Roy Cherry is a retired Marine with 21 years of experience in leadership and management roles. He has extensive experience in recruitment, sales, and personnel management. His background includes overseeing over 200 personnel and $2 million in resources. He now seeks new opportunities to apply his skills in leadership, operations, training, and customer service.

1. ROY ALAN CHERRY JR.
104 Barbour Road (618) 980-7401
Hubert, NC 28539 roycherry31@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/nhome/
SUMMERY STATEMENT: Retired Marine, with 21 years of service, with time spent in all levels of
leadership and management. A former recruiter for the Marine Corps; has extensive recruitment and sales
experience and a deep knowledge of accountability, management and operations. While in the Marines, a
number of awards received for excellence in management, leadership and sales.
SKILLS
 Personnel Management
 Current Secret
Clearance
 Time Management and
Workplace Efficiency
Skills
 Fluent in Microsoft
Programs, including
SharePoint
 Creation, Maintenance
and Record Keeping of
Training Plans and
Documents
 Leadership
 Standard Bearer and
Enforcer of Policies
and Procedures
 Proven Initiative and
Dependability
 Workday Stamina;
Able to Long Hours
 Operations Supervisor
 Stress Tolerance &
Management
WORK HISTORY
United States Marine
Deputy of Operations Chief Jacksonville, NC 2015-Pres
Information Management Chief Jacksonville, NC 2014-2015
Department Director Jacksonville, NC/
Helmand, Afghanistan 2010-2014
Tactics, Leadership, and Operations Instructor
Oceanside, CA 2007-2010
Unit Task Leader/Supervisor Jacksonville, NC/
Al Anbar, Iraq 2004-2007
Recruiter Belleville, IL 2001-2004
Sizzler Restaurant
Cashier/Server Eagle Rock, CA 1993-1995
WORK EXPERIENCE
Management
 Served as a personnel manager, from small sections, to large department/division level positions
 Oversaw over 200 U.S. personnel and foreign national employees
 Maintained accountability for over $2M of merchandise and consumable items
 Conducted hundreds of screenings and interviews of potential applicants for the Marine Corps that
resulted in close to 100 well qualified personal becoming United States Marines
Supervisor
 Directly supervised teams of between 12 to 300 employees throughout career, maintaining good order,
discipline, and workplace efficiency

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 Gave full attention to the personal interest to each employee: diligently performed the directed daily,
monthly and quarterly counseling of each employee
 Utilized great communication skills by giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time
to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at
inappropriate times
 Organized and motivated employees for maximum cooperation and efficiency
Coaching and Training
 Maintained training records on hundreds of employees, covering all annual and special training events
and resulted in 100% readiness for duties overseas
 Received lower and upper level management training on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
(SAPR) and Equal Opportunity (EO) as United States Marine
 Received and conducted regular training on military tactics and operations, equipment maintenance and
accountability, and workplace safety
Knowledge
 Extensively studied and practiced the principles and processes of customer and personnel services
 Undertook independent study in the disciplines of recruitment, selection, training, compensation and
benefits, labor relations and negotiation in order to have a better understanding of the work environment
 Well versed in Microsoft programs: created PowerPoint presentations, Excel documents, and
maintained/designed a department SharePoint site.
Sales
 Over three years of experience in both government and private sectors
 Worked during periods of “high-stress” that resulted in increased sales and the company’s goals were
met
 Comfortable in making hundreds of cold calls and canvasing high traffic areas for new leads
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 Currently enrolled at Coastal Carolina College for Business Management
 Sergeants School (lower level management and leadership)
 Basic Recruiters School (sales, interpersonal skills, and personnel management)
 Infantry Unit Leaders School (professional tactics and military training)
 Advanced Staff Non-Commissioned Officer School (upper level management and leadership)
 Professional Selling Skills from Achieve Global
 Certificate of Completion in Communication Skills
 High school diploma at Eagle Rock High School in Eagle Rock, California
AWARDS
 Navy/Marine Corps Accommodation Medal for professional leadership (2 Times)
 Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal for superior performance (6Times)
 Several awards for having the first or most sales monthly