Derek Kraus MS, HRM Certified

Experience

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  Dick's Sporting Goods

  Mar 2011 - Dec 2014

  Footwear Manager

  Managed the sales performance of the footwear department to meet daily sales and margin goals; planned, scheduled, and trained associates to complete selling/non-selling initiatives.Drived shrink results through compliance to all guidelines involved with safety, loss prevention, cash-handling procedures, and shipping/receiving.Managed shipping logistics for an average of $250k - $5k of equipment twice a week. Awarded as a twelve time employee of the month and two time defender of the month for having excellent sales, customer interaction, and an uplifting spirit to motivate other employees. Show less

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  Brooks Sports

  Jul 2012 - May 2013

  Kansas City Guru

  Managed an account list of 100+ national and local retail locations within the Kansas City territory in driving sales of Brooks products Responsible for driving a combined $2.5M/45K pairs of shoes (2012) and 3M/50K pairs of shoes (2013) in revenue at wholesale from my national accounts with a yearly territory marketing and product seeding budget of $20K Provided daily feedback and analysis to measure effectiveness of product initiatives and sales strategies; identified new opportunities for growth within or outside the running industry Created and maintained visual displays of Brooks product in the stores Communicated and executed Brooks marketing initiatives within my territoryExtensive knowledge in the running industry including: footwear, apparel and bio-mechanics Show less

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  Verizon Wireless

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2015

  Solution Manager

  Trained and developed two associates to be promoted into the Verizon Wireless SMAP Program.Developed the Four Pillars of a First Day Call Back within the Kapolei store. This process helped Kapolei become the first store to achieve Gold Store Award back to back by achieving a customer service rating of 65% or higher. Four stores have adapted this process to help three stores hit Gold Store (Q2). Participated and built two training programs that were presented to the Hawaii Market to increase small business sales and attendance of in store wireless workshops. Generated 22 Business accounts that equal 250+ lines of service to increase revenue by $240k yearly. Show less

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  Target

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2016

  Distribution Operations Manager

  Successfully on-boarded and developed twenty six new Team Members in a job function that has a 25% retention rate. Lead the new team members to be ranked the #1 Team in the Target Distribution Center channel in less than 4 months. Ensured performance plans are set, maintained, and continuously improved; generate creative solutions to identify improvements in current processes through the on going development of peer management teams throughout the building.Maintained the level of service requirements throughout the process, from our vendors to our distribution center to our stores by being taking on the roll of Production Controller for the B2 operations team. I Act as the sole point of contact for the senior management team. Show less

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  Nike

  Sept 2018 - now

  • Senior Organizational Governance Manager

    May 2024 - now

  • Strategic Workforce Planning Business Partner

    Dec 2021 - May 2024

  • North America Human Resource Delivery Specialist

    Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Assistant Head Coach

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2019

  • Global Retail Policy, Procedure and Process Lead

    Sept 2018 - Sept 2019