JOANNE FELICE
Sarasota, Florida
CAREER PROFILE
Fashion minded professional with successful experience in buying, sales and marketing. Outgoing and customer focused with excellent communication skills. Strong eye for developing ideas and knowing how to project future trends. Stays abreast of consumer inclinations and interests. Collaborate with vendors to create the best product plans to boost sales revenue.
RELEVANT SKILLS
● Negotiate prices, discount terms, or transportation arrangements with suppliers
● Buy merchandise or commodities for resale to wholesale or retail consumers
● Examine, select, order, or purchase merchandise consistent with quality, quantity, specification requirements, or other factors, such as environmental soundness
● Recommend mark-up rates, markdown rates, or merchandise selling prices
● Obtain information about customer needs or preferences by conferring with sales or purchasing personnel
● Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine what the company will sell and how much inventory is needed
● Collaborate with vendors to obtain or develop desired products
● Inspect merchandise or products to determine quality, value, or yield
● Consult with store or merchandise managers about budgets or goods to be purchased
● Provide clerks with information to print on price tags, such as price, mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer number, season code, or style number
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Comcast Corporate – Alpharetta, GA Sales 11/2016-11/2017
● Meet monthly sales goals through making calls to existing customers to upsell services Elan Eye Boutique – Braselton, GA Eyewear Consultant 01/2015 – 11/2016
● Assisted customers in eyewear as well as fix and make adjustments National Vision-Dulth, Ga Sales Representive 10/2012 – 2015
● Provided administrative support of business
Jo-Mik Jewels – Toms River, NJ Self-Employed 01/1998 – 10/2012
● Oversaw the daily operations of the bustiness from customer service, to sales and customized designs
● Bought merchandise for resale to wholesale or retail consumers negotiating prices and discounts
● Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine what the company will sell and how much inventory is needed Max and Amber – Manasquan, NJ Store Manager 1990’s
● Opened and closed store; trained staff
● Bought merchandise for resale to wholesale or retail consumers Macy’s – New York, NY Lancôme Beauty Consultant 1990’s
● Rank highest in sales in skincare and makeup
EDUCATION
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – Clarkston, GA Associate of Applied Science in Opticianry, 2016 Parsons School of Design – New York, NY Certificate in Jewelry Design