing incoming freight, Directing customers to product in store.
Retrieving items from warehouse for customers.
After store hours executing and/or overseeing the replenishment of products, any corporate generated display, plan-a-gram, or pricing updates.
Smallwares Manager
Restaurant Depot
08.2020 - 06.2022
Responsible for the store’s equipment and smallware’s department.
Responsibilities included the inventory (order, tracking, and receiving) items on display to sell.
Replenishment of smallware shelf items and overall placement and appearance of department.
Working with customers to get specifications on special orders for item’s not available in store (special orders).
Included researching and determining what item best fit customer’s needs, creating bids, ordering and tracking delivery of ordered item.
Exceeded special order budget 'for the next 25 years), Increased sales from 19k a week to 30-35k a week.
Received $3,500 bonus for sales and appearance of department and several hundred dollars in spiffs for special orders sales.
E-Quip Restaurant Equipment
12.2003 - 08.2020
Company Overview: Owner
Buy and sell new and used restaurant equipment and supplies to sell to the public.
Testing, repairing and cleaning used equipment to sell to the public.
Maintaining Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, monthly sales tax reporting and generally running of business.
Working with clients to determine specifications, providing advice, RFI’s, RFQ’s, RFP’s and installation completion estimates for larger projects such as commercial vent hoods and walk-in coolers and/or freezers.
Assisted in opening several restaurants in the DFW area including the first 15 Fuzzy’s Taco Shops.
Working multiple jobs at one time and in different phases within time constraints.
Owner
Sr. IT manager
Maintenance Inc.
11.1996 - 07.2003
Responsible for the overall information technology architecture.
Successfully converted corporations accounting legacy system to a client-server.
Analyzing existing system, sending out RFI’S/RFB’s, selecting vendors and installing new hardware and software.
Major count manager running cleaning crews of 2 to 20 employees throughout DFW.
Walk throughs with customers, sales, scheduling and setting crews up.
President of subsidiary responsible for a 17 person crew that refurbished different types of stone (Marble, Granite, etc…).
Also responsible for a 3-person crew that power washed parking lots, entrance ways, sidewalks, etc…
Senior Programmer Analyst
The Associates
07.1995 - 11.1996
Responsible for maintaining existing and creating new software programs in support of the payroll system.
Successfully designed, tested and implemented the integration of the firm’s Canadian payroll process into the U.S. payroll process.
Successfully co-designed, tested and implemented a series of programs and equipment to streamline a labor intensive labeling system.