Mark Allen Cook

Mark Allen Cook Proven Sales and Training Manager in multiple merchandising markets. Expertise in the following retail backgrounds include, relationship marketing such as furniture, household, and supermarkets. Home center sales and Home Center Management has developed in me many skills for flexibility in approach for maximizing business sales results in our relationships as representatives of our companies.

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  An interview with Mark Allen Cook will reveal the background and Proven track record in multiple merchandising markets. Expertise and Diversity in the following retail backgrounds include, relationship marketing such as furniture, household, and supermarkets. Home Center sales and Home Center Management has developed in Mark Allen Cook many skills for flexibility in approach for maximizing business sales results in our relationships as representatives of our companies.   As a Manager,Mark Allen Cook believe's there to be many people others may overlook and or not to have been able to make time to develop.Mark Cook has found it is rare to not have had developmental conversations and game plans for anyone ever under Mark Cook's supervision and in nearly all cases within my environment. Mark Cook seeks out those in desire of a better way to do their jobs, or advance their careers. I hope these to be desirable as they are a tribute to those whom I have met and worked with in business. Thier legacy of service to each other and focus on learning and leadership as a Manager have been the cornerstone of my beliefs and actions. Service to God,Family and Country should not be lost in the trumoil of this decade.Mark Cook volunteer's for Habitat for Humanity, Interfaith Network,The  United Way and as a neighbor in my community. Mark Allen Cook Has been invited to be on the Project Homeless for the United Way for the years begining 2008. the United Way of Warren County Resource Investment Volunteer Panel since 2010 and Clean Belvidere since 1999.  

Store Manager in Training at Modell's Sporting Goods

August 2012 - Present | Multiple locations

08/04/2012-Present Modell’s Sporting Goods-Store Manager in training/Northern NJ area • Currently handling special projects for remerchandising Sporting goods departments in multiple locations. • Paramus-Rockaway and Wayne locations • Increase in sales and TeamWeeks loyalty associated with carying the appropriate product selections for the demographics of these areas. • Increases of 15% in two locations and 25% in the Rockaway location. • The following loyalty programs have been on the decrease in each of the locations for several years and sales in the locations have struggled to meet UPT/KPI standards. • MVP-Consumer purchase program. New approach to increasing email capture and customer retention. • Designed new Staff Shirts and program to convert visitors to purchasers. Built an enthusiasm based staff approach to identifying potential “TeamWeeks” and “MVP” participants.

District Manager- Lower Hudson Valley NY/Northwest NJ at Halloweencity/Partycity

June 2010 - April 2012

An exciting experience with a Michigan based retailer on the Halloween side, to permit,staff and train 5-7 small foot print party stores.Successfully beat Emerging market expectations. Regionally opened 13 and managed 5. Best shrink in division at 1% at retail average or less per store. Energy,professionalism and expertise Presented from the Livonia MI staff. Engaged and motivated, our sales teams were in top 5 stores in over 500 nationwide. Developed top new District manager in Northeast.Several introductions in Plan-o-gram changes we implemented, became standard used in both Partycity and Halloweencity POG following year. Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of your amazing family!

Operations Manager/Supervisor of Staff at C&C Technologies

January 2001 - November 2008

Operations Manager overseeing the per stop productions of eleven regional IT specialists. *Improvements to the cost versus contract agreements.Eliminated the callback/complaints of 50% of the staff . This had become a full time position until the division was closed on October of 2008.

Administrative Store Manager at Lowe's Home Improvement

August 2004 - May 2008

Previously : Assistant Store Manager . *Monitored trash removal,and steel shipments to reduce overages during remodel. * Remodel best in Region under Budget. *Millwork - Spring season 35%over sales plan,under budget for hours. *Acting Administrative Manager 2005-2006,continued to manage a Zone two for the remainder of 2006, entered training , Administrative Manager promotion requirements. * Stroudsburg Pa location,fall 2007 * Reduced trash removal by 30%,better monitoring of pressure by partnering with Wisc services to reduce pick ups by one a week. *savings $255. a week. *Instituted same process in Easton location. * Savings was every other week 18% *Reorganized staffing needs to better assist customer service and maintain sales during economic downturn in sales. *Rotation of "one hour "of existing staff schedule from sales floor during off peak hours to cover cashier breaks and better utilize store staff and maintain hours to sales plan.

Store Manager at Hacketstown Furniture Gallery

January 2003 - August 2004

Store Manager remodeling a large multi-floor building for a Martha Stewart Furniture Gallery . *Recruited, Hired and Trained new Staff and existing staff in "Relationship Marketing" Techniques achieving 20% increase over same store sales previous year,with 3% increase to customer count.Recorded reduction in Shrink loss of 15% over same inventory period from previous year. *Top recorded salesperson of company for 2003 and 2004. *Increase to EBITA from previous year over 10%. Increase partially due to shrink reduction and recovery in vendor RTV tracking improvements.

Regional Trainer/Store Assistant Manager at The Home Depot

February 1992 - March 2002

Regional Trainer for Northeast NewJersey.• Stroudsburg, PA Installation Manager: sales training, installation workrooms, and all P&L for Roofs, Flooring, Kitchen and Millworks sales. Exceeded sales plan by 12 percent.. • Previously the Home Depot, South Plainfield, NJ District Training Captain, UNIX-HP desktop use, retail sales and special order use and related system tools. • Sales trainer for store level staff, Regional staff and District Officers in and throughout the northeast NJ, NY, PA, *While Managing several of the company's top in sales flooring and kitchen design segments of "East Hanover, Paramus, Roxbury, Secaucus, South Plainfield, and Clifton Home Depot’s. • Top producers increased 20 percent same store sales compared to reduced same store sales 5 percent for the market same period. • Chosen by Ed Levitt of Corporate Home Depot to contribute to Top Gun sales training manual .Still in use 2012. *1996 Choosen to direct,merchandise and manage the remodel of the Paramus Home Depot "Annex". The only 'Two floor" Home depot Custom Kitchen and Flooring store ever built! Area rugs up to 160 line wool and silk, Custom vignettes for flooring displays a walk only building , no lifts were allowed. *28 Kitchen designers, custom vignettes including a 10k Jacuzzi shower with sound system and custom marble.S/o hand fired tiles from California that the store sent a sample of what the client wanted on the tiles and a sample was sent back to the store.

District Manager/Store Management/Operations/Sales at Motivational District Manager and Engaged Store Manager

April 2012

Warren County College -Small Business Incubator Link @ Alison School of Business www.njbin.org

2012 – 2012

Alison Business School HR Certification Completed .#ac-347-1087601

Warren County College of Washington ,NJ

2008 – 2010

Business Administration

Concentration: Business/Finance/ Concentration in Accounting

South Eastern Instituite of Technology

2000 – 2001

A+/Comp/Tia

Concentration: Computer Science

William Paterson University of New Jersey

1982 – 1985

Technology sciences

Concentration: technologies

Former distance cyclist, Swimming daily, avid running enthusiast.Passion for Soccer ,Rugby and the outdoors, camping and fishing. Computer technology, Phone apps, and game mods are like puzzles that can be put together. Teaching others in need. I teach basic computer skills to the homeless and those re-entering the job market. Vice-President of the Math Honor Society"Mu-Alpha-Theta 2008-2009-2010-2011 and member in good standing Phi-Theta-Kappa I have a drive to learn, discover and improve processes. Show me how you do your job and I will find five ways to improve the process! And usually more!