Kevin Whitt

223 Summer Hill Drive

Alabaster, Alabama 35007
(205) 685-1884
kwc3aa3e@westpost.net
Education
Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi
Master of Business Administration
June, 1991
GPA: 3.5
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
Bachelor of Business Administration: Marketing
Minor: Economics
June, 1988

Organizations
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity

Employment
AT&T, Hoover, Alabama
3/2010 to Present
Telesales Representative
Sell AT&T wireless and home products to customers calling in by phone from aroun
d the country.
Wal-Mart, Alabaster, Alabama
3/2010 to 8/2010
I.M.S. Associate(third shift)
Complete the store picks from the stockroom inventory for the third shift and an
y other tasks assigned by the store's management.
Wal-Mart, Alabaster, Alabama
5/2008 to 3/2010
I.M.S. Team Lead
I daily supervised the unloading of the store's general merchandise and grocery
truck shipments with five to seven of the store's general merchandise unloaders.
I also supervised the completion of the store's nightly second shift pick list
of between five hundred and twelve hundred picks with two to four backroom inve
ntory associates. The pick list is a system generated list of needs that are to
be pulled from the stock room bins for stocking on the sales floor.
J C Penney, Alabaster, Alabama
3/2008 to 3/2010
Store Associate
I assisted on a part-time basis with the replenishment team as they process thei
r truck shipments.
Wal-Mart, Alabaster, Alabama
3/2008 to 5/2008
Receiving Associate
I was responsible for unloading the nightly grocery trucks and assisting in brea
king down the pallets to carts to be stocked on the store's grocery shelves.
J C Penney, Hoover, Alabama
1/2008 to 3/2008
Replenishment Supervisor
I supervised the efforts of the store's replenishment team of six associates. O
ur responsibilities included unloading the store's shipment, sorting unloaded me
rchandise to the various departments and then merchandising the sorted merchandi
se on the sales floor.
Wal-Mart, Alabaster
5/2007 to 1/2008
Receiving Associate
The job tasks were the same as in my later tenure as a Receiving Associate. Thi
s was a full-time third-shift position that I was employed along with my positio
n as Co-Owner of The Whitt Company.
The Whitt Company d.b.a. USA Baby
11/2002 to 12/2007
Co-Owner
Managed the overall operations of the baby furniture specialty store. My respon
sibilities included:
Employee Relations:
My on-going responsibility was to continually manage the hiring and training of
the store's sales staff.
Vendor Relations:
I made all product purchase and replenishment decisions. My responsibility was
to bring in products that the customer wanted, were profitable for the business
and would make the business grow.
Goal Setting:
On a daily basis I set company and individual sales goals for the business. On
a weekly and monthly basis I established goals through budgets for all projected
revenue and operating expenses. As a part of the accounts payable responsibilit
y, I handled the payment of all company expenditures.
Customer Service:
When needed I was called upon to work with customers in taking care of any busin
ess-related issues they might have.
Marketing and Advertising:
I handled any discussions or negotiations that involved any marketing or adverti
sing issues. On a continual basis my company was investing funds into local tele
vision and radio and direct mail advertising.
Financial Management:
On a monthly and annual basis I was responsible for generating all the financial
reports for the business that would be needed by the company's accountant. I a
lso produced the monthly sales tax report and handled making the actual payments
. Each year, I was also responsible for completing a company physical inventory
.
After going through a process of trying to sell the business, we came to the dec
ision to close in December of 2007.

Fred's, Incorporated, Jackson, Mississippi area stores

August, 1997 to November, 2002
Store Management(Store Manager/Assistant Manager)
I was responsible for managing the operations of the assigned Fred's store. Thi
s would include managing the part-time and full-time staff, receiving in and pro
cessing any shipments of inventory and with merchandising.
Frito-Lay, Jackson, Mississippi
June, 1997 to August, 1997
Route Salesman in training
Followed a seasoned route salesman and assisted him as he did his route.
Fred's, Incorporated, Pearl, Mississippi
August, 1995 to June, 1997
Assistant Manager
A position in training to become a store manager. I was responsible for managin
g the part-time and full-time staff, receiving in and processing any shipments o
f inventory and with merchandising when needed.
MobileComm, Ridgeland, Mississippi
June, 1993 to August, 1995
Assisted customers who called into our call center with their pager activation.
I handled customer service issues as well when needed.