Kesha Huning

Professional retail leader prepared to drive performance and growth. Proven track record in strategic planning, operational efficiency, and customer experience optimization. Strong focus on team collaboration and delivering consistent results, adaptable to evolving market needs. Expertise in inventory management, sales strategies, and staff development. Reliable, flexible, and consistently achieves business objectives. I am a collaborative leader who partners with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

• Specialty accomplishments – Leading the Merlin Way Program Graduate - 2020, Starbucks Coffee Master 2011 and 2014, Food Specialist, and Community Lead for Starbucks
• Ability to achieve results ahead of Schedule in- 2019 – 120% to budget, 2018- 114% to budget, 2014 – 110% to budget,
• 11% growth in revenue in R&R in over 1 year
• Established a birthday program in 2019 to bring in $920K extra from previous year that has sustained a long-term revenue stream that now brings in 1.4M year over year.
• 2025 - launched Resort wide birthday package
• Successfully support large long-term projects like: MFM reopening, Brick Brothers gift shop remodel, opened a new hotel in 2018, ran opening new Starbucks locations, and launched one of the first 24-hour Starbucks in 2012
• The ability to provide constructive feedback in a manner that has proved to be both excepted and effective to move people forward
• Business Acumen – payroll, scheduling, ordering, inventory management, build and develop teams to maintain and deliver high level of guest services in multiple outlets overseen the operations of the business to increase profitability, control cost, and reduce waste.
• Recognize, celebrate, and reinforce individual and team accomplishments
• Helped build, lead, coach, and develop teams ranging from 6 to 160 associates in different environments and situations to grow and see long term goals with both companies
• Ability to be flexible and change daily routine to best support the business last min
• Able to bring teams and areas back from closer to be back in normal operation while overachieving financial goals

• LLC Hotel Leader of the year - 2019
• Yellow Lock, Legoland California - 2021
• Coffee Master, Starbucks - 2011
• Leader if the Summer, Starbucks - 2010