John D. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, distributors, and partners to increase sales and market share.• Identify and analyze potential markets, trends, and competitors to develop effective sales strategies.• Negotiate and close deals, contracts, and agreements with potential clients or partners.• Stay updated on industry developments, market trends, and regulatory changes related to the company's products or services.• Collaborate with internal teams, such as marketing, product development, and logistics, to optimize sales efforts.• Prepare and present reports, forecasts, and sales data to management.• Stay updated on industry developments, market trends, and regulatory changes related to the company's products or services.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Personal Style Assessment: Conduct thorough assessments of clients' personal style preferences, body shape, and coloring to determine their unique style identity and create personalized recommendations.• Wardrobe Evaluation and Planning: Assist clients in organizing and evaluating their existing wardrobe, identifying clothing items that flatter their body type and suit their lifestyle and goals. Provide guidance on shopping for new clothing and creating a versatile and cohesive wardrobe. • Grooming and Personal Care: Advise clients on appropriate grooming practices.• Branding and Image Development: Assist clients in defining their personal or professional brand and aligning their image with their brand identity. Provide guidance on creating a consistent and cohesive image across different platforms and environments.• Special Occasion Styling: Offer guidance and support in choosing appropriate attire, makeup, and accessories for special events, such as interviews, public appearances, weddings, or formal occasions.• Research and Professional Development: Stay up-to-date with fashion trends, cultural norms, and industry best practices related to image consulting. Continuously develop skills and knowledge through training and networking with other professionals.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provide excellent customer service with the ability to develop meaningful and loyal client relationships. • Buying and stock control management; independently responsible for buying & merchandising for several furniture and accessory brands, including Ethnicraft, Menu Space, Ferm Living, as well as several wholesale distributors. Overviewing and selecting relevant replenishment packages for new products to launch in stores on a seasonal basis.• Build and maintain client base through consistent follow-up and communication, scheduling appointments to review new product lines, and inviting to store events. • Brand Ambassador, communicating features and benefits of merchandise beyond the basics, current fashion trends, and suggestive selling techniques, to appeal to the customer’s needs, and ultimately generate sales. • Ability to manage store operations: processing shipments/transfers in a timely manner, merchandising goods on the sales floor, maintaining perfect visual standards, being aware of inventory/shortage concerns, and communicating replenishment needs. • Visual merchandising the store to a high standard, creating window displays, and commercial and eye-catching store layouts, as well as driving exciting presentations to store standards.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Soho, London

• Full control over P&L within the store.• Oversee and be the first point of contact for four other retail outlets for all day-to-day needs, stock management, P&L overview, recruitment, any HR issues and VM directives.• Report to CEO and CMO on a daily and weekly basis, whilst also reporting regularly to shareholders. • Established a VM apparel directive for the brand to roll out across all of the retail and concession stores.• Stock control management, including being independently trained in merchandising to become the business merchandiser for all retail stores, selecting relevant replen packages and picking the stores’ stock package on a seasonal basis. • Introduced a full sales analysis and buying regime to further benefit the business which is used across all retail stores.• Liaise with any and all contractors needed for the store, from fire risk assessment to key bill providers. • Coordinate with marketing in order to develop new ideas or events to further the reach of the brand, as well as acting event coordinator for all events.• Monitoring and review of staff and store performance on a regular basis. Introduced and implemented a training schedule for retail staff members for internal progression within the business.

Lambs Conduit Street, London

Islington London

London, United Kingdom

Reviewing KPI's on a daily basis, the over running of the store, to meet store targets, whether they be sale or audit based. To drive the team, keeping them motivated and reach any targets set. Strong HR understanding. To ensure the store always has a strong visual impact. To make sure stock loss is kept to a minimum and company policies are followed. That operations are followed and all company tools are used and team are trained and using tools as per company directive.

Floor manager at global flagship store at the the time, Regent Street. Also floor manager in area flagship at high street Kensington.

A-Levels & Gcse'S

3 A Levels

GCSE's and English Literature, History and Travel and Tourism - A Level