Sales Manager

Charles Simone

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PROFILE

Extensive professional experience retail operations, merchandising,

project management and visual merchandising where exceptional performance

is key to success. Superior leadership and organizational skills with the

ability to plan and execute strategies, build partnerships and direct

teams. The ability to work with individuals all levels with a hands-on,

attention to detail energetic can do attitude with a desire to grow.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERENCE

2007 - 2009 Macy's Home Store New York, New York

Manager of Visual / Capital Projects

Managed the timely installation of vendor shop's, floor sets and

promotional set ups, to maximize the sales of merchandise thus increasing

the company profits and minimizing losses.

Coordinated and executed standards of excellence in merchandising

presentations with store associates and vendor merchandising teams to drive

sales and provide a positive customer experience.

Created merchandising, visual plans, provided a time and action calendars

on all aspects of projects to provide team participation with the key

objective to increase productivity and efficiency and to ensure that

company strategies and core values were achieved.

Establish and Communicated procedures, policies, standards, and safety

awareness are thoroughly understood.

Collected over $3.2 million for our capital projects plus additional $1.9

million was paid from our vendors direct for our projects. A new high plus

a 100% collection versus commitment.

2004 - 2006 Macy's Home Store New York, New York

Divisional Visual Merchandise Manager / Planner (Furniture)

. Responsible for managing and communicating to key executives, regional

visual merchandising managers on the seasonal merchandising strategies,

merchandising promotions and visual presentations.

. Managed and physically executed with the merchandising and visual staffs,

as well as the building trades, vendors and sales associates the

placement of merchandise, accessories, artwork and visual elements to

company vision and objectives.

. Coordinated with all team members to organize, update and record all

floor plans on the arrival of all new big-ticket merchandise.

. Developed and delivered on budget the divisional and regional the budgets

which included capital, visual, freelance, trade, and travel expenses as

projected.

. Developed time in action plans providing key milestone dates for

merchandise projects, store openings and visual projects to achieve the

merchandise and fiscal objectives.

. Designed and executed furniture floors for semi-annual Home sale and

holiday sale events

. Successfully accomplished the Macy's-May furniture integration, the

"Macy's Bed Store" initiative as well as the Martha Stewart Home

collection and furniture roll out.

1994-2003 Macy's East New York, New York

Merchandiser / Visual Coordinator (Furniture)

. Supervised the semi-Annual furniture set up for Macy's East which

included furniture floor set, merchandizing of home accessories, the

visual presentation of new merchandise in both in-line department stores

and galleries.

. Coordinated with the store and department managers in creating,

merchandising and the execution of Christmas shops in various stores

including Herald Square. Merchandised various departments and outpost

such as home, textiles, and cookware to name a few in designated stores

throughout the region

. Successfully executed with the merchandise, store planning and visual

teams and merchants for "Hotel "textile rollout which increase sales

and customer experience locally and nationwide.

. Responsibilities included actual field measurements on locations at store

and existing floor, compare actual versus existing CAD floor plans which

provided Store Design with scaled floor plans to be formatted to CAD to

update existing floor plans for new textile "HOTEL" initiative.

1979- 2000 Apple Visual Mount Laurel, New Jersey

(Proprietary)

. Designed and manufactured fixtures, props, exhibits and merchandise

vendor shops for the retail industry for major department stores to

specialty shop. Clients included Bamberger's, Macy's, Lord & Taylor and

A&S. as well as Aeropostale, Jake Dog House. Constructed exhibits for

regional trade show such as Life Style Forms, Adco Electronics to name a

few.

. Coordinated with mall managements such as Rouse, and Simon Properties

merchants to design, develop construct visual elements and assist in

coaching, developing and merchandising technique for mall vendor and in

temporary in line stores programs.

. Developed, Designed and executed a merchandising / marketing program for

M.I. Hummel / Goebel NA.

Burlington County College Architecture / interiors

Image IT CAD

Good working knowledge of all trades.

References and portfolio upon request

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