Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Mark Strutt

Cairns,QLD

Summary

An ambitious target driven, highly motivated individual with proven commercial acumen. Ability to cultivate relationships with people of various professional, ethnic and personal backgrounds Commitment to working as a member of a team Reliable team member who works well on own and with co-workers and supervisors High attention to detail and accuracy Quick to learn new skills and tasks

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Coach/ Area Manager

Star Liquor
03.2025 - Current
  • Coaching Managers to achieve there store targets
  • Troubleshot, brainstormed and collaborated with fellow coaches on ways to make coaching more impactful for clients.
  • Monitored and analyzed clients' progress, results and overall satisfaction to implement process improvement initiatives.


Cluster MANAGER

Star hotel group
05.2024 - Current

ROSTERS

APPROVE SHIFTS

STOCK MANAGEMENT -

ORDER STOCK

PRODUCT PURCHASING FOR HIGHER GP

MANAGE STOCK ROTATION

ALLOCATIONS

CLEARING OUT SLOW MOVING LINES

INVOICING

STOCKTAKE

TRANSFERING STOCK

MERCHANDISING STOCK

CASH CONTROL

STAFF COMMUNCATION

PEOPLE & TRAINING

HIRE & INDUCT NEW STAFF

STAFF TRAINING

PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE

STAFF REVIEWS

CUSTOMER SERVICE

MARKETING & PROMOTIONS

INSTORE SPECIALS

CO-ORDINATE PROMOTIONS

CO-ORDINATE IN-STORE TASTING

EXTERNAL PROMOTING – SIGNAGE

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

iCONTROL REPORTS

PRODUCT LOOKUP OTHER STORES

COSTING PRODUCTS

TICKETING

POWER BI REPORTS

P&L’s

CCTV


RETAIL MANAGER

Irvin Group Hotel
01.2022 - 05.2024
  • Recruiting, training, supervising and appraising staff
  • Managing budgets
  • Maintaining statistical and financial records
  • Dealing with customer queries and complaints
  • Overseeing pricing and stock control
  • Maximizing profitability and setting/meeting sales targets, including motivating staff to do so
  • Ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation
  • Preparing promotional materials and displays
  • Liaising with head office

Retail Manager

Great Northern Cellars
01.2018 - 12.2021
  • Ordering stock
  • Changing specials (fortnightly)
  • Setting up displays
  • Stocktakes
  • Open & Close Busy drive through Bottle shop
  • Cash Handling & Eftpos
  • Serving customers including up selling promoted lines, Merchandising and display building.
  • While I was at the Detached bottle Shop, I took the sales from $16K a week to $65K a week as the Bottle Shop Manager

Territory Manager

MC WILLIAMS WINES GROUP
01.2007 - 01.2018
  • Sales – including cold calling
  • Working within a 90 plan (CRM)
  • Maintaining Set Budgets
  • On premise building relationships, Wine lists and food & Beverage matching.
  • Off Premise Building and maintaining relationships with owners & managers to help build their business
  • In Store Displays
  • Promotions & Instore tastings
  • Building relationships with clients

Education

Chef - Hospitality

William Angliss Institute of TAFE
Melbourne, VIC

Skills

  • Management skills
  • Odering & Costing Stock
  • Stocktakes & Stock Control
  • Exceptional customer service
  • Budgeting/ Record keeping
  • Merchandising and Display
  • Inventory and pricing controls
  • Problem Solving
  • Computer skills
  • Communication/ Organization skills
  • POS scanning use
  • Time Management
  • Microsoft Office Suite of Products
  • Internet Access Searching Skills
  • Small Office Computer Networks
  • General IT Troubleshooting
  • Day to day use of a PDA
  • ALM Portal Use
  • Liquid Special Beverages ordering

Certification

  • Fully Vaccinated Covid-19 2021
  • RMLV Certificate 2019
  • MR Truck license 2019
  • Forklift license 2024
  • RSA Certificate- 2018
  • First Aid & CPR 2018
  • Bronze Level Wine Achievement -2009
  • Champagne Masters Course Certificate -2009
  • William Angliss College Chef Certificate

Timeline

Business Coach/ Area Manager

Star Liquor
03.2025 - Current

Cluster MANAGER

Star hotel group
05.2024 - Current

RETAIL MANAGER

Irvin Group Hotel
01.2022 - 05.2024

Retail Manager

Great Northern Cellars
01.2018 - 12.2021

Territory Manager

MC WILLIAMS WINES GROUP
01.2007 - 01.2018

Chef - Hospitality

William Angliss Institute of TAFE
Mark Strutt