Manager Store
Resume:
Kasey M. Martin
************@*****.***
Objective: To work in a retail environment that encourages innovation and creative merchandising.
Experience:
Visual Merchandising Team Lead; Target
May 2017- Present
Regular visual maintenance that upholds the company standard for visual aesthetic, interpreting company directives, driving sales through merchandising and displays, scheduling and planning with Executive Team Lead for updates and planograms, training visual merchandisers, associates and operations team on current changes, facilitating execution of launches, refixturing per corporate direction, elevating problem solving techniques with associates, train associates to set planograms, updates, and flex product due to inventory levels, lighting, set and upkeep home innovation areas throughout store, walk Store Director through visual updates weekly.
New Store Opening Team; Forever 21
March 2015- May 2017
Sort and set merchandise, mannequin styling, lead and teach team on merchandising techniques, time management to complete merchandising on time for store opening, lighting, take and send photos for corporate to review, train team on upkeep of visuals and overall store maintenance.
Visual Merchandising Manager; Forever 21 October 2012 – October 2014 & February 2015- May 2017
Regular visual maintenance that upholds the company standard for visual aesthetic, interpreting company directives, driving sales through merchandising and displays, scheduling and planning for visual merchandising team, training visual merchandisers, associates and operations team on current changes, facilitating execution of launches, remapping and planning floorsets based on changes requested by corporate team, overseeing floorset, managing stock team, ensuring all boxes are received and processed to company standard, overseeing markdown process and responsible for reaching required percentages of markdowns being located and remarked, facilitating return of damaged items, communicating plans and changes to the District Visual Manager.
Co- Manager; Forever 21
October 2014- February 2015
Working with store manager to achieve company goals, ensure store maintenance and company standards are upheld, hold visual and stock teams accountable for day to day tasks, hiring to store needs, daily deposits and paperwork, training employees on customer service and loss prevention standards.
Visual merchandiser; Forever 21
June 2008 – October 2012
Working with visual merchandising manager to ensure that visual standards are upheld, mannequin styling, managing the visual elements and structure of specified sections of the store, working with the stock team to ensure fullness of fixtures, organization of product and to execute floorset, assisting with markdown process.
Visual Merchandiser / Stock Associate; Pacific Sunwear
March 2012 – August 2012
Processing and merchandising new product on a daily basis, merchandising to specific company directives, over all visual maintenance, locating and addressing markdowns.
Accomplishments:
1. 22 Store openings – including assisting with logistics of moving from previous space.
2. 3 time winner of “Best of the Best” national F21 merchandising contest out of 480 stores.
3. Finalist in Forever 21 "Back to School Stylist" contest.
4. Regional winner of "Best of the Best Holiday Floorset 2013" out of 47 stores.
5. Training all new VMs to Target in Kansas City district in 2017-2019
Interests: Urban fashion trends, lingerie design, alternative and indie music, crafting, Hayao Miyazaki films, oddities and antiques.
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