Education
Brooks College, Long Beach, CA
Associates of Arts Degree, Interior Design, June 1998
Work Experience
IKEA- City of Carson- May 2005 to present
Assistant Kitchen and Dining Sales Manager. Responsibilities include- Supervising sales co-workers, kitchen planners and apprentice planners. Provide a flexible and efficient department schedules. Maintain a clean, organized and as shape as new sales area. Assist the sales manager to communicate the IKEA range and low price profile. Responsible for the remodel of three room-settings January 2007.
IKEA- City of Carson- June 2002 to May 2005
Kitchen and Dining Sales Coordinator. Responsibilities included- Support sales through effective selling, basic actions implementation and co-worker training. I was one of the key co-workers involved in the dining and kitchen remodel in 2004.
IKEA- City of Carson- November 1999 to June 2002
Kitchen Planner. Responsibilities included- Assist customers in the self planning process and provide accurate and detailed layout solutions. Trained apprentice kitchen planners on product features, services, customer selling skills and technical requirements and maintained basic actions.
The Scheffey Group- City of West Hollywood- October 1998 to October 1999
Office Manager assistant-Responsibilities included- Computer data entry, maintained the literature and fabric areas. Priced out quotes for customers on the various furniture lines. Worked with the Gunlocke company Giza graphics furniture library. Phone,
fax, copy machine and mail machine operation.
Aegean Designing Whims- City of Los Alamitos - June 1998 to October 1998
Designer Assistant- Responsibilities included- Filing customer orders, priced out accessories, cashier, gift wrapping, ordered carpet and wallpaper for customers. Helped with the display of furniture and accessories.
Brooks College Library- City of Long Beach- September 1996 to May 1998
Library Assistant. Responsibilities included- The check out desk, the resource center, and the learning center. I filed the industry publications and I put away the donations that were given to the school. Phone, computer and copy machine operation.
Skills
Bilingual English/Spanish, AutoCad 13, two/three dimensional design, Perspective drawing, rendering, Microsoft works, Power point, Excel, Giza enhanced 1998/1999, Giza specifier 1998/1999, windows, planit professional and the IKEA home planner.