Charles A. Lathan Hemet, CA, 92544 Home: 951-530-9850 Cell: 909-437-9608 cab_459@hotmail.

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Objective: A challenging rewarding position in Retail Store Management.
2/2011 -10/ 2015

Harbor Freight Tools, Hemet, California

Managed successful 3 1\2 year career at Harbor Freight, learning every position in the store before promoting to New Store
Operations. Traveling for company state-to-state planning store remodels and new stores. Completed over 60 new stores.
Achieving time line goals successfully for Harbor Freight Tools. Managed 10-day setup period including management team
and 50 new hires at a location. carrying primary P&L responsibility. Responsible for hiring and training since 2011.
Store Manager Store #15: New Store Operations Planner
10/2008 -11/ 2011

Wal-Mart, Perris, California

Managed at Wal-mart, learning nearly every position in the store before promoting to store planning. Traveling for
company state - to - state planning store remodels. Worked in 13 stores, thriving through numerous changes in 13 weeks of
construction and store management organization and systems. Managed a minimum of 120 employees at each store,
carrying primary P&L responsibility. Responsible for hiring and training since 2008.

Soft-lines: Mens/womens/Boys/Girls/Infants.
Hard-lines: Toys/Hardware/Furniture/House-wares/Receiving/Warehouse/Eletronics/CO.

Assistant Manager Store #1747 / Store Planner

Managed overall store operations in a 55 million dollar volume with 150 plus exempt and non- employees.
Q1, made labor and budget for store, 100% to budgets goal. Super Maxed to 120%. Worked with rest of management team
collaboratively to reduce store use and shrink.
Meet company goals for inventory .02% store #1747 inventory came in at .01%.
Built exceptional morale by modeling customer service with employees: Having consistent morning meetings and additional
meetings throughout the day.

11/2006 10/ 2008

Best Buy, Riverside, California

Successful 2-year sales team in Geek Squad and Computer sales department. Achieved services goals daily basics 10% to
services goals.

Increased services goals for 2-years on computers sold and Geek Squad service and out sourcing to customers homes for inhome computer setup.
Planned training meetings for vendor products and features and benefits in computer and services sales.
Won district sales award in 2006 and 2007.
Held contest for recognition and sales goals to motivate sales teams.
Assistant Manager

09/2004 10/2006

Geek Squad Store #110

Kmart, Riverside, California

2 year plus meeting sales goals and inventory shrink goals. Planned remodeling for store #7175 Limonite Riverside a 2
million dollar project that came in on budget.
Assistant Manager Store #1775

Managed Hardlines and Softlines departments: Mens, Womens, Juniors, Boys, Girls, Infants areas.
Set up schedules eighty associates working directly under my supervision.
Controlled freight process and setup electronic binning and location system.