TIMOTHY ASBERRY SR.
Willoughby,OH
Summary
Upbeat, customer-focused Sales Associate with several years of experience in retail environments. Flexible and approachable, with strong organizational, and time management skills. Delivers memorable guest experience through welcoming interactions and extensive product knowledge.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Retail Sales Associate
Levin furniture LLC
Mentor, OHIO
12.2003 - 05.2024
- Used product knowledge to suggest items to match client needs.
- Completed transactions in an efficient manner while providing excellent customer service.
- Greeted each customer and offered assistance in finding requested items, helping boost customer satisfaction and retention
Senior Sales Associate Major Appliances
Sears Roebuck
Richmond Heights, Ohio, OH
- Kept customers engaged with positive, sales-minded attitude demonstrating pride in products.
- Actively participated in cross-functional teams aimed at improving sales
- Member of the million sales club for 7 years
- I was #1 in maintenance agreement in the region
- Exceeded department expectations for productivity and accuracy levels.
Outside Sales Representative
Sears Home Improvement Products
Richmond Heights, OH
- Calculated production, delivery, and installation costs to provide customers with accurate quotes.
- Followed up with customer to identify and resolve service, account, or technical issues and maintain satisfaction.
- Conducted market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs.
Beverage and Hospitality Manager
Red Lobster Incorporated
Beachwood, Ohio
- Effectively managed the bar to profitability and the host and wait staff to reach service goals
- Reduced beverage costs from 57 per guest to 39 per guest in three months
- Improved beverage profit margin from $1.37 per guest to $1.81 per guest in one year, which was $.07 per guest above the annual target and the highest in over a year
- Retrained and/or replaced host staff, which improved the lobby guest satisfaction scores from 32% to a very respectable 64% in three months
Area Manager
Hallrich Incorporated Pizza Hut
Stow, Ohio
- Managed all operations and results for ten retail restaurants with annual revenues over $6 million, defining priorities, setting goals, and obtaining significant results
- Re-directed marketing priorities, appointed stronger managers, and achieved substantially improved results
- Increased top line sales by 6% in a downtrending year and maintained profit margins while retooling the facilities
- Developed training plan that improved the transition of new managers and helped reduce turnover from 89% to 56%
- Conducted market research and reported on competitors.
- Identified and developed top talent to promote performance-oriented culture.
District Manager
Wendy's International Incorporated
Uniontown, Ohio
- Responsible for managing six retail restaurants in the Akron, Ohio area
- Proactively sourced, selected, trained, and developed management personnel to reduce turnover from 86% to 41% in fiscal 1994
- Developed operating and capital budgets along with an annual strategic plan that effectively improved sales by 6% in 1994 and 4% in 1995
- Improved scores on restaurant evaluations from 74% to 82% by creating an atmosphere of friendly competition
General Business Manager
Taco Bell Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
- Directed the management of up to 5 retail restaurants with full accountability for profitability and results
- Initially took over three outlets that were low performers and effectively increased sales 20% by improving customer service, rallying employees, and building sales outside the restaurants
- Able to bonus under performance based plan where bonuses had not been received in two years
Manager of Corporate Automotive Services
B. P. America
Cleveland, Ohio
- Responsible for the headquarters' fleet of vehicles
- Developed the policy and procedures for the acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of vehicles at minimum cost
- Developed and implemented capital and operating budgets over $1 million
Training Store Supervisor
B. P. Oil Corporation
- Managed three retail gasoline convenience stores
- Hired, trained, and supervised up to thirty employees
- Developed market and pricing strategy, vendors, and merchandising schemes
- Responsible for the field training, mentoring, and development of all training managers for the northeast district
- Audited and controlled the daily receipts with annual revenues over $3.5 million
Education
High School - College Prep
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland Heights- - Political Science
John Carroll University
University Hts, Ohio- - Business Administration
Cleveland State University
Skills
- Multi-unit management
- Tactical business planning
- Group presentations
- Sales reporting
- Negotiation
- Strategic planning
- Human resource management
- Employee scheduling
- Compliance monitoring
- Budget administration
- District growth management
- Marketing campaigns
- Business and operations analysis
- Sales management
- Team development
- Revenue generation
Timeline
Retail Sales Associate
Levin furniture LLC
12.2003 - 05.2024
Training Store Supervisor
B. P. Oil Corporation
Senior Sales Associate Major Appliances
Sears Roebuck
Outside Sales Representative
Sears Home Improvement Products
Beverage and Hospitality Manager
Red Lobster Incorporated
Area Manager
Hallrich Incorporated Pizza Hut
District Manager
Wendy's International Incorporated
General Business Manager
Taco Bell Corporation
Manager of Corporate Automotive Services
B. P. America
High School - College Prep
Cleveland Heights High School
- - Political Science
John Carroll University
- - Business Administration
Cleveland State University