
Assistant Store Manager at Apple Retail
Greater Milwaukee Area

Assistant Store Manager at Apple Retail
Greater Milwaukee Area
A highly experienced customer service professional with proven success in a retail environment who has been successful in training and leading a staff to attract new customers while retaining highly satisfied, existing customers and consistently met sales goals by increasing customer satisfaction metrics.
New Store Opening, Training
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Retail industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBUX; Retail industry)
May 2002 — May 2008 (6 years 1 month)
Opened three retail locations which included hiring 15-18 employees per store, training them in a four to five week period, setting up the store and opening on time. Trained two current Store Managers and two current Assistant Store Managers. Became a Classroom Facilitator for the Milwaukee market. Previous performance review mentioned a low 12-month turnover trend of 33% and high employee view survey results - 100% satisfaction, 85% engagement, and 83% manager/job satisfaction.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2003 — September 2004 (1 year)
Assisted the Vice President of Health Care in recruiting candidates for Midwestern hospitals.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Responsibilities split between business development and recruiting with a focus on the information security industry. Acted as a liaison between companies and candidates through the interview and acceptance process including salary and benefits negotiation.
BS , Theology , 1985 — 1990
Photography, Computers, Cooking, Acoustic Guitar