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New York, NY, US

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Liaison with executives, division managers and other internal and external clients to forecast workload demand and project deliverables.
• Manage, plan, coordinate, schedule, and oversee the workload, deadlines, and day-to-day activities of the support team members to ensure effective delivery of services. Work with business leaders to resolve conflicting.
• Set up and integrate new business software, processes and controls resulting in entire business restructuring.
• Maximize team's productivity, improve efficiencies, and manage costs through review, analysis, and implementation of streamlined, effective administrative and support processes.
• Review contracts, estimates, workflow, risk management cost estimates, budget and quality controls processes.

New York, United States

• Work with founders to establish business strategies to achieve 10M in gross revenue for 2024.
• Build workflows and budgets with financial director resulting in better overall business control.
• Oversaw all aspects of opening the brand’s first flagship retail store in LES – project management of the design build out to on-going leadership and support for staff.
• Spearheading global wholesale sales operations, expanding market reach to premium retail partner accounts worldwide.
• Collaborating closely with the creative director to identify and engage new retail and private label partners, aiming for substantial global business growth.
• Successfully managing existing retail partner relationships in the US, Canada, and South America, with gross sales of more than $750,000 annually.

New York, United States

• Overseeing daily administrative operations for a multi-brand showroom, catering to a global client base.
• Collaborating with C-level executives to create comprehensive business strategies and roadmaps.
• Managing purchasing, inventory, and communication systems to streamline operations.
• Acting as a liaison between departments and global brand partners to ensure alignment and brand vision consistency.

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for selling club memberships at the Soho location.
• Prospect new business and clients.
• Host events and workshops for in-club lead generation.
• Achieve or exceed individual sales goals and ancillary service goals.
• Conduct pre-planning activities each month including strategic outreach, for securing member referrals.
• Build rapport and lasting relationships with prospective and current members, goal to be generate referral sales and leads.

Greater New York City Area

• Consistently achieved set sales goals by maintaining expert product knowledge and providing an excellent customer shopping experience at a men's and women's luxury gym shop.
• Connected customers and products by identifying with individual customer requirements and preferences.
• Fostered excellent customer relationships by responding to customer inquiries quickly, recommending new product and ensuring 100% customer satisfaction.
• Meticulously maintained displays to ensure a tidy store appearance.
• Collaboratively motivated and developed the sales team by identifying key individual strengths and regular communication of targets and progress.
• Performed and monitored marketing strategies which, led to proven increased sales for multiple departments.

New York NY

• Director of brand operations and product development (PD) for luxury start-up ski equipment and apparel manufacturing company.
• Analyze and develop systems to integrate business operations and PD with the focus being to streamline design, production, sales and delivery of product to market and drive sales across North America and European.
• Manage end–to–end processes for marketing and retail events geared towards increasing brand awareness in community of Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) individuals in NYC and on-snow.
• Project and product lifecycle manager – set schedules, monitor budgets and progress to ensure accurate and on time implementation and delivery of projects and products.
• Effectively communicated project scopes, schedules, and budgets with CEO and develop reporting system for analyzing ROI of projects.
• Oversee day–to–day back office operations for headquarters and boutique.

New York NY

• Conducted research, completed financial analyses and developed a business plan for the launch of a new company division in printable apparel industry
• In charge of compiling information on creative vision based on current trends in screen-printed and embellished tee market to present to directors and CEO
• Assisted with product development by communicating product successes and shortcoming to production team; catalogued and managed the samples of tee-shirt sample styles, fabric, and washes
• Liaised among sales and creative staff and reported department needs and targets to directors and CEO
• Worked closely with internal and external business partners to develop project plans and schedules, as well as new market opportunities
• Executed marketing initiatives, focused on new client acquisitions, as directed by marketing team

New York NY

• Collaborated with Project Manger (PM) in operations and sales initiatives to test a men’s high-end grooming and lifestyle product boutique for Holiday 2014
• Achieved sales goals and service targets; 31% up from plan
• Managed, motivated, and developed the sales team by identifying key individual strengths and regular communication of targets and progress
• Trained boutique employees in all aspects of boutique operations, product knowledge, visual merchandising concepts, inventory management, customer service and general office duties
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of product and engaged with customers to offer product info and recommendations as well as answer customer questions with goal of converting the interactions to sales
• Supported the PM in executing store events and promotions

Los Angeles, CA

• Worked directly with President and Creative Director of men’s streetwear manufacturing and commerce business in comprehensive business and production affairs; leading overall business from years of operating losses to.
• Director of production for men’s streetwear manufacturing and commerce business; oversaw all phases of apparel production for approximately 8K SKUs annually; including product development and logistics coordination.
• Liaison to 20+ manufacturers and business associates regarding all aspects of production, business operations and new business development.
• Comprehensive background leading all aspects of retail operations (e.g., P&L, merchandising, sales, customer service, inventory, personnel and payroll management)
• Developed programs and methods for gathering KPI’s in consumer feedback, product information, and sales data to better understand project milestones.
• Directed update of product line to fill holes in wholesale sector by hosting regular sales meetings and conveying consumer demands to design department.

Bloomington, Indiana

• Coordinated and executed property showings with high levels of energy and with thorough explanation of leasing requirements.
• Promoted company services and housing availability through online marketing, property showings and housing fairs.
• Served customers and provided attentive and friendly service.
• Generated and analyzed leasing progress reports to ensure maximum number of available units were leased.
• Assisted with renovation projects through permit application execution, contractor coordination, utility set up and on-site progress reporting.
• Developed tracking process for property maintenance expensing and security deposit management.

Indianapolis

• Promoted company products and engaged customers to establish relationships.
• Ranked number one out of six in sales frequently.
• Averaged 20% of store sales (goal was 10%-12%).