Pete Lindgren

Background

About Pete Lindgren

Accomplished professional and dynamic people leader with a background in retail sales, operations management and maximizing customer satisfaction. I drive results with leadership, teamwork and a hands on approach to developing business strategies from conception to final execution. Leveraging 20+ years of leadership experience I have proven results in sales and profit, customer satisfaction and executive training and development. Recognized in previous role as Most Valuable Coach in the south central region. I bring to the table extensive knowledge in driving sales and developing people. Some highlights include-Multi functional leadership. Managed two department stores simultaneously with a combined volume of $25 mil. improving metrics in sales to plan +6%, profit performance to plan +6% and customer satisfaction to previous year +28%. Hired, trained and developed executive leaders in both locations-Engaged in all aspects of capital optimization project from planning, execution and P&L analysis in a struggling retail location. Showed improvement of sales performance +7% to previous year and increased fulfillment revenue +28%-Managed a $17 mil. apparel business in 11 stores across 4 states. Showed comp store sales increase for the district four years in a row by developing and implementing localized merchandise assortments, product training and people development-Passion for people: My greatest success as a leader has been engaging and developing future leaders for the company. I am most proud when I help my direct reports get promoted to positions of responsibility that utilize their strengths and passions for the work. I have been fortunate in my career to have mentored many executives that took promotions up to and including VP positions within the industry.