Kevin Keane

• Promote to department manager due to my ability to meet and surpass sales targets while maintain high levels of merchandising standards

Manager of the businesses flagship store, including its online business. I have a reporting team of 37 staff. I am responsible for all areas of business management, event planning, and marketing of the branch.

Setting budgets for financial year and tasked with achieving all relevant KPI’s.

I oversaw all elements of instore recruitment strategies, interviews, training and development for my team. I built new performance management tools and cocaching systems to prioritise staff development. I enjoy adjusting my management and communication style for the diverse range of employees. Building the business to its highest financial heights and annually measured on my staff’s satisfaction through annual 360 reports. Supplier and producer relationship building was paramount to our success and I networked with our 300+ suppliers to ensure maximum efficacy.

I build educational workshops, created numerous events and brought my many ideas for business evolution into fruition through project management to

Waste free, environmental

• Based in Topshop Galway
• Ational management support: supporting managers and new evolution stores throughout the country
• I was the Duty manager of Branch in absence of store manager in Galway Topman/Topshop branch
• I was appointed as temporary store manager of the Athlone Branch

• Of the regions’ largest department store, Queensgate, Lower Hutt branch with reporting team of over one hundred staff, 4 direct reporting managers in a $28 million a year business
• Overseeing financial and auditory targets are achieved and exceeded
• Delivering all facets of large format retail business
• Regional support through supporting Human resource team, branch management support of other stores and training and development of externally recruited candidates
• Large format training and facilitation for all learning levels
• Have received three promotions and five quarterly bonuses for my ability to surpass financial targets while achieving high standards of retail excellence, Supporting the opening and overseeing the management/staff training of Cork store 2008/2009 and Jervis (Dublin) store 2007
• Management of team peaking at 30