J Benbenek resume

JOREEN BENBENEK

*** *****’s Point Road Marshfield, MA 02050

781-***-**** Cell: 339-***-****

*******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Polished, enthusiastic and detail oriented business professional with superior customer service, time management and creative problem solving skills seeks locally based office support employment.

CORE COMPETENCIES

*Superior Communication Skills * Problem Solving

*Detail Oriented * Goal Oriented

*Time Management * Customer Focused

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REGIONAL MANAGER, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation

(multi-million dollar apparel manufacturer) 5/05-11/08

• Responsible for overseeing and maintaining the highest possible standards for customer service including selling skills, product knowledge, merchandising and problem solving to ensure the performance and goal achievement of the 24 Northeast Field Service Representatives.

• Worked in close partnership with large corporate Human Resources department to ensure Kenexa job posting, hiring and successful onboarding, training and mentoring of all field representatives, resolving personnel issues in a timely and compassionate manner, resulting in minimal employee attrition.

• Processed, tracked and approved weekly field payrolls and expense reports, overseeing the documenting and resolution of any performance issues to ensure employee retention, performance standards and career development.

• Created and conducted dynamic, informative and motivational multiple brand PowerPoint presentations utilized during key decision maker sales meetings and training seminars.

• Assisted Vice President with all corporate sales meeting event arrangements, coordinating travel for total Northeast field team.

• Functioned as consistently high performer, willingly accepting significant responsibility, delivering on commitments and contributing positive attitude, team-building and leadership skills that resulted in sales growth and corporate vision execution.

FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation 1999-2005

• Responsible for ensuring the Calvin Klein and IZOD brand merchandise presentation and customer service standards throughout a 45 store rotation in Macy’s, Filenes and Lord and Taylor department stores, resulting in increased corporate visibility and the achievement of store sales goals.

• Negotiated and secured key floor placement, signage and visual enhancements.

• Functioned as the liaison between Account Executives, the Buying office and the field team to communicate all brand initiatives, track footprint allocation, POS, product feedback and competitive positioning.

• “Coordinator of the Year Award” - 2004/2002

• Attended all market appointments; communicating brand growth opportunities, store environment issues and customer feedback.

JOREEN BENBENEK

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FILENE’S (MACY’S) • Hanover, MA 1998-1999

Visual Merchandiser

• Executed compelling visual merchandising statements through the use of graphics, mannequins, propping and lighting.

• Maintained fashion and product presentations according to current trends and corporate planograms.

• Coordinated store-wide promotions, key item outposts, seasonal and promotional set-ups for selling floor.

JOREEN BENBENEK FINE ART

• Self employed fine artist with works in over 200 corporate and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Australia including Hale and Door, Boston MA, Liberty Financial, Boston, MA, Westpac Banking, New York and Australia, Codman Company, Stoughton and Boston, MA, Marriot Hotels, Copley Plaza and Cambridge, MA

• Recipient of over 150 regional and national awards including the Bronze Medal from the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Show, New York, the Samuel Armor Memorial Landscape Award, Academic Artists Assoc., the Grumbacher Award for excellence in color and design, and numerous Best of Show and First Place Awards

• Advanced Landscape Painting Instructor with local and regional art associations including South Shore Art center, Cohasset, MA, Braintree Art Assoc., Braintree, MA and North River Art Society, Marshfield, MA.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

SKILLS

Knowledgeable in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Lotus, PowerPoint and XP

References Available Upon Request

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