ROBERT DAVIS
Retired Landscape Garden Center Owner
Hillsboro,MO
Summary
Hard-driving business leader offering skill in strategic business planning and team development. Skillfully recruit and train employees at all levels to meet customer and business demands. Articulate, forward-thinking and resourceful in meeting unique needs. Self-motivated professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Manager
Marilyn's Nursery And Garden Center
Lebanon, MO
04.2003 - 11.2008
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions. Landscaping, perennials, planted annuals from seed, overseen all employees in selling and cultivating plants.
- Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions. Delegated work crews for installation jobs and overseen greenhouse operations.
- Designed and rebuilt a tired nursery in Lebanon, Mo.
Manager
Baisch And Skinner Wholesale Florist/ Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
07.1995 - 05.2002
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
- Helped design and layout a wholesale floral distributorship in a new expansion city
- Went with the owners to gift shows and wholesalers convention and helped buy product by offering my opinions about what I thought would sell in Phoenix.
Owner
Designs Of Distinction Floral Designs
University City, MO
07.1986 - 04.1995
- Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
Education
High School Diploma -
Madison High School
Madison, IL 05.2001 -
Skills
Profit and Loss
Timeline
Owner/Manager
Marilyn's Nursery And Garden Center
04.2003 - 11.2008
High School Diploma -
Madison High School
05.2001 -
Manager
Baisch And Skinner Wholesale Florist/ Phoenix
07.1995 - 05.2002
Owner
Designs Of Distinction Floral Designs
07.1986 - 04.1995