Sales Manager

Bruce Fitzgerald

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

Address: *** **** ****

City: Irvine

State: CA

Zip: 92606

Country: USA

Phone: 323-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $100,000

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R. BRUCE FITZGERALD

830 Silk Tree

Irvine, CA 92606

Home: 949-***-**** Cell: 323-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Administration

Able to accurately analyze for need, organize for results, plan for change, and administer effectively.

Possess an efficiency focused approach to meeting objectives with the ability to determine what

needs to be done, and following through to a successful conclusion.

Sales Management & Training

Highly involved in hiring and training sales associates, supervising store personnel ranging in size

from 12 to 50 individuals. Excel at teaching and motivating staff and developing individual sales

skills.

Merchandising

Fully experienced in purchasing product as well as developing successful store merchandise

presentations.

WORK HISTORY

06/11- Present TOURNEAU

Management-General Manager: Administrate all retail functions of the South Coast

Plaza location, which included separate Patek Philippe and Breitling in store -boutiques-.

In addition oversaw the remodeling of the location and the opening and oversite of a

separate Service location outside the store. Responsibilities also included recruiting,

community promotion, and management development. Successfully managed the

location through a signifcant change in business philosphy.

04/07 - 05/11 BROOKS BROTHERS

Management - General Manager Oversee all retail functions of South Coast Plaza location,

including sales training and recruiting, merchandise presentation, profitability, and increasing the

sales growth of a very high volume location, which includes a merchandise mix consisting of men`s

women`s, boys, shoes, and accessories. Responsibilities include community promotion as well as

development of management team to provide for growth of additional locations.

10/94 - 04/07 ROCHESTER BIG & TALL - District Manager

Management - Administer all functions of retail operations of Beverly Hills location, along with

supervisory responsibilities over additional locations. Responsibilities include all personnel functions,

sales training, inventory levels, merchandise presentations, and tailoring product mix to maximize sales

in the individual locations. Consistently maintained high growth level in sales volume.

3/94 - 10/94 Timberland Corp.

Management - Worked with management to develop a retail environment that would help showcase

product, as they were rolling out their own branded locations.

3/90 - 2/94 Polo Retail Corporation

Management - Administer and operate all menswear functions of two locations. Responsibilities

included supervision, training, and hiring store personnel. Merchandising, inventory controls, and

merchandise mix for two Polo/Ralph Lauren stores: Washington DC and San Francisco

8/88 - 3/90 The Sharper Image

Management - Administer all operational functions of store. Includes sales training, inventory control,

sales budgets, visual merchandising, operation of largest volume store in district. Additional duties

included troubleshooting other locations.

9/86 - 7/88 Royal Polo Inc., Polo/Ralph Lauren

Men`s Operation Manager - Responsibilities included purchasing all menswear inventory for seven

store operation, a Polo/Ralph Lauren franchise. Determined budgets, open to buy, inventory control

system, and assisted store managers in merchandising departments.

8/68 - 9/86 Mays of Michigan

Began career in sales while attending college, appointed store manager upon graduation. Promoted to

buyer in 1972, and sent to Boca Raton, FL in 1979 to establish additional store locations, responsible

for all organizational operations.

EDUCATION

B. A. - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

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