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Ryan Herington

Fairhope

Summary

Dedicated leader with almost 20 years of experience in supervising retail employees and team leadership. Well-versed in customer service, merchandising, meeting sales goals, and a diligent worker that wants to lead a successful team and contribute to the success of the company.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Store Manager

Walgreens
06.2006 - Current
  • Successfully led 30-35 employees
  • Maintained nationally recognized Pharmacy Certification (PTCB)
  • Alabama and Florida licensed pharmacy technician
  • Led one of the busiest stores in the Houston Region
  • Maintained accurate inventory for roughly $800,000 in merchandise
  • Led two different pharmacy buyouts (Kmart, Rite Aid)
  • Worked with the University of South Alabama to recruit business management interns
  • Selected to lead new assistant store manager training sessions on three different occasions
  • Successfully led the new Rite Aid store manager training session in 2019
  • Successfully led three different stores in two states
  • Led three different stores in different demographic areas
  • Successfully promoted many different employees to different job titles from pharmacy tech to store manager
  • Impeccable attendance record
  • Successfully collaborated with many different vendors to ensure proper merchandise is promoted at the right time and in the right locations
  • Led many different community projects
  • Set up and conducted many different offsite flu shot clinics at area businesses
  • Received met or exceeded expectations on every performance evaluation since being promoted to store manager (2006)
  • Successfully led conference calls and district meetings
  • Led and successfully completed two different store remodels
  • Selected as one of the top beauty stores and selected to have a beauty consultant to assist customers
  • Led one of the top 5 photo stores in our region. (Atlanta region # 18)
  • Assisted in disaster relief following Hurricane Katrina in Mobile, AL
  • Led a tier 5 store totaling 18 million in total store sales for the year
  • Accurately met budget for payroll for each pay period
  • Opened a brand new location in Pensacola April 2008
  • Comfortable with facilitating district and store meetings

Executive Assistant Manager

Walgreens
06.2005 - 06.2006
  • Interviewed and hired job candidates
  • Conducted performance reviews for direct reports
  • Learned how to operate and run a 24 hour store
  • Made schedules for employees in accordance to budget guidelines
  • Ran the store in absence of store manager
  • Continued my knowledge of pharmacy operations

Assistant Manager

Walgreens
06.2003 - 06.2005
  • Managed hourly employees and delegated tasks
  • Completed resets and revisions as needed
  • Assisted in the pharmacy when peak times occurred
  • Completed Excel series of training modules by deadline in order to be a candidate for promotion
  • Worked in three different stores under different styles of management
  • Built displays and sent them to our district manager along with gross profit results from the display
  • Learned how to operate different photo developing machines which transitioned into digital photos
  • Loaded and unloaded trucks
  • Checked in vendors accurately
  • Prepared the store for yearly inventory

Lowes Lawn And Garden Associate

Lowes
10.2002 - 06.2003
  • Cashier
  • Operated fork lift
  • Loaded large item for customers such as landscaping stones, bags of mulch, and Christmas Trees
  • Provided good customer service

Sears Warehouse Lead

Sears Roebuck
05.1998 - 10.2002
  • Loaded and unloaded trucks from around the Southeast
  • Lead shipping/receiving associate for the Sears repair depot for lawn and garden and electronics for the Gulf Coast Region
  • Processed bills of lading
  • Loaded merchandise carefully into large shipping containers/carts
  • Found delayed repair items for upset customers
  • Delivered merchandise to be repaired to appropriate departments and technicians in a timely manner
  • Learned to work and succeed as a team

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL
05.2004

Associate of Arts - General Studies

Pensacola Junior College
Pensacola, FL
05.2001

Skills

  • Sales expertise
  • Store display construction
  • Operations
  • Staff management
  • Individual/locational licensing knowledge
  • Merchandising expertise
  • Opening and closing procedures
  • Customer relations
  • Training and development
  • Accurate money handling
  • Vendor management
  • Product and service sales
  • Strategic thinker
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Goals and performance
  • Customer-oriented
  • POS systems
  • Merchandising
  • Order processing
  • Hourly shift management
  • Systems and software programs
  • Bank deposit procedures
  • Mathematical aptitude
  • Staff training and development
  • Team leadership and coaching
  • Maximizing profitability
  • Relationship building and management
  • Order management

Professional References

Dr. Ronni Cooper
Walmart Pharmacy Manager
10040 County Ro-d 48 Fairhope, AL 36532 (251)-990-9006
(870)-275-8050
ronnicooper@ymail.com

Dr. Ronni Cooper was my pharmacy manger at Walgreens for nearly 8 years. We worked together and improved our store's ranking to be in the top 10% of the company. Our team succeeded because of our great team centered approach that we collectively utilized while working together.


Lauren Howland
Payroll Coordinator
University of South Alabama
307 North University Blvd Mobile, AL 36688 251-460-6655
251-510-4400 lauren.k.howland@gmail.com

Lauren was a former Shift Lead at Walgreens who I worked with for around two years. I was able to train and develop Lauren in order to prepare her for an assistant manager position or higher. I enjoy building one's skill set and seeing them develop professionally.


Jeff Knight III
Division Deputy Chief MacDill Air Force Base 9211 Marina Bay Drive
Tampa, FL 33621
(813)529-9478
(813)808-4432
jeffknight1978@gmail.com

Jeff Knight and I worked in the same store at Walgreens. We both assisted each other in advancing our careers with the company and worked together in a difficult store but ended up training and creating the best work team ever.

Timeline

Store Manager

Walgreens
06.2006 - Current

Executive Assistant Manager

Walgreens
06.2005 - 06.2006

Assistant Manager

Walgreens
06.2003 - 06.2005

Lowes Lawn And Garden Associate

Lowes
10.2002 - 06.2003

Sears Warehouse Lead

Sears Roebuck
05.1998 - 10.2002

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

University of West Florida

Associate of Arts - General Studies

Pensacola Junior College

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