Laurie Scheele is seeking a supervisor position and has over 26 years of retail and management experience. She has a proven track record of successfully supervising multiple convenience store locations, maximizing profits, and developing talent. She is results-driven, adaptable to new challenges, and effective at identifying and solving operational issues. Her career highlights include consistently strong performance, improving sales and profits at prior roles, and developing many employees into higher level positions.

1. Laurie Scheele
910 F Street, PO Box 34 Cell (402)525-1410
Utica, NE 68456 LaurieScheele@yahoo.com
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OBJECTIVE
Secure a supervisor position with an organization that values people as its greatest resource, and offers compensation
comparable to performance.
MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
Organized, detailed, and results driven District Supervisor/Area Manager with an outstanding record of
accomplishments. Utilize knowledge and experience to turn around under-performing sales locations. History of
opening new convenience stores; including merchandising, staffing, training, educating, and providing exceptional
customer service. Proven career driven supervisor with skills of recruiting top talent, and building a profitable
customer base. Effective while in high-stress, fast paced environments; providing solutions effectively.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
· 26 years Retail Experience
· History of being promoted based on results produced
· Successfully supervise 9 convenience stores while maximizing profits & driving results
· Proactively recruit, hire, train and develop top talent with continued coaching and developmental practices for
tenured employees
· Flexible and adaptable to new challenges
· Consistently provide direct feedback to leadership team to enhance day to day operations
· Set clear expectations and processes that fosters accountability
· Accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll auditing, cash and inventory control
· Effective-decision maker
· Solution based
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
· 26 Years of successful leadership, supervisor, and district manager skills
· Intelligent, hardworking, self-motivated, results-driven District Manager who consistently improves sales,
productivity, operational expectations, and overall profitability.
· Recruited top talent; motivated, trained, and coached many into higher positions including, Managers, District
Managers, and Area Managers
· Extremely high performer who does not settle for second best in any competitive endeavor.
 Serve as a “Trouble-shooter” for the organization in identifying and correcting operational, training /
development, sales and compliance problems.
 Trained Managers and Sales Associates utilizing “Best Practices” and create a sales culture.
 Consistently Ranked as one of the Top 10 District Managers in the nation month after month.
 Motivate, create a fun working environment while still staying focused around sales every day.
 Consistently recognized for “willing to recommend” and “completely satisfied” guests within each retail
store.
· Awarded numerous honors and accolades based on consistently establishing new benchmarks for performance and
success.

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CAREER HISTORY
January 16, 2006-Present Area Supervisor, Casey’s General Stores
Supervise 8 or more convenience store locations. Utilize Casey’s policies and procedures to oversee all day-to-day
operations of assigned locations. Coach and develop each manager with scheduling, interviewing, and recruiting top talent.
Inventoried all store locations on month-to-month basis. Managed cash control of all locations to insure all daily book
keeping procedures were followed. Teach & train all managers to understand inventory control, portion control, and proper
ordering to maximize profits. Conduct on site visits weekly and provide direct feedback to all store personnel. Prepare,
host, and conduct managers meetings to discuss key topics and review numbers and P&L reports. Properly train all
managers in all aspects of store operations. Show what right looks like by interacting with all customers and vendors.
Ensure that all company policies and procedures are followed.
June 3, 2002-January 15, 2006 District Supervisor, Gas N Shop
Utilize Gas N Shop standard of operations while being directly responsible for 9 convenience stores in the Lincoln area.
Maintained a consistent positive attitude with all managers. Coach, train, and develop each manager to understand job
description and responsibilities of day to day operations. Consistently interview top talent to have a bench. Follow-up
daily with managers on inventory and cash control. Ensure proper ordering is completed to maximize profitability.
Conduct manager meetings to discuss profit and loss statements. Effectively schedule myself in each store location to
assist customers and vendors while coaching and developing staff. Created effective reporting methods for all managers to
report numbers, and insure proper expectations are being completed on day-to-day basis. Complete daily bookkeeping
procedures, including daily cost accounting and retail accounting. Increase profits in each location by providing exception
customer service.
October 6, 1999-May 31, 2002 Area Supervisor, Farmers Union Coop Supply Company
Promoted from within from exceptional managerial skills and excellent customer service. Foster an attitude of excellence
while driving profitability of the company. Directly supervise 6 convenience stores with fast food service. Assist all store
managers in day-to-day operations including: recruiting, interviewing, and hiring qualified staff. Provided high standards
of customer service with all customers and vendors. Provide direct feedback to manager to improve employee daily
activities and performance. Maximized gross profit dollars by setting and maintaining expense budgets. Ensured all stores
had a good inventory and cash control to minimize any losses. Oversee proper care of all equipment, scheduled
preventative maintenance within each location and insure all equipment met state and federal laws. Provided portion
control and cost analysis for all fast food to maximize all profits. Ensure that labor and hours were under control, and
continuously find new ways to increase sales and maximize profits.
April 4, 1994-October 6, 1999 Store Manager, Farmers Union Coop
Responsible for all day-to-day operations in location. Scheduled staff according to peak business hours and focus on
customer service to have repeat customers. Provide a one-stop-shop experience where all guests know they could come in
for all convenience needs. Provided direct feedback and restructured and implemented store policies. Prioritize each day
of the week to make sure ordering, banking, and posting of all daily store sales was completed and all invoices were posted.
Recruited, hired, and trained qualified staff. Made sure all cash and inventory was accounted for on a daily-basis while
conducting every day store operations. Maintained a highly profitable store, maximizing and up-selling customers who
stopped in the location. Created customer appreciation days to increase awareness and provide thanks back to customers
that shopped with us while adding new customers. Advertised to increase customer traffic which in turn increased sales
and profitability of store. Assisted within Corporate office and provided direct feedback on procedures to help in other
locations and drive results.
Education:
1980 Graduate with honors from Arcadia High School, Arcadia,, NE
1980-1981 Cosmetology License Joseph’s College of Beauty, Hastings, NE
1990 American Institute of Banking; Westgate Bank, Lincoln, NE
1995-2002 Retail Inventory Management Certificate, People Management Certificate, Inventory Loss Prevention
Certificate, Manager’s Financial Responsibility Certificate at Cenex Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
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