Curt Littlejohn

About Curt Littlejohn

Successful history of delivering positive sales, expense, and profit results. Combines cross-functional competence with demonstrated business acumen to exceed all performance targets from top line to bottom line. A results-oriented and innovative leader, who motivates and enables powerful teams to accelerate efficiencies, reduce costs, solve problems and reach company goals in a timely manner. Applies expert communication skills to coordinate initiatives between diverse groups and locations, builds a positive rapport with clients and co-workers, and bridge gaps of understanding between corporate management and field operations, resulting in outstanding front-line execution and profit. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Exceeded budget and forecast targets in sales by or +8.4% in a challenging post-9/11 environment- Delivered comparable store increase over prior year of or +11.7%- Achieved net cash flow of which equated to over 12.5% of net sales- Integrated a airport business with a motorway business and a duty-free business into one seamless retail unit- reduced expenses in field organization by 26% or and corporate G&A by 14% or Created and delivered standardized training programs throughout a 1,500 store organization- Facilitated the acquisition of a 480 store business into an existing 1,100 store business- Brought financial-based P&L accountability to field level and integrated compensation programs which mirrored financial achievements.Specialties- store, district, regional and national operations - training & development- national sales - strategic planning / organizational development- sales and marketing - merchandising - branding - budgeting and forecasting - retail infrastructure - real estate - human resources - information systems

Experience

1. President & CEO

   Chair King Backyard Store

   Aug 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Music Performance, General

  1974 — 1978

Skills

• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control
• Coaching
• Budgets
• Merchandising
• Sales Management
• Real Estate
• Retail
• Exceed Sales Goals
• Mergers
• Professional Mentoring
• Merchandise Planning
• Profit
• P&L Management
• Hiring
• Retail Sales
• Negotiation
• P&L
• Team Leadership
• Human Resources
• Sales Operations
• Store Operations
• Information Systems
• Customer Service
• Mergers
• Visual Merchandising
• Store Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Budgeting
• Sales
• Organizational Development
• Employee Training
• Leadership
• Operations Management
• Forecasting
• Marketing
• Purchasing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Training