Steven Kaminski

Grocery Manager V at Lowe’s Foods

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

About

Director with over twenty years of experience in operations, strategy development, business plan implementation, organizational development and business intelligence. Years of multi-unit management consistently exceeding profit and sales growth targets in multiple environments. Through military service and business environments have created and implemented new programs and initiatives improving operations.

Experience

  • Grocery Manager at Lowes Foods
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Manager on duty for a store with a total staff of over 130 hosts. Grocery department is multiple teams with over 25 hosts. - Currently managing a store that does over $18 million in annual revenue. Current store assignment is a 51,000 square ft store. - Booked multiple inventories with positive results. Reducing store shrink in the last inventory 8% below the company budget. - Took the lead on the process improvement initiative to get the store compliant with company wide standards for the division.

  • Store Manager at ALDI USA
    Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr

    Managed multiple locations in a bench capacity from Garner to East Hillsborough. • Managed a store that did $5.2 million in annual revenue. Also managed a store that did $3.9 million in annual revenue. • Assisted in grand opening new locations for the Aldi corporate team. Built new gondola and prepared stores for grand openings as well as remodels and resets.

  • Operations Manager at Primeritus Financial Services, Inc
    Feb 2023 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Managed a team that supported over 95 clients with the front end recovery process for their collateral. - Managed a team of 12 employees with over 6,000 individual cases. Coordinated with over a 800 different vendors nationwide in the field to deliver positive results for all of our clients. • Raised the involuntary repo rate for my team by over 14% overall for multiple marketplaces. • Implemented a system of weekly audits filtering communication with all the lenders weekly about their collateral in the field.

  • Store Manager at Dollar Tree Stores
    May 2017 - Feb 2023 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Was responsible for overseeing the store's operations with P&L accountability. Delivering results for all the company's merchandising, customer service initiatives and metrics. Managed a large format business unit that yearly did $3.4 million. Also managed a business unit that did $5.1 million annually. • Turned around the sales in a business unit from -16.9% to +33% in under two months. Raised budgeted sales for one business unit by over 30%. • Increased Customer Service score by over 24 Basis Points within a 3-month period. • Mentored and promoted sixteen managers within the company to my own store and other locations. • Multiple Winner of the Top Gun Award (Best store performance in district).

  • Store Manager at Tractor Supply Company
    Aug 2016 - May 2017 · 10 mos

    Worked with the community as a retail executive to serve as a partner and to grow the business. • Oversaw a business unit in a rural community with yearly sales of $4.5 million. • Developed and managed 15 employees accountable with P&L responsibility for the business unit. • Partnered with the Lucedale County Animal Shelter to create a program integrating Pet adoption with Pet promotions in the community and business unit.