Retail salesperson

Various duties, including quality control, packaging, account management, showroom set-up, customer service, parts dept., product development.

Directed all merchandising and sales efforts of a $300 million retail furniture chain. Developed products, established vendor relations, formulated advertisements. Grew sales from $48 million to $98 million in the first year. Sales were $300 million in 1994.

As the East Coast sales manager my responsibilities included managing 16 outside sales representatives, as well as the inside customer service department, and participation in product development meetings.

As a regional manager I was responsible for all merchandising and advertising efforts for the Mid-Atlantic region, with stores in PA, MD, VA, OH, IN, IL. Annual sales for the region were consistently in excess of $150 million