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OBJECTIVE
Dedicated luxury retail sales professional with a passion for delivering unparalleled customer service, brand awareness, and achieving sales excellence. Seeking a dynamic role to utilize my expertise in luxury products, client relationship management, and sales strategies to contribute to a prestigious retail team and exceed business targets in the high-end market.
SKILLS
-Communication
-Persuasive Selling
-Brand Awareness
-Organizational Skills
-Ability to multitask
-Customer Service
-Product Knowledge
-Team Collaboration
-Adaptability
-Professionalism
-Networking
RAYMOND ATKINS
LUXURY RETAIL SALES PROFESSIONAL 4701 WESTHEIMER RD. HOUSTON, TX 77027 PHONE: 586-***-**** EMAIL: *********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
PERSONAL STYLIST • NEIMAN MARCUS • 06/23 – 11/23
-Creative and motivated professional stylist who excels at providing fashion advice to clients
-Partnering with clients on their styling interest and addressing their attire needs
-Creating fashion looks, suggest items of clients’ interests, and assist with purchases
-Showcase deep knowledge of clothing styles, brands, and trends
-Assist with purchase transactions, online orders, and client order reservations
STYLE ADVISOR • SAKS FIFTH AVENUE • 10/2019 – 05/2023
-Generate sales and exceed individual and store goals
-Recommend, select, and assist clients with high-end items and merchandise
-Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotion, policies regarding payment, and exchanges
-Open and close POS systems, performing tasks such as counting drawers, account payments, and merchandise purchases
-Maintained regular communication with clients on new merchandise and products, sales, and upcoming promotions
SALES ASSOCIATE • NORDSTROM • 06/2016 – 10/2019
-Oversee cash control, tail daily receipts, ensuring accurate and correct bookkeeping for next day operations team.
- Maintain inventory, monitor merchandise, and provide feedback for reorders.
- Hire, train, supervise, and develop employee growth by delegating responsibilities.
-Lead by example in proactive team efforts to achieve company goals.
- Creatively market sales to generate additional revenue
- Keep store organized and fulfilled with adequate stock on sales floor.
- Provide exceptional customer service to consumers to promote long standing relationships.
STORE MANAGER • SALVATION ARMY • 05/2012 – 06/2016
-Assist with product promotion, merchandising, and tracking department sales goals
-Provide excellent customer service to customers for purchases and various transactions
-Maintain and record inventory, monitor merchandise, and successful process reorders
-Provide elevated customer experience that generated retention amongst clients
GENERAL MANAGER • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE • 11/2005 – 03/2012
-Carefully selected and recruited an eager and professional work group of individuals ensuring operational excellence and team diligence.
- Responsible for the adherence of internal quality control and assignment accuracy for supervisors, dispatchers, drivers, and team leader subordinates.
- Managed confidential employee notice of disclosures, compensation and benefits including payroll and employee timecards.
- Responsible for accounting and bookkeeping of incoming and outgoing site and location expenditures.
- Prepared and draft accurate monthly expense reports and timely deliver marginal revenue results to CEO.
- Maintained professional appearance of store, outside grounds and merchandise layout of quality donations suitable for sale.
- Conducted training sessions for employees ensuring the motivation of sales associates to understand the value of our store while achieving daily sales goals.
- Properly engaged call center dispatchers and truckers to work in a cohesive environment for accurate and satisfactory assignment completion.
EDUCATION
ASSOCIATE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT • 2021-PRESENT • WCCD
HIGHLIGHTS
-Previous Brand Ambassador for Burberry, Emporium Armani, Canada Goose, and Theory
-Awarded Highest Standards Recognition in August 2022
-Ranked highest earning sales associate at Saks Fifth Avenue in 2019
-Ended 2022 with $1.3 million in sales
-Maintained a million-dollar book for 4 years
-Regularly style and shop for high profile clients (Lawyers, NFL, NBA etc.)