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Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey

Store Manager of Payless DIY

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  • About me

    Learning & Development Programme Manager; Strategy & Commercial Acumen

  • Education

    • Lincoln College of Technology

      1983 - 1985
      BTEC National Diploma Financial Studies

      http://www.lincolnedu.com/schools/lincoln-college-technology

    • St Peter and St Paul

      1980 - 1983
      "O" Levels Math, Eng Lan, Eng Lit, Geography, History, RE, Tech Draw, Eng Draw, Phsics, Chem, Biology

      http://www.sspp.lincs.sch.uk/

    • Babson College

      2019 - 2019
      Strategic Planning and Management in Retailing Business Strategy

    • GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)

      2023 - 2023
      Professional Business Coaching Programme Business Coaching ICF Approved Coach Specific Training Hours

  • Experience

    • Focus DIY

      Jul 1985 - Jun 1990
      Store Manager of Payless DIY

      Worked from Sales Assist to Store manager over 3 years & opened the new store in Newcastle.

    • Ackermans

      Feb 1991 - Mar 1992
      Store Manager

      Delivered operationally on the strategy at a store level through people.

    • Massmart

      Mar 1992 - May 1993
      Yard Manager at Feds DIY

      Feds was Federated Timbers & has been purchsed by Massmart in 2005. I ran yard operations for the larger Building materials supplied by their store in Empangeni, Zulualnd.

    • The Foschini Retail Group Pty Ltd

      May 1993 - May 1997
      Area Manager

      Delivered operationally the Sterns divisions strategy through stores

    • ABC Plastics

      May 1997 - Jul 1998
      Marketing & Sales Manager

      Developed & executed a marketing strategy to exploit current manufacturing capabilities & to diversify into new markets.

    • Mr Price Group

      Jul 1998 - now

      A bit of a unicorn position, I've had nearly 30 years experience in retail split equally between Operations (store & customer facing) & Merchandise procurement mainly head of the financial planning side. Today I am adding to my natural tendency to impart all I know in a new learning & development environment & am developing content to enable career merchants to gain & apply basic awareness, working knowledge & fully competent levels of knowledge. Communicating strategy & integrating best practice & managing change across the functions to enable them to deliver on the vision. To develop & deliver on strategies relating to the supply chain, product category assortments & location planning to maximize market share & revenue growth through people. Strategic development & operational execution of assortment & location planning for Sheet Street, a division of Mr Price Group. Planning various product assortment categories across the Sheet Street Division. Delivered operationally on the Miladys divisions strategy through stores. Managed & directed national administration & control strategies of the store operations in the Milady's division.

      • L&D Programme Manager; Strategy & Commerce

        Oct 2018 - now

      • Merchant Development Facilitator

        Apr 2015 - Sept 2018

      • Systems & Process Executive

        Nov 2012 - Mar 2015

      • Planning & Logistics Executive

        Mar 2012 - Oct 2012

      • Planning Executive

        Feb 2008 - Mar 2012

      • Senior Planner

        Jan 2004 - Feb 2008

      • Area Manager

        Jun 2001 - Jan 2004

      • National Operations Administration

        Jul 1998 - Jun 2001

    • Thomas ES Carey Business Coach

      Apr 2024 - now
      Business coach

      International Coaching Federation trained Business Coach - goal orientated coaching solutions that provide for the business needs and the coachee needs.

  • Licenses & Certifications