Christopher Blake Watson
Roanoke
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Leader
PetSmart
01.2022 - Current
- Oversee daily operations of the store
- Review monthly Profit & Loss statements and respond accordingly
- Reviewed store wage budget and scheduled associates accordingly to meet budget goals
- Reviewed store sales budget and created merchandising plans to meet budget goals
- Oversaw the hiring and training of new associates
Assistant Store Leader
PetSmart
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Review and execute seasonal store transition
- Conduct monthly safety meetings and oversee store safety
- Managed in-stock levels by leading the truck delivery and restocking process
- Providing training to develop team
Inside/Outside Garden Center Department Supervisor
Lowes
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Oversaw day to day operations of department
- Maintained in-stock levels
- Managed and wrote schedules.
- Provided excellent customer service
Assistant General Manager
A.C. Moore
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Delegate task and follow up with associates daily
- Manage inventory in-stock levels through proper ordering and inventory auditing
- Review applications and conduct interviews with potential employees as needed for the business
- Oversee and form training plans to develop associates into future manager.
- Oversee daily operation of accounting office
Store Assistant Manager
Sam’s Club
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Created aggressive merchandising plans around holiday and special events to promote additional sales
- Wrote and oversaw department layout changes on a monthly basis
- Managed a team of ten people and supervised an additional thirty product demonstration associates.
- Maintained departmental company standards in areas of being neat, straight and clean
- Managed in-stock inventory levels and merchandise ordering
- Managed merchandise quality
- Coordinated processes and procedures with vendors for merchandising, special projects/displays and new product
Asset Protection/Loss Prevention Manager
Sam’s Club
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Oversaw environmental compliance
- Managed and maintained food and health safety standards
- Oversaw the shipping and disposal of hazardous materials
- Managed the store safety standards that resulted in a reduction of associate and customer accidents
- Created and implemented new forklift safety program to ensure environmental and OSHA compliance
Receiving Team Lead
Sam’s Club
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Oversaw daily operations in the receiving and shipping of freight
- Supervised the claims area, such as returned and recalled items
- Main forklift trainer and supervised forklift maintenance
- Highly proficient in researching and correcting any inventory issues
- Created and implemented a prevention process to reduce shrink on high theft items
Walmart
01.1999 - 01.2008
- Provided excellent customer service on a consistent basis
- Involved and assisted with numerous total-store remodels
- Ran Back-Room program as IC specialist. Maintained grocery receiving organization and stocking program
Education
B.A. - Criminal Justice and Sociology
Averett University
Danville, VA01.2007
Skills
- Received extensive training on loss prevention tactics and processes, as well as environmental compliance and safety procedures
- Virginia Food Safety Certification
- Hands-on, team-based, process-focused leadership Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership in team building, organization development, employee growth (trainer, mentor, coach)
- Excellent verbal/written skills and am very comfortable addressing and managing large groups of people
- Strong project leader and/or team member
- Possess the ability to identify a problem, formulate a solution and see it through to completion
Accomplishments
- Oversaw loss prevention of the store that resulted in lower total store shrink
- Managed and maintained no state violations or fines as asset protection manager.
- Established program with God’s pit crew that allowed the store to donate pallets to their organization which they exchanged for food for disaster relief
Timeline
Store Leader
PetSmart
01.2022 - Current
Assistant Store Leader
PetSmart
01.2021 - 01.2022
Inside/Outside Garden Center Department Supervisor
Lowes
01.2019 - 01.2021
Assistant General Manager
A.C. Moore
01.2013 - 01.2019
Store Assistant Manager
Sam’s Club
01.2010 - 01.2013
Asset Protection/Loss Prevention Manager
Sam’s Club
01.2009 - 01.2010
Receiving Team Lead
Sam’s Club
01.2008 - 01.2009
Walmart
01.1999 - 01.2008
B.A. - Criminal Justice and Sociology
Averett University
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