C T Sales Support
Resume:
ad5s5q@r.postjobfree.com
St. Louis, MO 63138
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Visual Management Sales Support Vendor
Management
Strategic Planning Event Planning Organization
Displays Team Building Employee Training
Supervision Management Time Management
Budgeting Merchandising
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Southeast Missouri State
Regional Visual Manager / Buyer
Walter Knoll Florist
Worked on Photo Shoot of new funeral book used in the top 10 floral companies throughout the United States.
Set visual standards in all stores.
Developed merchandising strategies to increase foot traffic and sales in stores. Created window displays to encourage customers into stores. Accomplished window changes and floor moves in an efficient and timely manner with little interruption of sales floor.
Helped maintain a functional inventory.
Attended Atlanta buying market, buying merchandise for the 2022-2023 year, purchasing products for the Valentine, Easter, Mothers Day, Summer, Fall, Halloween and Christmas seasons.
Updated Organization of inventory in warehouses maximize efficiency and time. Helped design and produce in-house signing.
Responsible for schedule and training of Assistant. First assistant was promoted.
Communicated with store managers in a timely and productive manner. Updated merchandising and fixtures in stores.
Updated visual merchandising standards in all stores. Reinvented the factory store through merchandising to reflect the company of today. That also increased foot traffic and sales. 2021 - current
To obtain a position in which my extensive skills and experiences can contribute to the growth and longevity of the company.
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Non-Sales Associate of the year
Macy’s, Saint Louis Missouri
Diamond Star recipient
Voted Non Sale All Star by fellow associates
and managers
Nordstrom Department Store
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District Visual Merchandiser
Brooks Brothers
Maintained visual cohesion through out the Southwest region. Traveled to stores in Southwest region 3 weeks out of month. Maintained expense reports and submitted for payment. Communicated with store managers and associates on a daily/weekly basis. Hosted bi-weekly conference call, highlighting current trends and themes. Maintained the j”Brooks Brothers” standard through out the Southwest region. Responsible for the visual standards in 15 stores in the Southwest region, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Responsible for 2 flagship stores in region with sales topping 40 million. Able to interpret the Brooks Bothers visual directive and apply to each individual store.
Was self managing during travels.
Participated in District Regional Meeting hosting a day of visual merchandising training.
Responsible for booking all travel arrangements.
Trained Store managers and associates on Brooks Brothers standards with mannequins and bust forms.
Made sure all customers were welcomed and cared for. Was able to work register and assist sales associates. 2019 - 2021
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Visual Merchandising Team Lead
Target
#1 in region with new launch of Universal Thread brand. Assisted several stores with their A & A 2.0 remodel Consistently in region top 10 with Hearth and Hand sales. Trained several new visual merchandisers is Saint Louis region. Hosted and spoke and regional visual merchandising meeting to great success. Received and “Exceptional”2017 review.
Implemented a weekly mannequin change adopted region wide. Implemented numerous visual merchandising standards that were adopted by all stores region wide-still in use today.
Initiated floor moves base on sales and demand.
Executed timely set-up and tear downs of visual displays with minimal sales floor disruption.
Developed visual support strategies and provided timely execution to ensure sales floor success.
Worked with vendors directly to ensure visual displays meet vendor specific requirements.
2013 - 2019
Visual Stylist, Inventory Handler, Inventory Control Technician Nordstrom
Visual Stylist
Maintained up to 100 mannequins changed on a weekly basis. Executed timely set-ups and tear downs of visual displays with minimal sales floor disruption.
Developed and executed Quarterly window displays.
Worked directly with vendors to ensure visual displays meet vendor specific requirements.
Maintained cosmetic visual storage room to ensure ease of visual set-ups in the
#1 department, cosmetics.
Hired as temporary Christmas help and asked to continue employment after the Christmas season.
2008 - 2013
Inventory Handler
Processed and shipped all web and inter-store orders. Using iship. Was given a package per hour processed of 20 packages per hour but maintained a average of 32.16 packages per hour.
Organized corrugate so that it increased flow and productivity-increasing package per hour.
Considered the “go to” guy when Inventory Manager was out of the building- people knew I would either know the answer or how to get the correct answer. Handled customer problems or issues with ease and professionalism Received a 3.8 out of a possible 4.0 on performance review. T A D D K . S T O N E
Inventory Control Technician
Oversaw and shipped all inventory leaving the store through RTV’s (return to vendor) stock balances and store transfers.
Ranked #1 in region and nation in RTV captures. Regularly maintaining 100% or better.
Regularly coached and taught managers and associates the proper way to prepare item for transfer.
Improved and organized the ITC office for maximum efficiency. When staffing was a problem at Galleria Nordstrom I was ICT for both stores, for approximately one month and was able to increase productivity at the Galleria store as well as maintaining the high standards I had set at my home store. Trained new associates at the Galleria and West County on transfers, RTV’s and stock balances.
Given responsibility of three weekly reports to maintain and report to Inventory Manager.
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Visual Director
Macy’s/Famous Barr
Executed timely set-ups and tear downs of visual displays with minimal sales floor disruption.
Developed visual support strategies and provided timely execution to ensure sales floor success.
Pre-planned Christmas, Halloween and Back-to-School displays to ensure maximum sale success.
Helped achieve a pre-sale goal of an average $15,000 in cosmetics by providing timely implementation of visual support set-ups.
Worked directly with vendors to ensure visual displays meet vendor specific requirements.
Drove sales through immediate response to event opportunities through advanced planning and execution of 15 to 20 major sale events per week. Chose to develop visual/merchandising displays for Christmas/Home and Halloween showrooms at the corporate headquarters, displays incorporated nation-wide.
Assisted Store Manager and Regional Director to enhance merchandise presentations and to identify areas
where visual merchandising could enhance sales.
Chosen to learn and implement new lighting design for lighting sales floor from the company who designed the
lighting scheme.
Implemented and installed monthly window changes including propping, mannequins, fashion and lighting.
Drove sales by dressing and maintaining mannequins so the the entire outfit would be sold, from the clothing to the accessories. Was the Visual Director of the Famous Barr national flagship store 2000 - 2008
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