Footwear buyer: I am responsible for selecting our footwear and socks, adjusting each range to suit the individual requirements of the stores, compiling orders, schedule deliveries, managing sell through and budgets. I am tasked with identifying strong and weak products in season and adjusting our orders accordingly. Staff Training Co-Ordinator: I work with the store managers to identify gaps in their staff knowledge and I arrange a rep from a company to deliver the training or where needed I educate myself on the product/brand/technology and provide the training myself. I am currently writing a staff training manual that breaks down our training areas into 16 modules, which will be delivered by me to the staff.Corporate Account Manager: I work in a fast-paced business delivering bulk orders to corporate clients and state agencies. I have nurtured these relationships over the past two years, and pride myself on our level of returning customers. Working through I-Procure.ie and TED.europa.eu, I contact the key decision makers, discuss various options, prepare quotes, arrange samples and sizing days and liaise with their accounts department regarding payments.

My role is to establish our new brand IrelandWays.com, conduct market research, develop a range of all inclusive tours that attract new customers while appealing to existing clients. I worked closely with our sales and reservations team, supporting them with training and notes on our new products. I also worked with the Marketing team, improving customer relations through a bi monthly lecture series, monthly guided walks and the introduction of a now annual walking festival catering to over 350 walkers.

I managed group bookings for the Ski Centre in Sandyford industrial estate.Focusing on secondary schools that may be considering taking their year in a winter ski trip, or as a one off school tour.

My daily and weekly duties include: achieving weekly sales targets, managing and motivating my sales team, general customer assistance, sales and product training for all staff members, managing the stock levels for my areas of responsibility to ensure no sales are lost, expanding and growing product ranges, research and development of new brands to complement our existing product range, merchandising of all stock to ensure optimal sell through.

I worked as a senior sales advisor in the climbing and camping department of the store. Duties included: General customer assistance, cash and stock handling, staff training, responsibility for choosing camping product ranges and all maintenance of such stock.