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Jorge Castillo

San Benito

Summary

Results-driven Store Manager with expertise in driving sales and developing high-performing teams. Skilled in budget management, customer service, and safety compliance. Experienced in implementing sales strategies, managing inventory, and fostering a positive work environment. Proven success in exceeding sales quotas while cultivating a motivated team and ensuring operational efficiency.

Overview

2
2
Languages
18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Store Manager

U-HAUL MOVING AND STORAGE
Hidalgo
01.2021 - Current
  • Balanced weekly budgets to optimize resource allocation.
  • Achieved monthly sales quotas for truck, trailer, and towing equipment rentals.
  • Hitting quotas for storage move-ins monthly. Serviced tires, straps, and electrical lighting on equipment each month.
  • Training and developing team to understand our sales goals, repair goals and move in goals.
  • Monthly meetings on safety training. Scheduling employees on a weekly basis.
  • Maintained facility cleanliness and organization to enhance customer safety and accessibility. to ensure area is clean and secure for customer storage.
  • Driving profitability, maintaining fleet and facility standards, delivering smooth customer experiences and building a reliable team.

Achievements: Certified hitch installer. Forklift certified. Certified in D.O.T. propane dispensing. Top storage move-in sales associate of the year.

Shift Supervisor

Starbucks
Harlingen
09.2019 - 05.2022
  • Led a crew of 6-8 employees to drive sales performance.
  • Achieve window time goals, deliver great customer service.
  • Read and react to flow of business to keep production at its max.
  • Resolved customer concerns to ensure satisfaction and positive experiences.
  • Handle crew members' concerns to make sure they feel supported and valued.
  • Processed change orders to ensure inventory accuracy.
  • Completed inventory orders and counts to maintain stock levels.
  • Managed daily operations in store manager's absence, maintaining service standards.
  • Manager of the morning rush accounting for 1/3 of daily sales.
  • Weekly meetings with manager to recap sales, performance, payroll, training and development and other opportunities to capitalize on the next week.

    Achievements: Got partner of the quarter the first quarter being employed. Promoted to Shift Manager from part timer within 6 months of being employed.

Sales Associate

Bed Bath & Beyond
Harlingen
07.2018 - 07.2019
  • Delivered exceptional customer service, assisting customers in finding household needs.
  • Resolved customer complaints and processed returns, ensuring customers received all desired items.
  • Met membership activation goals weekly.
  • Handling all cashier duties ensuring tills were always balanced.
  • Restocked and organized showrooms across all departments based on coverage needs.
  • Pre-walked store each morning before opening to ensure readiness for customer engagement.
  • Received deliveries and helped break down into departments.
  • Reset departments to reflect seasonal changes in product displays.

    Achievements: Number 1 in membership activations for 13 weeks in a row. Top 3 in customer activations until store closed.

Store Manager

Payless Shoes
Harlingen
10.2008 - 06.2018
  • Trained and developed employees to maximize sales potential by modeling effective customer service skills and sales tactics.
  • Ensuring great customer service to everyone.
  • Ensuring employees knew all promotions and knew how to deliver sales pitch.
  • Create action plans for employees to achieve sales goals, providing clear guidance and support.
  • Follow up with employees on a weekly basis in regard to sales goals.
  • Scheduled weekly shifts while managing payroll budget to align labor with sales needs.
  • Recruited additional crew members to address staffing shortages.
  • Executed store resets to reflect promotional changes.
  • Making sure store was always business ready before store opening every day.
  • Prepared the store for audits at least once a year.
  • Order all product supplies and in charge of opening facility maintenance tickets for store repairs.
  • Traveled with area manager to help other store managers create action plans for sales, training and development.

Achievements: Started at 17 as a part timer, was promoted to a full timer, assistant manager, then manager all within the first 4 years. Was the top assistant manager for the quarter. My store was number 1 in loss decrease in the district. Number 1 in unit per transactions sales for a year.

Education

High School Diploma -

San Benito High School
San Benito, TX
06-2009

Some College (No Degree) - HVAC

Southern Careers Institute
TX
07-2026

Skills

  • Sales strategies
  • Customer service
  • Store operations
  • Inventory management
  • Inventory control
  • Cash management
  • Budget preparation
  • Loss prevention
  • Fleet maintenance
  • POS systems
  • Operational efficiency
  • Safety training programs
  • Employee training
  • Employee supervision and motivation
  • Recruitment
  • Recruiting and hiring
  • Team leadership
  • Team coaching
  • Leading staff meetings
  • Shift scheduling
  • Payroll management
  • Goals and performance
  • Program implementation
  • Competitor monitoring
  • Retail merchandise quality standards
  • Retail sales techniques
  • Store displays
  • Work prioritization
  • Cash handling procedures
  • Problem solving
  • Employee terminations
  • Store procedures
  • Operations
  • Strategic thinker
  • Profit margin optimization
  • Store displays
  • Team coaching
  • Recruitment
  • Recruiting and hiring
  • Store operations
  • Store operations

Languages

English
Professional
Spanish
Limited

Timeline

Store Manager

U-HAUL MOVING AND STORAGE
01.2021 - Current

Shift Supervisor

Starbucks
09.2019 - 05.2022

Sales Associate

Bed Bath & Beyond
07.2018 - 07.2019

Store Manager

Payless Shoes
10.2008 - 06.2018

High School Diploma -

San Benito High School

Some College (No Degree) - HVAC

Southern Careers Institute
Jorge Castillo