Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
BEN HAZELWOOD

BEN HAZELWOOD

Hemel Hempstead,Herts

Summary

Responsible Store Manager with 7 years of experience providing sales services. Honest worker excelling in loss prevention strategies. Organized and proficient in restocking store merchandise to guarantee product availability for customers. Equipped with extensive experience in retail management and sales. Employs excellent leadership skills and multi-tasking strengths. Resourceful leader remaining calm under high pressure situations and promoting superior time management and conflict resolution skills .

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Store Manager Designate

Morrisons
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
01.2024 - Current
  • Stocked and restocked inventory upon delivery receipt, maintaining accurate supply records.
  • Challenged and inspired team members to achieve business results.
  • Exceeded sales targets consistently by assisting customers in selecting and purchasing merchandise.
  • Monitored stock levels and wrote timely order supply requests to replenish merchandise.
  • Recruiting, hiring and onboarding store staff.
  • Analysed daily and weekly sales results and maintained ongoing, productive dialogue with area manager and peers on sales performance.
  • Enforced licensing laws, health and safety regulations and all regulatory guidelines and legislation at all events.
  • Set SMART goals for store team, developing staff abilities and increasing sales performance.
  • Oversaw daily store cleaning and general store maintenance to keep high company standards.
  • Led regular staff performance reviews to provide guidance and support for individual development.
  • Completed opening and closing procedures each day.
  • Checked invoices from suppliers against physical stock records to identify discrepancies.
  • Site D.P.S

Store Manager

Shell Garage
St Alban
11.2017 - 01.2024
  • As store manager is to ensure shell brand is maintained by ensuring great customer service
  • Main Key holder for late night call out/emergencies, responsible for team of 8 plus any contractors on site along with taking on cover for oversite managers running mutable sites.
  • Work on till, stocking & placing all orders, I would also open or close site when needed along with this responsibility of end of day in which I would do cashing up for the day before & enter this into the logs ready for money to be picked up for banking
  • Training of all new staff on epos, general admin including investigate drive offs to report to police, reporting any issues to retailer
  • Managing teams to hit monthly kpi's
  • D.P.S for site
  • Analyzed daily and weekly sales results and maintained ongoing, productive dialogue with area manager and peers on sales performance
  • Lead regular staff performance reviews to provide guidance and support for individual development
  • Oversaw daily store cleaning and general store maintenance to keep high company standards
  • Activity and developed ideas to promote store
  • Upheld positive and proactive approach to challenges, using initiative and demonstrating commitment and flexibility
  • Solicited customer feedback to understand customer needs and constantly improve product offerings
  • Exceeded sales targets consistently by assisting customers in selecting and purchasing merchandise
  • Monitored stock levels and wrote timely order supply requests to replenish merchandise
  • Stocked and restocked inventory upon delivery receipt, maintaining accurate supply records
  • Enforced licensing laws, health and safety regulations and all regulatory guidelines and legislation
  • Optimized store performance through continuous evaluation of existing processes and identifying improvement opportunities
  • Manage recruiting, hiring and onboarding store staff
  • Challenged and inspired team members to achieve business results
  • Built brand loyalty by promoting company loyalty schemes, hosting events and engaging with repeat customers
  • Checked invoices from suppliers against physical stock records to identify discrepancies
  • Provided excellent customer care through prompt complaint resolution and quality of service.

Door supervisor

03.2012 - Current
  • Security groups - Herefordshire
  • Carried out visitor screening and searches to enforce compliance with established policies
  • Maintained accurate surveillance records and incident reporting in line with regulatory requirements
  • Guaranteed security of all entry and exit points with frequent foot patrols
  • Minimized threat of violence, conducting body searches and screening processes through X-rays and metal detectors
  • Handled ID checks using company system, managing customer access or denial in line with company policy
  • Monitored venue grounds and adjacent areas to proactively detect risks
  • Conducted detailed searches and confiscated unauthorized or illegal items
  • Dealt appropriately and safely with security issues and risks, adhering to established codes of practice
  • Watched CCTV footage to proactively identify suspicious or dangerous behavior's
  • Checked and monitored exit points to prevent unauthorized departures
  • Upheld professional and approachable demeanour to provide customer assistance
  • Diplomatically resolved patron conflicts to mitigate security risks
  • Enforced venue policies regarding prohibited substances and activities.

Supervisor

The Food Box
Hemel Hempstead
08.2017 - 10.2017
  • Working as a lone chef on a up-market food van
  • The roles other than cooking & preparing food was to Manage rotate and order Stock, doing cleaning I was main key holder responsible for opening and closing every day I use to manage me own till so having to cash up every day
  • And to have good customer service skills
  • Motivated team through providing hands-on practical support to all members of staff on duty
  • Guided and coached staff to achieve individual growth and sales production targets
  • Offered instruction, coaching and motivation for enhanced team morale
  • Oversaw day-to-day activities of team, ensuring tasks were completed to high standard.

Chef/Kitchen supervisor

Corr Recruitment
11.2016 - 08.2017
  • Working in a busy cafe I had the roles of both being a chef & front of house staff/Barista, Admin was included in this IE: stock and cash management
  • Communicated with site manager to address equipment and kitchen repairs and upkeep
  • Met kitchen hygiene standards by preparing, implementing and monitoring routine cleaning schedules
  • Oversaw storage and preparation of food items to correct recipe and portioning standards
  • Oversaw safe storage practices and compliance with Food Safety Act, accurately completing relevant documentation
  • Enforced health and safety regulations and restaurant standards by supervising food preparation.

Education

GCSE

Cavendish School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
09.2000 - 06.2006

Math C

English C

Art C

IT B

primery School -

Micklem School, Hemel Hempstead
09.1992 - 07.2000

Skills

  • Experience in retail, sales, cash handling and stock management / ordering
  • Knowledge of latest versions of windows and software packages
  • Hard working team player also trained in First aid Level 3 and ILS
  • Excellent customer services skills both face to face
  • Epos
  • Managing teams to hit KPI's
  • Recruiting and interviewing & Loss prevention
  • Retail sales
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Customer service
  • Exceptional leader
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Store management
  • Merchandise planning
  • Hiring and training
  • In-store communication

Timeline

Store Manager Designate - Morrisons
01.2024 - Current
Store Manager - Shell Garage
11.2017 - 01.2024
Supervisor - The Food Box
08.2017 - 10.2017
Chef/Kitchen supervisor - Corr Recruitment
11.2016 - 08.2017
Door supervisor -
03.2012 - Current
Cavendish School - , GCSE
09.2000 - 06.2006
Micklem School - primery School,
09.1992 - 07.2000
BEN HAZELWOOD