Mark Chedester

Background

About Mark Chedester

Over 10 years of strong and diverse experience in MANAGEMENT including sales/marketing, retail operations, product distribution, account management, customer service, employee training and development, financial analysis and inventory control. • Proven ability to excel in a fast paced, multi tasked environment and manage a heavy workload with strict details and deadlines. • Reorganizing and directed ordering/inventory control procedures, instituted employee motivational techniques, and improved store interiors and aesthetic design for major retail operations that elevated store sales and ranking. • An implemented leadership-by-example and hands-on management philosophy that was instrumental in training and promoting key supervisory personnel and fostered the promotions of 15 company manager. • Experienced and knowledgeable in all facets of retail operations for stores ranging from sq. ft. with 6 employees to sq. ft. and 150 employees, and spearheading new store openings in numerous industries on a nationwide basis. • Excellent interpersonal skills, which have been utilized to interact within numerous management teams and facilitated a rotating sales/training program that converted numerous retail outlets by improving profitability and reducing costly inventory shrink. • Completed certified training course at U-Haul International to train General Managers; certified 10 General Managers; later taught certified training course. • Identified prospective accounts, prequalified clientele, overcame objections, closed, and applied assertive follow up techniques that consistently sustained revenues growth by 25%. • A dedicated, highly organized and amiable team leader possessing the unique ability to implement new procedures while promoting employee morale. • Commended numerous times for safety and providing an accident-free work environment. • ASE certification P2 Automobile Parts Specialist