David Dachowski Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Showroom rep for a high-end merchant of modern furniture and home accessories. I manage multiple high volume Trade accounts. THEN, there's the retail face-to-face. Pretty much from 12noon Friday through 6PM Sunday it's retail. The rest of the time it's showroom stuff, with the occasional walk-ins. It's a lotta fun!

Boylston St., Boston, Ma

As a repeat "top seller" in a flagship mid-upper end furniture store location with Crate & Barrel. I was proficient at executing floorplans, even as I worked and maintained the salesfloor. I was also a go-to for color and pattern advice. Against a goal of $900,000 of furniture sales per year, I achieved anywhere from that amount, to over $1,100,000 for multiple years. I was a support and communicator for management to-and-from the staff. I mastered and helped support the initial roll out of the 3D Room Planner and the subsequent MODSI program. Although my primary focus was sales and design consultations to support sales, I was still strongly involved in supporting management in training, operations, and customer service resolution. I have a large following of long-term repeat customers. Due to my long company history, I was the "go-to" person within my store, across the region, and even company wide, when questions of product specification or operational procedures arose. Even though not part of my formal job title, I continued relationships with vendors and warehouses, allowing me to continue to resolve tricky customer service issues on my own.As a continuation of my maintenance of sales aids, my duties were not limited to auditing fabric swatches, cuttings, and wood or metal finish samples.Likewise, I was frequently the appointed person to communicate with the national merchandising team when feedback about product quality, product assortment, or operational needs, was requested.

Madison Avenue, New York City

I excelled at Furniture Sales in this high volume retail furniture store. This location was considered a company flagship and, at the time, was by far the highest volume store in our company. I achieved five (5) years of over $1 million dollars of annual sales. Working in this environment exposed me to a huge cross section of clientele including locals, tourists, internationals requiring export of their purchases, and the demanding needs of the professional design community.My customer service skills included resolving customer disputes, close work with our distribution warehouses, and communication with vendors for special needs, as well as financial chargebacks for product failure and delivery service exceptions.

Cambridge, Ma

In General Furniture sales, I monitored stock furniture orders as well as custom orders from numerous vendors. I was responsible too for maintaining sales aids, and acting as store manager during closing shifts.

Chestnut Hill, Ma

General Management support, including inventory control, floor management, store maintenance and sales. Highly self directing.Reported directly to the store manager.

Kittery, Me

As the Sales Lead on the sales floor I monitored business, made sure staffing was distributed for assisting customers, as well as for stocking and maintaining displays. I helped in both planning and execution, with the Store Designer, of display changes and merchandising. Monitored and directed the Stockroom staff and was abreast of the flow of merchandise into the store and onto the sales floor. I reported directly to the Store Manager in all regards.

Woburn, Ma

Ran a small Outlet Clearance store. As a smaller store, I did everything: Merchandising, Sales Audit and Financials, Inventory Control including Ordering, Scheduling, Employee Management and Sales. Had a year end inventory with less than 1% discrepancy.

Huron Ave., Cambridge, Ma

Maintained and ordered for Hard Accessories, Gourmet, Textiles, Glass , Tabletop, and Closeout Furniture...responsible for managing evenings.

New York, Ny

I was an Associate Decorator responsible for managing clients' accounts. I generated hourly billables as well as selling product and contracting services. I generated purchase orders for product procurement, as well as Client Proposals for sales of goods and services, our firm's primary income sources.Shopping experiences were vital for the firm as I combed showrooms for appropriate fabrics, wall coverings, furniture, flooring, ceramic tile, and other home appointments, all for re-sale.My shopping was an insight into the operation of Trade Showrooms.With this high-end firm I oversaw the design and execution of complex custom made upholstery, other furniture items, framing of valuable artwork, oversight of complex product installation, and management of sub-contractors.My staging skills included multiple, annual, Holiday Season decoration of clients' homes, table settings for clients' special events, and oversight of multiple photo shoots for Architectural Digest and other shelter magazines.