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AMANDA R. MALONEY 3 E ARNOLD, SANDWICH IL 60548 815-791-3419 [email protected] OBJECTIVE: With my Master’s Degree in I/O Psychology and 10+ years of retail experience, I have a strong understanding of the organizational and financial impact of engaged employees, motivation and productivity, data driven business decisions, employee development, effective communication, and how to successfully work in teams. KEY COMPETENCIES: Employee Development: Developed through many positions held throughout career; working with teams as small as 10 and up to 150+ employees, quickly Identify business impact and analyze and assess the skill gap and how to improve. Union/Labor Relations: Established in management portion in my career by making sure union laws are followed, working with Union Representative, and other managers. Followed Legal and Regulatory Compliance with employees and executed Performance Evaluation. Financial impact: Overall accountability of total store financial metrics including sales & EBITDA. Propelled multiple stores to improved sales, earnings, conditions of inventory to help P&L. Gather and analyze business requirements in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Product Selection and Assortment Planning, Advertising, Inventory Productivity. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Sears Holdings Corporation (Kmart Division) Hoffman Estates, Il July 2015- Present ASSISTANT CATEGORY MANAGER-KMART Perform technical and mechanical aspects of the buyer role such as: ability to achieve sales, gross margin, inventory and turnover of product. Also, works closely with product selection, assortment planning, vendor communication, and marketing to ensure growth in category. Buy merchandise or commodities for resale to consumers at the retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield maximized the sales and profits in fresh and non- perishable departments through improved quality/freshness standards Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. Conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. Jewel-Osco –Chicagoland Locations January 2006- July 2015 ASSISTANT STORE DIRECTOR Providing and ensuring high levels of customer service and assisting the Store Director in managing the efficient operation of the store; implementing company strategies to increase sales, profit, and service levels Developed and administered a fiscal plan to affectively meet customer requirements while simultaneously controlling expenses; identified operational needs on a daily basis; assigning work to associates and ensuring completion Training, developing, leading, and evaluating store associates

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AMANDA R. MALONEY3 E ARNOLD, SANDWICH IL 60548 815-791-3419 [email protected]

OBJECTIVE:With my Master’s Degree in I/O Psychology and 10+ years of retail experience, I have a strong understanding of the organizational and financial impact of engaged employees, motivation and productivity, data driven business decisions, employee development, effective communication, and how to successfully work in teams.

KEY COMPETENCIES:Employee Development: Developed through many positions held throughout career; working with teams as small as 10 and up to 150+ employees, quickly Identify business impact and analyze and assess the skill gap and how to improve. Union/Labor Relations: Established in management portion in my career by making sure union laws are followed, working with Union Representative, and other managers. Followed Legal and Regulatory Compliance with employees and executed Performance Evaluation. Financial impact: Overall accountability of total store financial metrics including sales & EBITDA. Propelled multiple stores to improved sales, earnings, conditions of inventory to help P&L. Gather and analyze business requirements in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Product Selection and Assortment Planning, Advertising, Inventory Productivity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Sears Holdings Corporation (Kmart Division) Hoffman Estates, Il July 2015- PresentASSISTANT CATEGORY MANAGER-KMARTPerform technical and mechanical aspects of the buyer role such as: ability to achieve sales, gross margin, inventory and turnover of product. Also, works closely with product selection, assortment planning, vendor communication, and marketing to ensure growth in category.

● Buy merchandise or commodities for resale to consumers at the retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. ● Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield maximized the

sales and profits in fresh and non-perishable departments through improved quality/freshness standards● Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements.● Conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products.

Jewel-Osco –Chicagoland Locations January 2006- July 2015ASSISTANT STORE DIRECTORProviding and ensuring high levels of customer service and assisting the Store Director in managing the efficient operation of the store; implementing company strategies to increase sales, profit, and service levels

● Developed and administered a fiscal plan to affectively meet customer requirements while simultaneously controlling expenses; identified operational needs on a daily basis; assigning work to associates and ensuring completion

● Training, developing, leading, and evaluating store associates● maximized the sales and profits in fresh and non-perishable departments through improved quality/freshness standards● Analyze shrink control and gross enhancers

ASSISTANT GROCERY MANAGER● Responsible for ordering and receiving product, with also successfully merchandising product that is eye catching for the customer as well as increasing sales ● Make the merchandising decisions based on the needs of our customer and also on the demographic area of the store ● Supervise all department personnel and make sure that the customers’ needs are being met promptly ● Review and analyzing monthly and daily reports, to be sure that we are increasing our sales and controlling our inventory levels

CHEF’S KITCHEN (DELI) MANAGER

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● Effectively managed a team of twelve associates by delegating tasks that appropriately highlighted each individual’s strength ● Order and correctly merchandise product with the purpose of increasing sales and earnings● Effectively organize a department, so that it was efficient for customers, as well as the employees ● Prepare a weekly schedule that adequately covered the service needed, with also adhering to weekly sales and payroll budgets

SKILLS:● Computer Skills: Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Business Tools, Adobe, Print Shop, Micro- strategy. ● Digital Marketing: Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Goggle+, Pinterest, Flickr, Wikis, Instagram, YouTube

EDUCATION: M.A. in Industrial and Organization Psychology ELMHURST COLLEGE ELMHURST, IL B.S. Psychology NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE NAPERVILLE, IL

o Vice President of Psi Chi National Honor Societyo Psi Beta Chapter Delegate, Psi Beta Graduate Honoree