Clayton R. Kirk
902 General Barksdale Dr. Smyrna, TN 37167 629-244-9163 (c)
claytonkirk@comcast.net
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Self-directed, successful leader, mentor, accomplished manager, and administrative professional with over 25 years of experience in management and training. Highly organized, able to multi-task and accomplish multiple objectives. Detail-oriented and able to take initiative, prioritize multiple tasks, and manage personnel and workload. Resourceful team player with can-do attitude and proven ability to produce results.
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KEY SKILLS
• Manage individuals and teams (60 – 80 employees, depending on season).
• Hiring, review and assessment capabilities.
• Competitive market intelligence in a metro market.
• Effective trainer and mentor in the retail home improvement industry.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) competencies.
• Professional written and communication skills.
• Effective written, presentation and spreadsheet skills in the Microsoft Office software.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RiteRug, LLC La Vergne, TN
Receiving Specialist 3/20 – 2/24
• Receive all incoming product.
• Assign locations.
• Follow up all discrepancies.
• Track all discrepancies.
Empire Today LLC Nashville, TN
Installation Manager 8/19 – 12/19
• Assign installers to meet the daily install in a cost-efficient manner.
• Warehouse supervisor: auditor, receiver.
• Forklift operator.
Driveline Irving, TX
Project Manager 9/18 – 3/19
• Dedicated to ensuring clients’ needs are met in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Manage payroll and documentation for the project and team.
• Forklift operator.
Floor and Décor Antioch, TN
Operations Manager 2/16 – 6/18
• Monitored daily business, cash, and credit to ensure accurate deposits and daily business functions followed company policies.
• Mentor and coach for new hires and upwardly mobile employees. Managed all support staff for¬ a new public corporation of hard surface flooring retail store. Was directly responsible for promoting 7 people in 5 years as administrative manager and mentored over 20 other employees’ that could get promotions in other stores.
• Involved in all hiring processes for the store.
• Responsible for employee reviews and assessments within the administrative department, that included all non-sales employees (support staff).
• Forklift certification trainer.
Amazon Fulfillment Murfreesboro, TN
Equipment Operator/Receiving 9/15 – 2/16
• Receiving
• Stow
• Pick orders
• Order picker certified
• Reach truck certified
• Forklift certified
Family Dollar Nashville, TN
Store Manager 2/15 – 8/15
• Responsible for store margins, sales budgets, and payroll budgets on weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
• Monitor employee tasks, freight flow, prioritize employee work lists, develop, and implemented merchandizing projects for departments.
• Responsible for creating, reviewing, and approving schedules, vacations, and time off requests for the store.
• Responsible for first level interviews for new employees for the store.
• Responsible for employee reviews and assessments within store.
US Health Advisors Nashville, TN
Independent Health Insurance Agent 4/14 to 2/15
• Present and write health insurance policies
Lowes Companies Wilkesboro, NC
¬Market Intelligence and Pricing Specialist 2/10 to 3/14
• Create and execute regional marketing research and analysis encompassing integrated marketing, pricing and advertising initiatives for the Metropolitan Nashville, TN market. ¬
• ¬Organize presentations to conceptualize product development strategies for senior management. ¬
• ¬Communicate with senior management, internal departments, and vendors to coordinate overall marketing effort involving point of purchase merchandising and product launching in accordance with corporate goals. ¬
• Designed and wrote a market intelligence, pricing, and customer service training manual for the retail industry that was presented as my Master of Education thesis.
Lowes Companies Wilkesboro, NC
Operations Manager 2/06 – 2/10
• ¬¬¬11 years in management for a big box retailer, 4 years as the Administrative manager, responsible for reducing controllable expenses, responsible for monthly, quarterly, and annual store budgets, audits, merchandising and pricing (was number 1with in 21 stores, 2 districts, for audits.
• Monitored daily business, cash, and credit to ensure accurate deposits and daily business functions followed company policies.
• Mentor and coach for new hires and upwardly mobile employees. Managed all support staff for¬ 35-million-dollar retail store. Was directly responsible for promoting 7 people in 5 years as administrative manager and mentored over 20 other employees’ that could get promotions in other stores.
• Involved in all hiring processes for the store.
• Responsible for employee reviews and assessments within the administrative department, that included all non-sales employees (support staff).
Lowes Companies Wilkesboro, NC
Assistant Manager 2/00 – 1/06
• Responsible for department margins, general sales budgets, special order budgets, and installed sales budgets, for flooring, home décor, paint, hardware, tools, electrical, plumbing, both rough and fashion, appliances, and kitchen design, on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
• Monitored employee tasks, freight flow, prioritized employee work lists, developed and implemented merchandizing projects for departments.
• Responsible for creating, reviewing, and approving schedules, vacations, and time off requests for the departments.
• Played a specific role of second level interviewer as manager for hiring of all store employees. Played third level interviewer, with authority to hire employees for all departments under my control.
• Responsible for employee reviews and assessments within the departments I was responsible for.
Lowes Companies Wilkesboro, NC
Department Manager 3/97 – 2/00
• Responsible for maintenance of department along with assigning work lists.
• Responsible for department training; ensuring that employees followed company guidelines for training.
• Responsible for department scheduling.
EDUCATION
American InterContinental University¬ Schaumburg, IL Master of Education, Concentration in Adult Education, and Training 2014
• GPA 3.89
American InterContinental University¬ Schaumburg, IL Bachelor of Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing 2013
• ¬GPA 3.95
American InterContinental University Schaumburg, IL
Associate of Arts, Business Administration 2011
• GPA 4.0
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Navy San Diego, CA
¬Communications Radioman and Crypto Expert 1974
• Honorable Discharge