Diego J. Eddleman
Store Manager, Home Improvement Big Box
Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 555 0128 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/diegojeddleman
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fifteen years in big box retail, nine as store manager
INDUSTRIES
Home improvement, building materials, large format retail
SPECIALTIES
Profit and loss ownership, department manager development, freight flow, professional customer sales
SYSTEMS
SAP, Blue Yonder replenishment, Kronos workforce management, Power BI, Zebra handheld devices
CREDENTIALS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour general industry card; powered industrial truck trainer certification
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in management, University of Oklahoma
Executive Summary
Big box store manager running a home improvement location of one hundred forty thousand square feet with sales of sixty two million dollars a year. Fifteen years in large format retail, nine of them as a store manager. Builds department manager benches and holds shrink well below the company average.
Signature Achievements
- Delivered comparable store sales growth of seven percent on a sixty two million dollar box while the district ran up two percent.
- Held shrink at zero point six percent of sales against a company average of one point three percent for three consecutive years.
- Grew the professional contractor desk from nine million to sixteen million dollars in annual sales over four years.
- Cut overtime hours by sixty one percent by rebuilding the freight flow schedule around truck arrival windows.
- Improved sales per square foot from three hundred ninety dollars to four hundred forty five dollars across two fiscal years.
- Promoted eleven department supervisors into assistant manager roles and two into store manager positions.
Professional Experience
Store Manager
Redbud Building Centers, Oklahoma City, OK 2018 to present
One hundred forty thousand square foot home improvement store, sixty two million dollars in annual sales, one hundred sixty associates and nine department supervisors.
- Own the full profit and loss statement including sales, gross margin, payroll, shrink and controllable expense.
- Schedule two hundred thousand annual labor hours to traffic and freight arrival, staying inside Fair Labor Standards Act rules on exempt classification and overtime.
- Lead quarterly planogram resets across twelve departments and verify compliance through the corporate audit tool.
- Chair the store safety committee and hold recordable injury rates below the regional target.
- Serve on the regional new store opening team and staffed two supercenter openings in the last four years.
Assistant Store Manager
Cimarron Lumber and Supply, Norman, OK 2014 to 2018
Regional building supply store of ninety thousand square feet with an attached lumber yard.
- Managed the lumber, millwork and hardware departments and their seventy associates.
- Ran the annual physical inventory and reduced count adjustments by half over two cycles.
- Directed the receiving dock and yard operation including forklift safety training.
Department Supervisor
Chisholm Trail Hardware Warehouse, Edmond, OK 2010 to 2014
Large format hardware retailer, plumbing and electrical departments.
- Supervised sixteen associates across two departments on a rotating seven day schedule.
- Owned in stock rate and endcap presentation for roughly nine thousand items.
- Handled special orders and contractor quotes above the counter authority limit.
Licensure and Certification
Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour general industry card, 2019
Powered industrial truck trainer certification, 2017
Education
Bachelor of Science in management, University of Oklahoma, 2010
Core Skills
Profit and loss ownership · Freight flow scheduling · Shrink and loss prevention · Department manager development · Planogram resets · Professional customer sales · Physical inventory · Safety program leadership · New store openings · Payroll hour management