Objective: Retail Manager- Sales & Visual Merchandising
My main objective is to obtain a position with a strong company where there is room to grow. I desire a fast, challenging paced environment. I want to be matched up with a great team where I can use my energy and education.
Education: Fisher College 1999-2001
118 Beacon St.
Boston, M.A. 02118
BA/ Fashion Merchandising
Course Highlights
* History of Costume * Marketing
* Business * Visual Merchandising
* Fashion Design * Retail Buying & Management
* Public Speaking * Held and Coordinated Annual Fashion Show for 2 years
Work Experience
Coach August 2019-June2020
Senior Sales Manager
Build a customer base for store to retain clients
Execute floor moves as per company standard
Handle operations in stockroom
Executed Inventory
Follow up with customers to build personal client book
Hosted events in store to drive sales
Handled organization of product in stockroom
Express May2019-August 2019
Co Manager
Participated in floor sets as per company visual standards
Build repeat customer base for store
Achieve daily credit card goals
Motivate staff to drive sales
Maintain visual standards on sales floor
G by Guess October 2017- May 2019
Store Manager
Hire, Train, Develop team for store
Identify and create action plan to control and decrease shrink
Handle visuals for store. Window displays, marketing organization, floorset, backroom organization. Train team to execute visuals for impact moves.
Schedule employees to company payroll expectations
Manage payroll
General opening and closing procedures
Achieve daily sales goals
Develop staff for promotions within the store
Create action plans and analyze merchandising reports to make impact moves to push product that is not performing
Trained with District Visual Lead to further development of myself and my staff
Promoted to higher volume location in valley stream
Participated in corporate product meetings in LA
Leveraged to other locations to help train and develop staff in merchandising
Connect and create events to bring back repeat customers through client app
Increase 20% YTD loyalty percentage to generate sales
Ann Taylor Loft April 2015- July 2017
Manager
Executed a business strategy to maximize net sales, payroll, credit card goalss
Analyze business reports to define appropriate actions to drive results
Recruits top talent for store to ensure location is staffed properly
Built a repeat client base for location
Enforced loss prevention policies through operational assessment to protect company assets
Ensure operational excellence
Created schedules
Executed visual merchandising in a timely manner
Travel to other locations for visual workshops
Joyce Leslie May 2011- May2012
Store Manager
Drive and Maximize Sales to achieve store goals
Manage payroll, scheduling, and staffing
Hire, Train, Recruit and Develop top talent in the industry
Create a great working environment
Execute markdowns and transfers
Handle shipment. Receiving, auditing, processing
Merchandise store and maintain standards
Trains and develops staff on product knowledge
Ensure customer needs are being met handle any customer complaints and resolves them
Build a repeat customer base through outstanding customer service
Maintain company standard of shrink @ 1.75 %
Mandee April 2010- May 2011
Store Manager
Hire, recruit and train staff
Develop staff for promotions within
Maintain a clean organized store
Manage Payroll, schedules, and staffing
Achieve sales goals
Maintain shrink standards
Create a fun work environment
Knowledge of sales and department reports
Merchandise store according to department reports as well as standards
Contact with buyers about what store needs and what needed to be transferd out according to sales trends
Charlotte Russe August 2008- April 2010
Store Manager
• Achieve daily sales goals
• Drive Sales through creating teams and partnerships with mall management and marketing team
• Daily functions in opening and closing store procedures
• Enforcing LP rules of conduct
• Maintain a clean, neat, well organized space
• Marketing and backroom organization
• Execute floor moves in a timely manner, flexing to the needs of the store
• Hire, Train, Motivate for promotions within store and district
• Recruit top talent
• Handle payroll and Scheduling
• Maintain a fun, upbeat environment
• Handle Service expectations and reports for district
• Merchandise performance reports and ranking for district
Bakers April 2008 - August2008
Store Manager
• Hired for area manager position, responsible for hiring, training and developing
D.E.M.O February 2006 - April 2008
Store Manager
• Responsible for all team member training, coaching, and development
• Handle Payroll related functions at store
• Achieve daily sales goals
• Achieved store shrink of .63%
• Develop staff for promotions from within the store
• Created a positive work environment to motivate employees
• Execute all visual merchandising as per guidelines in a timely manner
• Maintain a clean, professional store
• Build a repeat customer base through V.I.P customer binder
• Responsible for consistency in the new concept store in Trumbull, CT
• Participated in District Manager meetings in L.A.
RAMPAGE July 2005 - February 2006
Store Manager
• Responsible for executing all floor moves
• Create new window displays for the store each Sunday
• Handle questions for the district when floor moves arrived
• Handled all team member training and development
• Set store sales goals and achieve them
• Maintain a shrink of 1.3%
• Establish a repeat customer through excellent customer service skills
RAVE
Assistant Manager- Binghamton N.Y. Aug.2003- Oct.2003
Store Manager - Albany N.Y. October 2003- July 2005
• Build and develop staff for both stores( Recruit and Hire)
• Achieve daily sales goals set by company
• Maintain a shrink of 1%
• Create visuals for a challenged store while adhering to company standards
• Build a repeat customer base
• Oversee Binghamton and Kingston stores
• Follow operation standards per company
• Audit paperwork and files in all three stores
• Maintain a fun and energized sales team in all stores I oversaw
• Handle opening and closing the store with members of management
• Assisted in Visual Merchandising of the store
• Answer customers questions about the clothing
• Help achieve daily sales goals
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