Manager Sales

Rebecca Anderson

Email: ********@*************.***

Address:

City: Huntsville

State: AL

Zip: 35803

Country: USA

Phone: 256-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Highly dedicated sales-driven associate with 8 years experience in retail management. Customer focused performer motivated to exceed expectations and contribute to overall company success. Proven leader with experience recruiting, training, motivating and retaining a high performing sales team.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from North Alabama Friends School, Huntsville AL 1/2001 to 6/1993 (Math)

High School Dipolma from Calhoun Community College, Huntsville AL 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Highly dedicated sales-driven associate with 8 years experience in retail management. Customer focused performer motivated to exceed expectations and contribute to overall company success. Proven leader with experience recruiting, training, motivating and retaining a high performing sales team.

Skill Highlights

Motivating leader

Strong-minded manager

Visual merchandising expert

Inventory control proficiency

Exceptional selling skills

Strong organizational skills

Trusted key holder

Strong work ethic

Energetic high output performer

Exceptional communication skills

Positive attitude, team player

Highly effective customer service skills

Creative problem solver

Efficient multi-tasker

Fast learner

Work Experience

March 2001 to June 2008

Barnes and Noble Huntsville, AL

Assistant Manager/Department Manager/Bargain Lead

Promoted to Department Manager within 3 months and then to Assistant Store Manager within one year. As Assistant Store Manager, designed and managed store displays, had exceptional knowledge of customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts, hired, supervised and scheduled a sales force of 20 associates, directed staff training and performance evaluations, shared product knowledge with customers while making personal recommendations, opened and closed the store while checking that computers were working properly, resolved customer complaints.

February 1997 to November 2000

The Shoe Dept. Huntsville, AL

Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager

Hired as an Assistant Store Manager and promoted to Store Manager. Led team productivity and managed work flow to exceed sales and quality service goals, improved service quality and increased sales by developing a strong knowledge of company's products and services. Hired and trained extroverted customer service representatives, and led our team to consistent significant sales gains including being recognized as top sales team in the company for a time.

January 1995 to February 1997

Wal-Mart Huntsville, AL

Zone Manager, Sales Associate

Started as a Sales Associate and was promoted to Zone Manager over the Toy and Hardware departments. Maintained up-to-date knowledge of product and service changes, distributed daily reports and order acknowledgments to appropriate personnel, and promptly responded to inquiries and requests from customers. Managed ongoing inventory updates and provided information to corporate to keep inventory in stock to increase sales.

Education and Training

1993 North Alabama Friends School Huntsville, AL

High School Diploma

Calhoun Community College Decatur, AL

Math

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