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Edgar Gonzalez

Grapevine,TX

Summary

Professional leader with focus on strategic execution and team development. Adept at driving performance and ensuring operational excellence, with history of fostering collaborative environments. Known for reliability and adaptability, leveraging strong leadership and communication skills to achieve impactful results.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Team Leader Food & Beverage

Target
01.2023 - Current
  • Knowledge of guest service fundamentals and experience building and managing a guest first culture on your team
  • Knowledge of retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, freshness and quality, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies
  • Experience in setting and planning department monthly/quarterly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver on sales goals
  • Knowledge of the competition; leveraging insights to drive business objectives
  • Skills in recruiting, selecting and talent management of hourly team members and leaders
  • Drive total store sales, understand your role in sales growth and how your departments and team contribute to and impact total store profitability
  • Manage a team of experts in operations, accuracy and efficiency
  • Enable efficient delivery to our guests by leading pick, pack and ship fulfillment work
  • Develop a strategy and utilize your workload planning tools to complete all scheduled workload ensuring you are guest ready at all times
  • Conduct regular check-ins with your team to ensure completion of tasks and workload
  • Drive a culture centered in food safety; train, validate and coach team to deliver proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines
  • Lead an efficient operation to fund the sales culture
  • Oversee Food & Beverage Team Leader's workload planning including transitions, revisions, salesplans, sampling and promotions
  • Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
  • Manage a consistent experience for our guests by ensuring product is in stock, fresh, available, food safe, and accurately priced and signed on the sales floor with minimal disruption to the guest
  • Plan, lead and follow-up on organizational and operational change
  • Anticipate and identify changes in unique store trends
  • Develop and coach your team to elevate their skills and expertise
  • Establish a culture of accountability through clear expectations and performance management; actively develop, coach and train your team; anticipate staffing needs, talent plan and recruit – both long and short term
  • Always demonstrate a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance; lead team to work in the same way and hold others accountable to this commitment
  • Address store needs (emergency, regulatory visits, etc.)

Food and Beverage Team Leader

Target
03.2021 - 01.2023
  • Knowledge of Food & Beverage business fundamentals: department sales trends, freshness and quality, inventory management, guest shopping patterns and pricing and promotions strategies
  • Skills in planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support Food & Beverage priorities and deliver sales goals
  • Experience leading a team of hourly team members; including skills in interviewing, developing, coaching, evaluating and retaining talent
  • Understand sales goals, plan and execute daily/weekly workload to deliver on department and store sales goals and guest engagement, including: merchandising, pricing, transitions, revisions, sampling and promotions
  • Execute a fresh, full and food safe area during all operating hours leveraging strong inventory management, area routines and Food Safety policies and procedures
  • Assess Food & Beverage and Food Service (where applicable) backroom and sales floor areas; walk Food & Beverage Standards to identify priorities and develop business plans and assignment sheets; review reporting to identify business trends for follow-up
  • Ensure proper execution on all food safety standards and cleaning routines
  • Validate and follow-up on experts' progress against Daily Assignment Sheets and department checklists (Target Café and Starbucks)
  • Work a schedule that aligns to guest and business needs (this includes early morning, evening, overnight shifts and weekends)
  • Establish relationships with direct to store vendors to ensure service agreements are being met and areas are full and maintained
  • Lead team to uphold and maintain all Starbucks and Pizza Hut Brand Standards and foster a productive relationship with Starbucks DM, following-up on key takeaways from their time in store (where applicable)

Merchandising Manager

Five Below
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Oversee merchandise presentation and ensure all daily operations are consistent with corporate and seasonal changes
  • Directed and assisted in all floor sets by defining merchandise presentation, store sets, resets and location refreshes
  • Analyzed and determined product sales trend and how it relates to program placement
  • Maintained flawless store appearance through training and development of associates in visual standards
  • Assisted in the execution of store events
  • Empowered associates to achieve their very best performance through motivation and leading by example

Assistant Store Manager

Walgreens Boots Alliance
01.2011 - 01.2019
  • Developed and implemented promotional strategies to drive business success and maintained budgetary guidelines
  • Set schedules and delegated assignments based on team members strengths to optimize floor coverage and service levels
  • Completed frequent walk-throughs and direct team members to correct any issues impacting store appearance or professionalism
  • Achieved or exceeded business plans on consistent basis by engaging employees in key processes
  • Implemented merchandising plans to drive profitability collaborating with visual merchandising team to develop a strategy
  • Lead teams in planning, implementation and execution of merchandising and operating initiatives
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired individual demonstrating passion, dedication and added value to team
  • Encouraged professional growth and talent development in associates to increase performance in all areas
  • Coach and develop store associates through formal and informal interactions
  • Promoted and supported strong relationship with local community organizations in surrounding area

Education

Some College (No Degree) -

University of Phoenix
Santa Teresa, NM

Some College (No Degree) -

El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas

High school Diploma -

El Dorado High School
El Paso, Texas
01.2009

Skills

  • POS system operation
  • Merchandising
  • Creating store process
  • Building brand awareness
  • Leadership development
  • Strong communication skills
  • Excellent multitasker
  • Cash handling accuracy
  • Time management
  • Team leadership
  • Reliable and dependable
  • Relationship building and management
  • Goals and performance
  • Talent management
  • Bilingual

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Executive Team Leader Food & Beverage

Target
01.2023 - Current

Food and Beverage Team Leader

Target
03.2021 - 01.2023

Merchandising Manager

Five Below
01.2020 - 01.2021

Assistant Store Manager

Walgreens Boots Alliance
01.2011 - 01.2019

High school Diploma -

El Dorado High School

Some College (No Degree) -

University of Phoenix

Some College (No Degree) -

El Paso Community College

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