BRUCE BIEBER
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Experienced and versatile Retail and Restaurant Manager with 9+ years’ experience in directing company financial affairs. Proven talent for aligning company strategy and objectives with established business development and administration management paradigms to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures. Managed business operations and met deadlines without compromising quality. Planned and organized non-profit and donor events. Areas of Expertise
® Retail Management
® Luxury Goods
® Operations Management
® Store Openings
® Restaurant Management
® Event Planning
® Vendor Management
® Inventory Management
® Staff Development
® Contract Negotiations
® Financial Budgets
® Strategic Planning
® Process Improvement
® Sales Operations
® CRM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Marc Jacobs May 2019 – April 2020
Personal/Executive Assistant to Board Member
• Duties include sending personal/business correspondence, maintaining personal/business calendar.
• Event/project management for personal and business functions, including working with vendors to complete services agreed upon.
• Weekly organization of duties of household staff.
• Organization of family medical, financial and utility accounts. Mana Inspired Oct. 2016 – May 2019
Account Manager
• Duties primarily include contacting potential new clients, doctors and organizations to discuss using a new stem cell therapy.
Virgin Hotel Apr. 2018 – Apr. 2019
Assistant Restaurant Manager
• Manages side by side with the General Manager to meet specific restaurant financial and staff related goals
• Responsible for learning and overseeing various areas of the restaurant including service management, repairs and maintenance, and administrative functions (entering inventory numbers, invoices, writing associate schedules, preparing and implementing action plans.
• Maintains expenses below budget through accurate planning, waste reduction, purchasing and cost-effective operating procedures.
• Accountable for budgeting, cost control, payroll, general accounting and full profit and loss.
• Cultivates high-performing team of employees through development and engagement.
• Ensures a high level of satisfaction by delivering personal attention to guests to generate repeat business. Apple Apr. 2016 – Sep. 2016
Technical Specialist
• Underwent four weeks of technical training to be Apple certified to evaluate and diagnose technical issues for Mac OS and iOS devices.
• Worked with customers to fix their technical issues, interactions were timed to maintain an optimal work flow.
• Excelled in my interactions and time management while working with clients, sometimes having to work with multiple clients at a time to make the best use of the time provided. Marc Jacobs Jan. 2013 – July 2015
Women’s Collection National/International Buyer
• Managed and created purchase orders for all Women’s categories in Marc Jacobs Flagship Collection for US and Europe.
• Created and evaluated weekly selling reports to assess inventory levels.
• Analyzed store inventory to determine transfers and replenishments between boutiques.
• Monitored and evaluated seasonal sell thru by studying KPI’s and selling trends to understand the Marc Jacobs demographic, working closely with Store Managers for input.
• Created product knowledge packets seasonally for the stores to use.
• Organized seasonal markdowns and RTVs.
Marc Jacobs June 2012 – Jan. 2013
General Manager
• Duties included but did not limit to overseeing the monthly, weekly, and daily operations for five Marc by Marc Jacobs retail stores for men’s and women’s clothing and accessories.
• Worked with store managers and sales staff to achieve sales goals implemented by the corporate office.
• Implemented corporate policies at all levels for store management.
• Lead all hiring and training of all new staff and management, and of the termination process.
• Available for troubleshooting in respect to the sales floor or stock room when needed for coverage or providing any assistance required for I.T. and security issues.
• Implemented a smooth system for stock rooms to follow to help sales teams with locating and taking stock counts.
• Worked directly with stock room managers on creating a more efficient system for sending and receiving merchandise to and from the warehouse and between stores to save on shipping fees by 15%.
• Lead the organization and preparation for large annual inventory counts and managed all weekly cycle counts for on hand inventory knowledge.
• Managed all seasonally chosen staff uniforms from individual stores buying lists with follow through of; placing the order, working with stock rooms on distributing the order to each individual and adjusting the items properly out of each stores inventory.
• Submitted payment requests and expense reports to accounts payable for any store bills or expenses for store maintenance.
Marc Jacobs Jan. 2011 – June 2012
General Manager
• Oversaw the monthly, weekly, and daily operations for the Collection store and the Marc by Marc store.
• Responsibilities were mostly the same as noted above for the NY General Manager position.
• Worked as the brand ambassador for Chicago, with help from the NY PR department. Marc Jacobs Feb. 2010 – Jan. 2011
Store Manager
• Opened and managed the newest Collection store for the company.
• Responsibilities included staffing the store and training the team in all areas related to their position, stocking supplies for the store, working with contractors to make sure work was completed on time, finding new vendors for the store for it to operate properly, and physically organizing the stockroom and merchandizing the sales floor for opening During my tenure at Marc Jacobs I had a leadership role in many of the store openings. This included the training of new hires, working to organize and merchandise inventory and working with vendors to supply stores. Store Opening Timelines
Chicago 2008 Marc by Marc Jacobs men’s and women’s retail store London 2009 Marc by Marc Jacobs men’s and women’s retail store Chicago 2010 Marc Jacobs Collection Luxury men’s, women’s and children’s retail store Milan 2010 Marc by Marc Jacobs men’s and women’s retail store New York 2013 Marc Jacobs Beauty
Las Vegas 2015 Marc by Marc Jacobs
Education
Butler County Community College-Honor Roll for Four Semesters Technical Skills include Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Retail Pro and AX