Lawrence Guest
Fort Towson,OK
Summary
Accomplished leader with extensive experience at Walmart, adept at driving sales and managing budgets up to $1 billion. Excelled in recruiting, development, and retention, enhancing team performance and reducing turnover under 33%. Skilled in problem-solving and inventory controls, consistently delivering on company expectations and fostering a culture of diversity and safety.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Walmart
- Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy, and reducing discrepancies.
- Generated repeat business through exceptional customer service.
- Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies, and forecast future needs.
- Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
Store Manager
Walmart
10.2023 - 01.2025
- Leading a team of up 400 associates, to be successful with managing merchandise and going above and beyond with customer service
- Managed budgets of up to 200 million dollars, to make sure the company was profitable.
- Maintained inventory levels up 15 million dollars very successfully through a team of dedicated associates
- Set effective store schedules based on forecasted customer traffic.
- Facilitate training for diversity, safety, inclusion. And customer satisfaction.
- Manage pnls and deliver company expectations.
District Manager
Walmart
01.2016 - 08.2023
- Manage up to 13 locations, also up to 1 billion in sales revenue. With a team of 4500 associates.
- Manage the pnls for every location, keep turn over under 33% .Facilitate training my store managers on diversity, finance controls, safety, inventory controls.
- Led innovations to become streamlined, effective and profitable
- Conducting annual Performance evaluations on every salary manager, in every location.
- Talent management with very detailed succession planning.
Co Manager
Walmart
08.2013 - 01.2016
- Approved regular payroll submissions for employees.
- Maintained team efficiency by strategically delegating daily activities, monitoring output and rewarding positive contributions.
- Performed regular reviews assessing each employee's performance and developed improvement plans.
- Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
Education
High School Diploma - General Studies
Watts High School
Watts Oklahoma 05.2001
Skills
- Recruiting and development and retention
- Driving sales
- Deliver Budget
- Problem-solving
- Inventory controls
Timeline
Store Manager
Walmart
10.2023 - 01.2025
District Manager
Walmart
01.2016 - 08.2023
Co Manager
Walmart
08.2013 - 01.2016
Assistant Manager
Walmart
High School Diploma - General Studies
Watts High School
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