Daniel Noonan
Telscombe Cliffs,East Sussex
Summary
Results-oriented professional with expertise in P&L accountability, loss prevention, and compliance. Skilled in team leadership and people development, driving high performance. Experienced in merchandising and inventory management, enhancing operational efficiency. Focused on delivering business success through strategic initiatives and continuous improvement.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work history
Store Manager
Asda
Crawley, West Sussex
2024.07 - Current
- End to End management of commercial and operational tasks through my team including P&L and Loss prevention, EOY 2025 achieving 18% beat to plan on sales whilst remaining green on controllable costs year to date.
- Cultivated a selling culture by encouraging team collaboration and setting sales goals
- Coached underperforming employees, achieving significant improvements in job performance.
- Executed succession planning and mentoring, successfully developing a supervisor into her first store manager role.
- Conducted performance appraisals, delivering constructive feedback and pinpointing specific areas for improvement.
- Regional oversight, supporting region change management and launching quick commerce and supporting other store managers with change.
Foodhall Trading manager
Asda
Tunbridge Wellsa, Kent
2024.01 - 2024.06
- Managed day and night operations for 45+ staff, ensuring seamless trading experiences.
- Ensuring the highest possible availability through my team, following process, effective team management and promotional and modular compliance.
- Implemented advanced software tools to enhance trading operations efficiency.
- Streamlined trading processes, leading to increased team efficiency.
- Making data-driven decisions to push sales and identify opportunities.
- Supporting in wider store leadership regularly as duty manager.
Customer Trading Manager
Asda
Crawley, West Sussex
2023.06 - 2024.01
- Enhanced customer satisfaction index by implementing targeted service training. from 71% to 91% through creating a service culture within my teams.
- Led turnaround of underperforming department, implementing strategies that improved performance and morale.
- Managed end-to-end front end departments, including customer services, checkouts, self scans, security, and cash office, to enhance overall operational efficiency.
- Improved loss prevention by engaging effectively with security team, resulting in a more secure shopping environment.
Foodhall Trading Manager
Asda
Crawley, West Sussex
2023.03 - 2023.06
- Tasked with turning around performance across fresh and ambient, embedding foundational processes within the team.
- Boosted Ecommerce availability by coaching and mentoring team on store processes and merchandising techniques.
- Enhanced waste spend through retraining and engaging date checking team, ensuring improved food safety compliance.
- Managed 60+ colleagues across both days and nights.
Covering Store Manager
Asda
Hailsham, East Sussex
2022.02 - 2023.03
- Achieved all 10 scorecard measures, securing green status for sales, waste, availability, and wages, and realising £31k credit at stock take compared to previous year's £18k charge.
- Managed daily operations of supermarket, optimising staff deployment and inventory levels.
- Supervised diverse team of over 50 colleagues across day and twilight shifts, fostering a collaborative work environment.
Various roles
Asda
Brighton and Eastbourne, East Sussex
2008.12 - 2022.02
- Managed administrative functions across 2 stores, achieving highest stock take credit for the year with £220k credit to P&L.
- Held leadership and management roles across various stores.
- Progressed from seasonal meat colleague in 2008 to leadership roles across all departments, covering both day and night shifts.
- Managed the ambient department, establishing foundational leadership skills for future roles.
Education
L5 Award - Business management and leadership
CMI
Remote 09/2017 - 05/2018
A-Levels - Business
Cardinal Newman Sixth form
Brighton, Brighton and Hove 09/2006 - 07/2018
GCSEs - Maths, English, Science, Spanish
Cardinal Newman
Brighton, Brighton and Hove 09/2005 - 07/2006
Skills
- Inventory management
- P&L accountability
- Loss Prevention
- Auditing and compliance
- Merchandising expertise
- Team Leadership
- People development
Timeline
Store Manager
Asda
2024.07 - Current
Foodhall Trading manager
Asda
2024.01 - 2024.06
Customer Trading Manager
Asda
2023.06 - 2024.01
Foodhall Trading Manager
Asda
2023.03 - 2023.06
Covering Store Manager
Asda
2022.02 - 2023.03
Various roles
Asda
2008.12 - 2022.02
GCSEs - Maths, English, Science, Spanish
Cardinal Newman
09/2005 - 07/2006
A-Levels - Business
Cardinal Newman Sixth form
09/2006 - 07/2018
L5 Award - Business management and leadership
CMI
09/2017 - 05/2018