Lead travel advisors on creating memories for clients by planning leisure travel, Land or Sea worldwide. Family, group trips, romantic getaways, reunions, employee incentives/reward trips and destination weddings. Expertise in Cruise Planning, All Inclusive Resorts, Guided Vacation experiences and independent creations, planning for all the details of a vacation based on interests and budget. Member of the Signature Travel Network.Completed certifications for all major cruise lines and Caribbean Resort Destinations as well as All Inclusive resort brand trainingwww.JillsGreatEscapes.comwww.facebook.com/JillsGreatEscapeswww.instagram.com/jillsgreatescapes/www.pinterest.com/JillsGrtEscapeswww.twitter.com/JillLaBarre

Responsible for growth of overall sales with preferred supplier partners and engaging with the travel industry

Develop programs designed to enhance top and bottom line growth for OASIS Travel Network, Manage supplier relationships, create live and virtual events for engagement opportunities to enable our independent contractors to connect with our preferred partners with an emphasis on training/development and marketing to aid in their mutual business growth. Responsible for increasing marketing revenue and improving event profitability. Engage with network members aiding in growing their business through preferred supplier partners to increase their business as well as our partners.

Startup company. Manage all operations to support agency reservations for business partners. Includes agent engagement, call center operations as well as virtual operations for home based travel professional opportunities. Develop policies, procedures and training for all agent activity. Manage engagement and business interactions with all suppliers to meet sales objectives for all business partners. Develop operational procedures with the technology team to deliver outstanding online vacation planning experience.

Remote position taken to meet care giver needs. Independent Phone Sales and Customer Service, inbound and outbound calls; achieving excellent conversion rates and add on sales. Provide services for a variety of clients and products, continuing product knowledge and training

Improve underperforming location to consistently exceed sales plan and achieve all statistically measured goals including loyalty and marketing programs. Achieved 1st place sales results in the company (170 stores) producing 24% over sales plan results during the Holiday selling period. Developed operational procedures to enhance inventory management, improve customer service and achieve all measured operational goals. Provide training and development for associate advancement.

Full fiscal responsibilities for a multi-unit operation. Turn around operation of underperforming division - Oversee all management functions including human resources, operations, sales, marketing and execution of all company directives (forced to return to US due to destruction on island by Hurricane Ivan)• Develop marketing, sales and promotional activity increasing the overall profitability of the division and exceeding sales plan by 6%. Improved sales to highest level in 5 years. • Improve sales of an ancillary business by 142% over two years generating incremental sales and repeat customer traffic. • Manage training, development, motivation of staff in all outlets. Developed and implemented incentive program fostering improved customer service, sales and operational integrity. • Introduce & implement best practices in operations, merchandising, marketing and advertising improving representation of our brand portfolio & suppliers. • Introduce and implement effective inventory management and buying policies resulting in reduced inventory levels, improved turn rate, lower cost of goods, higher sales and improved profitability. Directly manage and purchase all inventory categories for all locations. • Maintain internal controls to ensure a satisfactory return on investment for shareholders.

Full responsibility for managing a multi level 100,000 square foot retail facility with revenues in excess of $18.0 million. Managed and trained a staff of over 200 professionals and 13 managerial direct reports for performance optimization in customer service standards and merchandise presentation. • Successfully met P/L responsibilities with profitability improvements of over 60% in a three-year period. • Managed community relations program promoting events that improved outreach awareness and increased customer traffic. Developed Business-to-Business marketing campaign increasing sales with a focus on repetitive opportunity. • Effectively implemented customer loyalty program exceeding enrollment goal by 33% in one year. • Developed operational procedures that improved efficiencies in receiving and flow of product reducing payroll expense by 35% and improved merchandise presentation cycle time by 24 hours. • Selected as Leadership Team member for several corporate projects that included integrating B&N.com into 570 stores for customer order fulfillment.• Assisted in opening two new facilities, recruiting and training new staff, implementing operational procedures, merchandising and coordinating store layout, exceeding planned sales by over 55%.• Chaired charity golf events with over 150 participants, successfully rose over $25K per year for four years. Effectively executed all event management aspects including Mistress of Ceremony function