Merchandise Manager Sponsor
Resume:
CONTACT
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Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Davie, FL
Business Management
HARPER COLLEGE
Palatine, IL
Business Administration
EXPERIENCE
OWNER AND PRESIDENT
Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA - Jan 1999 - May 2020
• Established two retail locations within the Los Angeles market. One in Beverly Hills and one in the San Fernando Valley. We offered the sale and servicing of fur and leather products.
• In addition, we created a caravan sales business nationwide providing fur sales and service in 25 sponsor stores across the country consisting of ready to wear stores, department stores and hotels. Retail sales of
$6.5 million annually.
• California passed a state-wide fur ban which will take effect in Los Angeles 2021 and statewide 2023 which caused me to close my business in 2020.
OWNER AND DIRECTOR
P.B.S. and Associates HK Ltd. - Jan 1992 - Jan 1999
• Owned and operated a fur Buying center located in Hong Kong, where we served customers from United States (Evans hired me as their exclusive buying agent)
• Responsible for developing business between manufacturers and buyers and creating fur fashion lines for 20 different customers worldwide.
• Managed exports from Hong Kong that approximated $15 million annually.
• Responsible for all aspects of day to day operations including staffing, negotiating prices, negotiating leases and all communications and customer service. VICE PRESIDENT
Evans, Inc New York, Chicago, IL - Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
• Responsible for overseeing all purchasing by Evans buyers on all domestic and overseas purchases, in total over $50million.
• Managed all aspects of the day to day business operations, planned the open to buys by locations and negotiating all purchases.
DIRECTOR OF OVERSEAS OPERATIONS
Evans, Inc New York, Jan 1989 - Jan 1991
• Responsible for purchasing and quality control on all Evans Overseas purchasing exporting. This totaled
$25 million from Asia to the United States annually.
• Managed all negotiations on leases, staffing and all day to day operations. CORPORATE MERCHANDISE MANAGER
Evans, Inc New York, Naperville, IL - Jan 1985 - Jan 1989
• Responsible for all open to buy planning and maintenance and purchasing and distribution of $50 million in purchases to over 120 Evans locations nationwide. MERCHANDISE MANAGER
Evans, Inc New York, Los Angeles, CA - Jan 1982 - Jan 1985
• Robinson's Department Stores in Los Angeles California (A leased Department Operation for Evans)
• Facilitated all planning including purchasing, advertising, lease negotiations, staffing, training, creation of fur factory and storage facility for over 25,000 furs in cold storage, fur cleaning plant to service sales at 10 Robinson's Fur Departments in Southern California.
• Oversaw over $10 million in sales per year.
ASSISTANT TO CORPORATE MINK BUYER
Evans, Inc New York, Los Angeles, CA - Jan 1980 - Jan 1982
• Responsible for creating and maintaining Open to Buy for corporate fur buying of over $50 million. Responsible for creating selection and distribution to all Evans Fur stores. MEMBER OF EVANS CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAM
Evans, Inc New York, Chicago, IL - Jan 1977 - Jan 1980
• Exposure to all aspects of Evans retail fur businesses. In store training for sales, staffing, and personnel.
• Worked in the fur factory to get an understanding of what goes into all fur servicing such as repairs, restyling, manufacturing and education on maintenance of furs such as fur cleaning and cold storage.
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