Joshua Abbate
Chester, New York 10918
adilny@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
A hard working, self-motivated professional with 8 plus years of experience in the Luxury fashion industry. Skilled in implementing procedures and standards to maintain the highest level of productivity
Skills
- Supervision and training of all staff
- Inventory control and reconciliation
- Process improvement
- Knowledge of Luxury fashion and sales trends
- Familiar with allocation of at retail and outlet level
- Completing tasks accurately with limited time and deadlines
- Knowledge of numerous POS systems Customer service skills, including phone and in store sales orders
- Logistics experience, with knowledge of out of country specification
- Organization of large scale projects or tasks to be completed in a timely fashion
- Familiar with location operating systems at the warehouse level Professional Experience
Brunello Cucinelli USA – Assistant Manager – Ardsley, New York May 14, 2018 – present
-Scheduling daily functions to support companies needs.
-Schedule any shipments to and from the warehouse.
-Evaluate employee performance on a day to day basis.
-Process all E-commerce returns on a daily basis.
-Responsible for distribution of new seasons allocation to retail division.
-Responsible for receiving end of season product
Versace - Warehouse Supervisor - Monroe, New York
June 2015 – April 2018
- Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of projects, and fluctuating work loads
- Scheduling times of shipment deliveries, and modes of transportation
- Check specifications of merchandise loaded and unloaded against information contained in work orders
- Evaluate employee performances and prepare performance appraisals
- Successfully completed the pulling, packing, and shipping of merchandise for new store openings
- Successfully organized and supervised multiple inventories
- Responsible for the completion of auditing hours, and submitting payroll. Versace – Loss Prevention Supervisor – Central Valley, New York January 2014 - June 2015
- Monitoring procedures to reduce property or financial loss
- Identifying and reporting loss or theft at store level
- Maintaining a safe working environment for all store employees
- Assisting sales associates when needed
- Control store traffic during Holiday sales
Prada – Loss Prevention Supervisor – Central Valley, New York March 2013 – October 2013
- Implementing or monitor processes to reduce property or financial loss
- Conduct store audits to identify problem areas or procedural deficiencies
- Identify and report merchandise or stock shortages
- Maintain documentation or reports on security related incidents or investigations
- Successfully completed monthly cycle counts
- Monitor compliance with standard operating procedures for loss prevention, physical security, or risk management
- Reduce store shrinkage to .50%
Christian Dior – Back of House Operations/ Sales Associate - Central Valley, New York
- Answer customer questions about merchandise and advise them on merchandise selection.
- Take inventory and examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
- Stock all floor inventories with new merchandise, while identifying and removing previous seasonal merchandise.
- Receive, open, and process all new incoming merchandise
- Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure shipments are correct
- Successfully completed cycle counts and reconciling inventory on a weekly bases
- Requisition new merchandise from supplier based space, merchandise on hand, and customer requests
Education
- Pine Bush High School - 1988-1992
- S.U.N.Y. Delhi – 1993 – 1995 – Associates Degree – Culinary Arts Additional Skills
- Customer service skills, including phone and in store sales orders
- Logistics experience with knowledge of out of country specifications
- Organization of large project or tasks to be completed in a timely matter References
Kendra Cantelmo – Former Outlet Director – Versace 845-***-**** Gina Hayes – Former manager - Christian Dior/ Current Manager- Tom Ford