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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Gerry Weber Retail Development Division Director. Supervised leased Gerry Weber departments in all Bloomingdale (and other department store) locations. Implemented brand image and merchandising guidelines. Responsible for development, buying, planning, relationship building, hiring, training, management of sales associates. Assessed employee productivity and effectiveness. Implemented new timekeeping and scheduling systems. Analyzed brand performance by group, style and size. Monitored… Show more Gerry Weber Retail Development Division Director. Supervised leased Gerry Weber departments in all Bloomingdale (and other department store) locations. Implemented brand image and merchandising guidelines. Responsible for development, buying, planning, relationship building, hiring, training, management of sales associates. Assessed employee productivity and effectiveness. Implemented new timekeeping and scheduling systems. Analyzed brand performance by group, style and size. Monitored inventory. Developed markdown strategies. Lead product knowledge seminars. Coordinated and developed promotional events and trunk shows. In first year increased sales for all stores 28% over prior year. Improved % Sell Thru and Gross Margin from 17% to 47% by developing effective markdown strategies, promotional events and managing incentive strategy. Show less

Managed $3.5 Million Bridge Business. Responsible for 8 full time employees. Buyer of selected product lines and responsible for ensuring demographical customer satisfaction, gross margin and turn. Ranked Number One in personal sales for the entire Belk Corporation. Achieved annual sales at $1.5 Million, accounting for greater than 40% of the departments total sales.

Grew a $1.2 Million department to $4.5 Million. Top bridge department in the company accounting for 20.99% of store business vs. 9.36% company. Buyer for several product lines, ensured correct matrix, identified new vendors to add. Number One in sales (ranging from $1 Million to $1.7 Million per year) for 10 consecutive years. Consistently ran 32-45% gross margins and 2.63 to 3.5 turn.

Ranked top sales associate in the company as a part time employee.

Store Manager. Managed, hired and trained all staff for new store openings.

Sales Associate, Store Manager (for several various volume stores), District Manager. Managed a region of 38 stores.