Dana Gonia Email & Phone Number

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Utilizes strong negotiation and influencing skills while promoting infant and children’s apparel and products. runs baby gear book and floor when the manager is absent. Creates rapport with clients in the store and.
• Sold $200K in Men’s Apparel over a six-month period. Averaging $200/hour in gross department. Tracked to hit $340K in personal sales for the 2020 fiscal year pre-Covid19 pandemic.
• Became GEAR Certified, one of a small group of team members able to sell and educate customers on specialized accessories and baby safety products.
• Trusted by management with additional atypical responsibilities including maintaining inventory, the gear book and the department floor

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Internship focused on getting an in-depth firsthand knowledge of product buying protocols and methods in a corporate retail environment. Served in a buying administrative role that fulfilled inventory counts, purchase.
• Maintained purchase calendars for 850K to 1M pairs of House Brand Men’s Denim across 30+ styles.
• Analyzed customer and purchase trends for house denim SKU’s for 450 stores across the United State’s and utilized this historical information formulate purchase calendars.
• Collaborated directly with Senior Corporate Buyers, Retail Managers, Accounting Members to accomplish daily tasks and learn cross-functional roles within the retail / apparel industry.

• Acted as the Department Head of Men’s Accessories in one of the nation’s top Buckle store locations. Trained new staff on sales techniques, including upselling and cross-selling to influence accessory sales. KEY.
• Earned the honor of being Top Sales Associate for Men’s Apparel by averaging $2K of sold merchandise per shift.
• Helped grow the Reclaim Denim brand 80% in less than a year (Store #85 ranking to #15 out of 450 stores) by implementing aggressive sales and marketing tactics that largely impacted daily sales.
• Drafted an intern project focused on using social media campaigns to capture a younger audience and increase the 16-25 demographic.