barbara larmouth

Provide customer service to potential customers purchasing hardware and tools through recommending solutions, and explaining products and services.

* Managed and provided direction on goals, strategy, budgets, floor plans, and peak period business planning; created and reviewed work schedules to ensure adequate restaurant coverage. * Provided input on budget estimates for the year; analyzed store financials to determine store and department performance and adjusted unfavorable categories. * Distributed $70,000 in monthly payroll to 25 staff for a restaurant with Peachtree accounting software. * Conducted inventory and ordered approximately $95,000 in supplies per month.

* Managed a retail store and $90,000 in monthly payroll, as well as $90,000 in monthly inventory. * Increased annual sales between 5-7% each year and lowered employee turnover by 12%. * VOLUNTEERISM * Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, Participant June 2005, 2006, 2007

* Monitored key operational areas such as cash flow, inventory levels, security and loss prevention standards, markdowns, markups; ensuring they are within company guidelines. * Suggested operational improvements and resolved any problems that required high level decision-making. * Distributed payroll of approximately 80,000 a month for a fast food chain with Peachtree accounting software. * Conducted inventory ordering and coordinated stocking of shelves with newly received product. * Created and adjusted employee schedules for 30 staff in compliance with labor laws. * Established and Implemented Quality Control (QC) for 25 staff providing customer orders and service. * Established goals and identified trends and adjusted budgets and store plans accordingly.