Paul Thorpe

District Manager - Lowe's Home Improvement 21 Years

* Leading 14 stores with annual sales of $900M, 3K employees, $80M inventory.

* Responsible for talent acquisition, staffing, scheduling, training, development, customer focus, employee engagement, operational excellence, sales & profit.

* Primary focus on building high performance teams to achieve leading performance within company and industry.

* Top Accomplishments: District Manager of the Year, #1 in Customer Focus Companywide, #1 Employee Engagement Companywide.

Store Manager - Lowe's Home Improvement 11 Years

* Leading multiple stores across multiple states, with average annual sales volume of $55M, 180 employees, $5M inventory.

* Responsible for staffing, scheduling, training, development, employee engagement, customer focus, inventory management, operational excellence, sales & profit.

* Primary focus on building a high performance team to achieve company leading performance in employee engagement, customer focus, operational excellence, sales & profit.

* Store Manager of the year candidate, Leading company performance in sales, profit, customer service, operations.