Edward Camp

Successfully and efficiently lead an over $160 million retail operation with innovative management style to maximize profitability and realize new revenue streams. Earning Store of the year awards and best in class achievements.

• Provided expert leadership to cross-functional teams;empowered department managers to effectively supervise, cultivate performance excellence, and sustain high employee morale and retention.
• Developed and deliver excellent customer service programs through high-level training, consistent customer appreciation initiatives, and greeting, assisting, and thanking each customer.
• Performed comprehensive operational and facility analysis to identify logistic improvements, and streamline inventory flow and shrinkage; implement proactive steps in appropriate corrective action.
• Launched exceptional recruiting, staffing and training programs to build and develop dynamic and highly capable teams; strategically leverage talent and allocating resources to regularly exceed business goals.
• Integrated leadership education and hands-on development strategies to teach, train, correct and empower all subordinate management and over 500 hourly associates.
• Optimize cash management; mitigate risks with keen attention to detail and enhanced security protocols.
• Established long-term rapport with key business partners, including vendors, suppliers and commercial customers.

• Proactively lead to ensure achievment of buisness goals in revenue, expenses, profitability, customer satisfaction, inventory shrinkage, and associate morale.
• Provided discipined leadership inclusing setting clear expectations and holding the team accountable for reults.
• Analyze budgets, financial reports and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing.
• Trained, coached and mentored staff to ensure smooth adoption of new programs.
• Established operational objectives and work plans and delegate assignments to subordinate managers.
• Monitored and analyzed sales records and consumer purchasing trends.

• Chairman award recipient for performance excellence. Top 10 in nation for performance index results.
• Monitor and analyze business trends across all stores within the district; develop and implement plans to maximize sales and meet or exceed goals within district for all Key Performance Indicators including sales,payroll,expense control and store contribution.
• Ensure company selling and customer service standards are upheld consistently across all stores in the district through effective coaching and training of Store Managers and staff.
• Recruit, hire, retain and develop a team of store managers and associates that achieves excellence in all areas of measured performance.