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San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

- Opened flagship store for luxury travel case brand in San Francisco’s Union Square- Generated sales volume of $1 Million in our first 7 months- Trained staff in proactive selling strategies and adherence to company procedures- Executed local marketing initiatives; participated in a “Best of the Bay” fundraiser- Placed orders based on sell-through and projected sales forecasts- Facilitated the implementation of architectural and design elements within the store

San Francisco Bay Area

- Increased sales volume 18% in the first year; increased sales volume 20% in the second year through increased Conversion, UPT and CRM- Highest sales volume in the 8-year history of the store- Assisted in opening an outlet store in Vacaville - Orchestrated group Store Manager training in Situational Frontline Leadership - Acting Lead during company-wide Holiday Fundraising drive for St. Jude’s Charity, doubling our efforts from the prior year- Trained Store Manager for Corte Madera location

San Francisco Bay Area

- Opened and managed daily operations of first Hugo Boss location in SF (4500 sq ft)- Exceeded sales plan of $4 Million in first year of business- Interviewed, hired, coached and trained staff of 12 associates- Led motivation, clientele and relationship-building workshops on a monthly basis- Completed seasonal product profile assortment reports to assist buying department- Inventory shrink for 2008 – a mere .006% or total of 9 units off- Retained 99% of original staff during tenure as General Manager

San Francisco Bay Area

- Global overview of 3,000 sq. ft of selling space and the attainment of $3M in sales - Achieved planned sales target by +1.2% or +11.2% over the previous year - Reduced inventory shrink from 5.72% of sales to .70 of 1% - Re-established systems, routines and expectations of the operational needs of the store - Coached and promoted two sales associates to keyholder positions - Organized and complete a store remodel during the biggest sale event of the year - Achieved personal sales of $252,000 for the year - Increased net contributing result by an extra 1.2 points of the expected 14.5%

San Francisco Bay Area

- Coordination of Expansion, Support and Home Teams for pre and post Grand Opening - Global overview of 12 Dept. Managers, stock team, administration office including payroll and daily banking - Retention of 98% of staff through set-up, Grand Opening, and basic business for 250 employee store - Media Relations ( liaison between the store and New York Corp. Office) - Largest Grossing Press Party by sales volume for 1100 stores worldwide ($107,000) - Largest grossing day by sales volume in the company’s history worldwide ($833,000) - Exceeded original forecast and revised forecast by 40% - Communicated with merchandising staff and DC for proper mix of incoming garments and allocations - Original Sales Forecast of $28 Million, Revised sales forecast $46 Million - Actual sales for the first 5 weeks = $8 Million

San Francisco Bay Area

- Oversaw growth of store from pre-construction to $500K in sales per year - Completed P&L of daily business- Organization of Grand Opening with Mayor Willie Brown and local media coverage - Fragrance sampling campaign to 5,000 potential customers - Worked with the SFO Airport Marketing Dept. to promote new merchandise, value add-ons, and tokens of appreciation to approximately 30,000 people daily online - Sent 3 mailers per year regarding new merchandise or Ltd. Editions to existing clientele - Built collector base and repeat clientele through phone and mail campaigns, increasing category sales of leather, eyewear, fragrance, and writing instruments

San Francisco Bay Area

STONESTOWN: - 01/99-06/00 #1 volume in the store increasing volume from 6.3M – 6.9M- Complete P&L of the cosmetics dept- Overall shrinkage of .37 of 1%, Best results in the store and best results in the region for cosmetics- #1 selling manager for cosmetics with 150k in sales for the year- Lead 43 people. 14 Counter Managers, 1 assistant manager, 1 stock manager, and 27 sales associates- Promoted 3 counter managers to assistant manager and 20+ sales associates to counter managers during my tenure- Staff retention of 85%- Worked daily with 27 major vendors (Lancome, Mac, Estee Lauder, Chanel, Shiseido)- Worked daily with 30 various fragrance vendors (BPI, Cosmopolitan Cosmetics, FFI) - Planned and executed 3 offsite Holiday Fragrance Festivals - Organized 35+ vendors, entertainment, food, and set-up to accommodate 250+ guests. Volume Produced was $27,000- $31,000- $32,000- Store MIC - in charge of overall workings of the store including selling of men's and women’s apparel and shoes, 3 shifts per week STANFORD: 07/00 -- 04/01 - Grew business from 6.9M - 7.5M- Overall shrinkage of .24 of 1%, best in the store and best in the cosmetic region.- Conducted 2 major national make-up events ever to be done in the Stanford store.- All other duties the same as listed above.

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