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Paul J. Costello

Saint Johns

Summary

Strategic thinker with a big picture mindset, exceptional training and development skills, and the capacity to energize a team of professionals by creating a resilient and innovative team culture.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Store Director

Target
06.2002 - 04.2023
  • Demonstrate strong leadership and foresight by developing a dynamic team of high performing leaders focused on achieving sales projections, operational excellence, inventory management, payroll management, and high-level guest experience. Establish solid foundation for success by forecasting sales projections, and labor requirements, and inventory demand to develop annual budget and operational plans. Employ refined relationship-building skills and collaborative mindset while managing customer experiences while maintaining a strong focus on customer and team member interactions, touch-points, and engagement methods.
  • Selected Contributions:
  • Expanded sales from $42M to $70M over 15 years; developed and advanced 16 Work-Center Leaders to Store Directors throughout tenure.
  • Helped store achieve third place across entire company in the area of fulfillment units.
  • Maximize productivity and provide vital structure by establishing clear expectations for team performance; highly skilled in implementing development and performance plans and conducting periodic evaluations.
  • Contribute significantly to increased revenue by directing merchandising strategy with a focus on creating engaging product presentations.
  • Shape a vibrant, productive environment by identifying and onboarding highly qualified candidates for key front-line and senior management positions.
  • Capture substantial gains in efficiency and productivity by coordinating incoming and outgoing product movements in alignment with merchandising strategies.
  • Streamline processes, clarify expectations, and improve consistency by implementing new procedures designed to target underperforming areas and systematic weaknesses.

District Manager

Save A Lot Food Stores
03.1992 - 05.2002
  • Generated energy and stability while overseeing daily activities at 11 locations across Florida.
  • Selected Contributions:
  • Contributed to corporate financial health by supporting each location in achieving financial goals.
  • Exhibited commitment and determination by verifying operational activities and completion of special projects.
  • Harmonized operations by building a dedicated team; identified and onboarded highly qualified candidates for key front-line management positions.
  • Additional Experience as Store Manager, Food Lion, Avon Park, FL.

Education

High School Diploma - Academic

Mechanicsburg High School
Mechanicsburg, PA
06.1981

Skills

  • Team Development
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Hospitality and Accommodation
  • Public Speaking
  • Merchandising
  • Customer Experience

Qualifications Summary

  • Experienced leader professional with the ability to ensure ongoing corporate success through a focus on high-level training, development of “best in class” processes, monthly reporting, and participation in special projects.
  • Collaborative team-player with high emotional intelligence and the capacity to coach, mentor, supervise, and lead activities; skilled in reinforcing structured disciplines designed to enable staff to perform at a consistently high level.
  • Exceptional communicator and change agent with a sharp power of observation, able to simplify sophisticated issues to make them easily comprehensible for a broader audience.
  • Ambitious, high-energy self-starter with a proven ability to plan, prioritize, manage, and complete undertakings within fast-paced, deadline-driven situations.
  • Motivated team builder, known to lead by example by adhering to core values in all day-to-day interactions with colleagues; skilled in hiring, training, and conducting annual performance evaluations.
  • Highly effective strategist with the capacity to use creativity to determine the best course of action for the organization as a whole through use of skills that transfer across multiple industries and positions.

Timeline

Store Director

Target
06.2002 - 04.2023

District Manager

Save A Lot Food Stores
03.1992 - 05.2002

High School Diploma - Academic

Mechanicsburg High School