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Melissa Green

Yukon,OK

Summary

Experienced operations manager with 15+ years experience growing various businesses, building teams, increasing profitability, and customer retention. Seeking to leverage strong operational skills and expertise to increase profitability for Toyota Material Handling.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Managing Partner

J.Galt
Oklahoma City, OK
08.2023 - Current

Empower business owners to develop their corporate credit profiles for operations without personal guarantees. This encompasses:

  • Sales commissions
  • CRM data management
  • Social media marketing
  • Team creation, training, and retention
  • Driving membership via channel partners
  • Establishing strategic alliances and partnerships with associations and chambers of commerce
  • Conducting both in-person and virtual presentations
  • Hosting business credit seminars for small groups
  • Strategizing sales approaches

Dual Multi Unit Manager

the Vitamin Shoppe
Oklahoma City, OK
10.2013 - 08.2023
  • Analyzes the business and creates/ communicates clear action plans that optimize results and ensures effective execution of all operational activities
  • Attracts, hires, develops, and retains top talent to achieve sales performance over established goals
  • Maximizes sales potential, market share growth & meets annual objectives/goals thru building relationships and customer loyalty
  • Manages controllable expenses
  • Travels to train new operations managers and ongoing product education
  • Manages inventory and loss through quarterly audits
  • Oversees promotional community activities, establishes relationships with other businesses, and builds upon marketing objectives
  • Maintains a professional and courteous relationship with customers and direct reports which fosters a positive work environment, embraces diversity, and supports a culture of healthy living.

Co-Owner/ Marketing, Operations & HR Manager/Buyer Specialist

Spec Ops Gaming Lounge LLC
Little Rock, AR
01.2018 - 07.2020
  • Secured Contracts with vendors and services to drive customer centricity
  • Purchased and maintained appropriate inventory levels to align with sales trends and data
  • Cultivated industry relationships/ partnerships to capitalize on opportunities that maximized business success
  • Monitored market conditions to set accurate pricing structure and take advantage of emerging trends in Esports
  • Established plans and budgets to measure results and devise solutions for improvement and cost reduction by approximately 40%
  • Evaluated financial statements and reports
  • Created and implemented marketing/ advertising plans to support company's revenue goals
  • Facilitated HR & business operations including workforce planning & performance management
  • Designed trendy interior enhancing gaming socialization experience on a budget
  • Product launches, product design & marketing

Store Manager

GNC, General Nutrition Center
North Little Rock, AR
05.2011 - 10.2013
  • Increased profits +20% by monitoring sales performance, controlling expenses, and eliminating wasteful behaviors
  • Improved store status from market worst to market best by implementing process improvements and identifying performance gaps for corrective action, education, and development of staff
  • Oversaw inventory management with cycle counts, audits, cash management and shrink control
  • Managed performance reviews & disciplinary issues

Merchandise Execution Leader

JCPenney
North Little Rock , AR
06.2006 - 06.2011
  • Led and supported logistics efforts
  • Supervised and led 5 department managers while overseeing performance and productivity of approximately 150 employees
  • Worked closely with District Visual Merchandiser and Store Manager to build store brand recognition strategy
  • Reorganized sales floor, changing product layout to optimize customer flow and improve product visibility
  • Updated store pricing, signage and merchandising based on current promotions
  • Cash room balancing & operations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising

Harding University
Searcy, AR
12.2005

Skills

  • Sales and operations management
  • Analytics
  • Prioritization planning
  • Microsoft Office
  • Financial aptitude
  • Recruiting, Hiring, Staffing
  • Coaching and development
  • Customer retention & acquisition

Accomplishments

  • Awarded a 2016 "EPPIC" Award as one of 10 top performing stores in the company for sales performance, low turnover, low shrink, and optimal expense controls.
  • Awarded a 2014 Regional Award for top customer loyalty performance.
  • Featured in Jan/Feb 2019 Issue of Local Magazine ‘Women in Business’
  • Six Bridges to Local KABF 88.3 FM Business feature special guest, April 2019

Timeline

Regional Managing Partner

J.Galt
08.2023 - Current

Co-Owner/ Marketing, Operations & HR Manager/Buyer Specialist

Spec Ops Gaming Lounge LLC
01.2018 - 07.2020

Dual Multi Unit Manager

the Vitamin Shoppe
10.2013 - 08.2023

Store Manager

GNC, General Nutrition Center
05.2011 - 10.2013

Merchandise Execution Leader

JCPenney
06.2006 - 06.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Advertising

Harding University
Melissa Green