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Professional Summary

Resourcefull sales manager equipped with extensive experience in retail management and and sales. Employs excellent leadership skills and multi tasking strengths.

Skills
  • Visual Merchandiser
  • Customer service oriented
  • Staff motivation and discipline
  • Recruitment and training
  • Business development
  • Sales coaching
  • Inventory management
  • Focuses on service and sales needs
  • Goal oriented
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
Work History
Visual Merchandising Manager, 07/2017 to Current
 Theory – Orlando, FL
  • Maintain daily records of all transactions and generate reports for store manager.
  • Train staff to clientele and dilever outstanding customer service.
  • Motivate sales team to improve moral, performance and store revenue.
  • Analyze marketing information and translated it into strategy plans for customer growth.
  • Assisted with recruitment and training of staff.
  • Anticipated consumer buying patterns to create a purchase and inventory plan.
  • Set and recommended mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling prices for merchandise.
  • Set and recommended mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling prices for 
Visual Merchandising Manager, 10/2016 to 07/2017
 BCBG MAX AZRIA – Orlando, FL
  • Developed my store's clientele program by 50% while achieving daily personal goals.  
  • Motivated and Inspired the team to higher performance and exceptional customer service.
  • Trained, motivated and developed selling staff to reach store 
  • Executed floorsets set by cooperate partners/visual team.
  • Assist in the recruitment, hiring and development of the store team associates that represent the BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP brands and business culture.
Sales Manager, 02/2014 to 01/2017
 Kenneth Cole Productions – Orlando, FL
  • Coached employees in successful selling methods and encouraged cross-selling additional products and services.
  • Ran markdown reports, managed store replenishment and analyzed buying reports.
  • Created visual marketing and styled window displays.
  • Conferred with store managers to obtain information about customer needs and preferences.
  • Assisted with recruitment and training of staff
Education
Bachelor of Science: Business Management , Currently enrolled
 Saint Leo University - Tampa, FL
Additional Information

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Professional Summary

Retail professional with extensive knowledge of Visual merchandising.

Many years experience in creative and independent positions within busy large scale retail environments,specializing in furniture and homewares.

Currently employed by Freedom as the Visual merchandising Manager at the Chadstone Store.

Ten years previous visual merchandising employment at IKEA, encompassing a broad range of experience, from ground floor/ hands -on visual merchandising to management of the Deco (Design & Communication) Department

Experience in large retail management teams

Skills
  • Motivated team player
  • Computer literate
  • Active listening skills
  • Consistently meets sales goals
  • Strong analytical ability
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Reliable and punctual
  • Creative
  • Merchandising solutions
  • Skilled problem solver
  • Personable
Work History
Visual Merchandising Manager 06/2011 to Current
 Freedom – Chadstone
  • Maintain a high level of visual presentation of the store in accordance with the Support Centre Merchandising direction
  • Plan and implement store layouts and placement of furniture and home wares products
  • Ensure that merchandising choices are commercially viable achieving the maximum sales possible and enticing the wants and needs of the customer
  • Maintaining merchandising standards in order to strengthen Freedoms corporate presence in the market place
  • Planning, preparation and execution of sales floor for new range changeovers and all promotions
  • Creating roomsets, podium and window displays
  • Part of the store management team including opening and closing the store
  • Maintenance of fittings, fixtures and all POS material
  • Effectively communicating with staff
  • Taking part in roll- out of new store layouts/ Rebuilds at all Victorian Freedom stores- Oct- Dec 2012
  • Conferring with Store manager on a daily basis about Sales and merchandising solutions
  • Monitoring trends and keeping up to date with social media
  • Educating employees on new merchandise during seasonal workshops.
Assistant Store Manager 01/2009 to 06/2009
 Kikki.K – Southland
  • Assistant Store Manager at the flagship Southland store.
  • Encompassing all aspects of retailing with a focus on "World class customer service".
Office manager 01/2005 to 01/2011
 Greenhouse Landscaping – Rowville
  • office administration.
  • Accounts,superannuation,MYOB,dealing with clients and staff
Visual Merchandiser/Interior specialist 01/1991 to 01/2001
 IKEA – Moorabbin
  • Visual merchandising specialist
  • Travel to all east coast Australian IKEA stores to help with rebuilds and new store openings
  • Working as a stylist for the first IKEA catalogue to ever be produced outside of Sweden, which was based in Sydney over 3 years including planning, location finding, photo shoots, styling etc.
  • Travel to European IKEA stores in London, Sweden,Denmark and The Netherlands and then implementing ideas and merchandising solutions back in Australian stores
  • Travel to IKEA Switzerland to assist the Furniture Buyer with a new range of outdoor furniture for the Australian market and coming up with a merchandising solution for it.
  • Establishing and writing an IKEA Training manual "Day 2-90" for new trainees, encompassing all aspects of V.M.
  • Participating in IKEA management training.
  • Working at Home Beautiful magazine for 3 months to gain styling experience, organised by IKEA
  • IKEA service award for 10 years service
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree: Interior Design R.M.I.T - Melbourne

Interior Design Colour planning for decoration-short course


Additional Information
  •  I enjoy working with people and am interested in all areas of Retail Visual merchandising. I am happy in both a team environment and working independently. I am highly motivated, energetic, well organized and find this industry challenging & rewarding
  • Interests- Spending time with my family, Interiors, landscaping/gardening, renovating, cooking, reading, skiing, painting and sewing

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Summary
Experienced merchandiser specializing in strategic product placement and customer interaction. Organized and detail-oriented with strengths in project management and inventory control. Applies strong analytical and critical thinking skills to solve complex problems. Immersed in Apple culture for more than 7 years, and heavily involved in merchandising, inventory management, and internal operations. I provide a fresh approach to coordinating, merchandising, and releasing new products.  I strive for an experience above the expectation for operational and brand excellence.
Accomplishments
  • Managed four major store relocations with no downtime
  • Reconstructed Temecula Apple Store with considerable damage in one week to re-open for new product launch 
  • Led over 20 merchandising teams to successfully implement new visual displays for all Apple product launches in last 7 years
  • Established and maintained vendor contracts for new stores in Inland Empire and Orange County markets.
Experience
09/2009 - Current
Apple, Inc. － Costa Mesa, CA Visual Merchandising Manager
  • Responsible for conveying and maintaining Apple brand standards through window displays, product placement, and Planogram execution.
  • Managed in-store and market merchandising teams through new product initiatives and visual display implementation​.
  • Built effective relationships within each store to enhance team understanding of merchandising strategy and brand knowledge. 
  • Communicated proactively across the market to ensure brand consistency by communicating the proper approach of cleaning, organizing, and arranging demo product. 
  • Lead numerous overnight projects, managing workflow and setting clear expectations for timeliness.
  • Coordinated and managed store preservation and merchandising resets through use of iCal and OmniPlan.
  • Insured daily focus on internal and external customer journey across all teams through consistent feedback.
 
01/2010 - 01/2011
Lucky Brand Jeans － Carlsbad, CA Visual Manager
  • Designed displays to make the store experience interactive and engaging.​
  • Arranged items in favorable positions and areas of the store for optimal sales. ​
  • Conducted staff meetings with sales personnel to introduce new merchandise.
  • Organized and located inventory and updated store spreadsheets.
Education
2017
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, California Visual Communications
  • Event Planning Certificate
  • Focused studies include Graphic and Communication Design
  • Continuing education online, expected graduation in late 2017.
Skills
  • Service Channel Management
  • Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Kronos Scheduling Systems
  • Microsoft Office Suite

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