Customer Service Sales
Resume:
Tanya C. Hunter
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Professional Summary:
Highly creative, detailed oriented professional, dedicated and task driven. Decisive proven performer specializing in:
•Consultative sales skills in product knowledge, home furnishing trends, visual presentation, allocation planning and procurement of goods and service.
•Created new business development, identifying and capitalizing on niche market opportunities, independently setting goals and creating professional opportunities.
•Developed bi-weekly networking organization to assist women business owners in promoting their businesses.
•Customer service functions, relationship builder, driven to develop and create higher customer retention and customer word of mouth.
Event planning * Trade shows * Sales * Marketing * Liaison * Designer
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Selected Accomplishments:
Event Coordinator:
Plan and coordinated events for meetings, corporate events, entertainment venues and government agencies.
Developed events featuring visual and performing artists, arranged book signings with local and nationally know authors. Manage logistical aspects of events function from, facility acquisition, catering, advertising, speakers and presenters, attendee’s registration and program agenda.
•Created branding opportunity to showcase specific event themes.
•Obtained a niche market showcasing women business owners.
•Designed and maintained a method of networking.
•Successfully maintained client’s budgetary needs.
Interior Design Consultant:
Confer with clients to determine projects objective and requirements for specific events, design scope and other services. Developed business partnerships in order to form relationships with vendors, trade professionals such carpenters, painters, plumbers and electricians. Direct and coordinate the procurement of goods as per projects requirements. Work with real estate professionals to stage properties for resale in order to capture optimum viewing potential.
•Strategically design commercial and residential interior design concepts.
•Successfully advise clients on design factors such as space planning, layout of furniture and equipment.
•Determine and select procured goods and services needed for each assigned project.
•Use negotiation techniques with vendors in order to satisfy customer’s budgetary needs.
Sales and Marketing:
Managed and operated logistics of a retail establishment including procurement of merchandise, promotion and advertising, coordination of hiring and training sales staff.
•Captured great percentage of niche target market.
•Built relationships with customers, vendors, artists and performers.
•Consistently exceeded customer service expectations.
•Presented exceptional visual merchandising presentations.
Tanya C. Hunter
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Career Progression:
Consultant Personal Panache 2001-Present
Interior Decorator Havertys 2007-2011
Interior Decorator Marlo Furniture 2006-2007
Interior Decorator Room Store 2005-2006
Merchandising Coordinator Follett Higher ED 2003-2005
Education:
Currently enrolled in Event Planning Certification Program at Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
B.S. Fashion Merchandising, Hampton University, Hampton VA.
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