Bridget Jacobs Email & Phone Number

• Full Time May 2011 - December 2012Manage all aspects of the F&B business including ordering, vendor relations, budgeting, menu selection, pricing and inventory control.
• Manages a staff of 30 at two courses: recruitment, hiring, training and discipline.
• Plan events with customers from set up through completion

• Manage all aspects of retail business including sales, visual merchandising, personnel management, and operations

• Marketed and sold Rebecca V Swimwear line to retail outlets throughout a seven-state area in the Southeast and the Caribbean.
• Established and maintained accounts with upscale stores that involved wholesale purchases of merchandise valued at $100 - $250 per item.Assistant Sales Representative, Lunada Bay Corp, FL (Nov 2000 to June 2002)
• Worked directly under the Vice President of Girl Star Swim, selling seven swim lines and managing accounts for the entire southwest region.
• Maintained account base of over 300 stores ranging from small surf shops to large department store chains, including Dillard’s and Galyan’s.
• Helped organize and run 3 trade shows per year.
• Tracked sales and reorders for major department stores and the company’s largest account.

Indiana, Colorado, Florida

• Managed retail outlets at various times during an eleven-year period for both The Limited and Express in Florida, Colorado and Indiana.
• Oversaw sales, visual merchandising, personnel management, and store operations.
• Consistently exceeded sales goals and received numerous awards and recognitions, including Top Sales Manager, ranking in the top 15% in the President’s Club, and three corporate sales awards for achieving high numbers.

Florida

• Managed seventeen large grocery store accounts and served as consultant on wine sales.
• Conducted daily sales presentations, prepared attractive visual displays, organized and conducted wine tasting events, and served as store reset and schematic expert

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Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing