James Corbett

Fully responsible for the Production of promotional items within scheduled shipped date. Ensure laminators, UV printers, and CNC lasers, are maintained and in good working order. Established and enforced safety policies and committees. The recruiting, hiring, coaching, and development of 25+ people.  Maintained and inventoried all material used to create promotional items.

Store Manager ⦁ Consistently delivered losses below plan for inventory/shrink. ⦁ Created and sustained a great safety culture; managing claims below forecast each year. Consistently scoring in the top of the Market on the annualResponsible for managing and delivering results on all company deliverables for my assigned store. Executing the company’s growth and business strategies through creation, implementation, and revision of company programs, processes, and policies. Leading a team of frontline managers to assist me in the day to day functions that enable us to deliver a strong performance. Partnering with my HR and Safety/Loss Prevention partners to ensure that we deliver on programs and activities that enable our 150 plus employees and our thousands of customers to both have a safe, inviting, and pleasurable experience while working or shopping at Lowe’s. Key Results and Recognition: ⦁ Consistently exceeded annual sales forecasts; including increases by double digit % in 2007 ⦁ Consistently exceeded profitability forecasts. ⦁ Employee Opinion Survey (EOS) ⦁ Developed 3 of my assistant managers into Store Managers; developed many from hourly managers to salaried assistants. Had the highest amount of promotions in the Seattle market. ⦁ Co-Created freight flow & merchandising standards that were adopted market wide.

Key Results and Recognition: Exceeded company forecasted sales, profitability, inventory, and engagement targets in multiple years Developed 2 Assist Managers into Store Managers; numerous hourly managers into Assistant Managers West Region Awards: 2001-Best Merchandising; 2002 Best Sales Growth: 2002 Highest Engagement Served on the Store Manager Council Advisory Board 2000-2003 Created and sustained a great safety culture; managing claims below forecast each year and exceeding 365 days incident free on multiple occasions.

Corporal (Logistics) I was responsible for leading various deployment planning and execution functions to support the movement of people and goods across all modes of military transportation. Led a team of Embarkation Specialists who used Automated Information Systems (AIS) to account for, track, and interface movement data with load planning programs across the Defense Transportation System (DTS). Key Results and Recognition: Received numerous meritorious mass awards Involved in creation of training and performance standards for embarkation specialists