Don Parker
Prescott Valley,Arizona
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Casino Shift Manager
Yavapai Gaming Agency
Prescott, Arizona
01.2021 - Current
- Supervises casino activities during assigned shifts.
- Works with various departments to ensure customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
- Casino Shift Manager ensures compliance with federal and state gaming regulations.
- Maintains visual presence on casino floor.
Branch Manager
Veritiv
Mesa, Arizona
01.2015 - 01.2020
- Managed on-site, day-to-day operations of retail/wholesale store and fielded outside sales calls to current clients and potential new customers.
- Coordinated profit/loss accountability, associate hiring, and coaching and training.
- Oversaw daily inventory purchases to replenish sales and fulfill customer daily orders.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining working relationships with warehouse divisions in Phoenix and Los Angeles.
- Responsible for conducting individual and joint sales calls with outside sales representatives to new and existing customers on a weekly basis.
- Monitored inventory transfers to and from other locations throughout the country via UPS or LTL including proper inventory accounting and vendor payment authorization.
- Receive, verify, and post payments to customer receivable accounts.
- Reduced location inventory shrinkage year one from company worst to top 3 best.
- Exceeded sales and EBITDA goals consistently year over year.
Store Manager
Ross Stores, Inc./DD’s Discounts
Mesa/Phoenix, Arizona
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Responsible for new store openings and supervised hiring, coaching, and training of crew of 50 new associates for operational needs of location from setup to grand opening.
- Handled extensive personnel duties, including recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training and coaching, job assignments, evaluation/assessments, and all compliance duties and corrective actions up to and including terminations.
- Selected to serve as regional trainer for largest payroll and scheduling application Ross has ever instituted, tasked with training all managers in the district.
- Achieved back-to-back years as top store raising money for Books for Kids charity program that company created and supported.
- Assigned task of training newly hired district manager in all aspects of store operations.
District Manager
Veritiv
Texas/New Mexico
01.2003 - 01.2012
- Coordinated on-site, day-to-day operations of retail/wholesale store and supervised nine additional stores throughout the Texas district.
- Handled profit/loss accountability, employee hiring, scheduling, and payroll.
- Oversaw inventory management to optimize customer needs and profit.
- Coordinated sales initiatives to continually expand existing customer base business.
- Repeatedly recognized by xpedx employer as a self-starter having excellence in managing all aspects of retail stores that support printing and bindery industry businesses.
- Awarded top store honors for company.
- Opened 2 new store locations successfully and over saw remodel of 3 current locations.
- Member of the Corporate Safety Council 2008 – 2012 providing guidance and feedback to and from the field operations.
- Member xpedx Stores Diversity Council.
- Manager Trainer for xpedx Stores Operating System.
Summary
District Manager with demonstrated experience managing company assets and developing people for future growth. Strategic planner talented in seeing multiple options for improvement, operational streamlining and potential growth.
Education
High School Diploma -
HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Skills
Multi-unit management
Consulting
Infrastructure expansion
District expansion
Business and operations analysis
Staff recruiting
Training and coaching
Decision-making
Budget preparation
Timeline
Casino Shift Manager
Yavapai Gaming Agency
01.2021 - Current
Branch Manager
Veritiv
01.2015 - 01.2020
Store Manager
Ross Stores, Inc./DD’s Discounts
01.2011 - 01.2015
District Manager
Veritiv
01.2003 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL