* Plan, design and execute showroom updates utilizing CAD and live district inventory.* Work directly with the VP of Merchandising and Merchandise Managers to identify specific showroom updates based on market and needs.* Develop and maintain relationship with DGM, Districts and Asset Managers to coordinate showroom updates and merchandise requirements. * Ensure inventory proportionately reflects the current district inventory on the rental floors.* Provide training to rental consultants on rental showroom nuances and strategy.*Provide training to retail teams on company strategy in merchandising and execution.* Plan and Execute Clearance Center workthroughs with district store teams to support increased sales, train, and reinforce Cort's Merchandising strategy and standards in retail.* Analyze retail reports monthly to affect district needs and identifying focus stores* Identify and Manage accessory packages for rental and retail.* Attend markets to maintain and source relevant accessory rental and retail categories.* Manage the relationship and programmes with vendors. * Manage fixture, paint and carpet vendors for rental and retail facilities * Develop rental and retail pricing strategy to meet margins and goals, while maintaining market competitiveness.

• Strategically plan and merchandise product based on anomaly distribution• Analyze weekly sales reports and maintain tight communication of product needs to corporate planners and merchants. • Coordinate outreach and collaboration to design trade and local artists for events and building sales base.• Established relationships with business sales and national property companies to acquire model apartment, condo and home projects in the DC market.• Develop teams and partnerships through recruitment, coaching, and retention within the community.• Motivates team through strong communication skills, contests and positive reinforcement.• Consistently manages payroll, operating expenses, budgets, merchandise levels and staffing.• Creates an environment based on modeling and changing behaviors to increase focus on selling vs. servicing to create a more intimate shopping experience.• Educate and promote product knowledge chat in’s daily.• Developed In Home consultants to be fully prepared to offer all that West Elm and Williams Sonoma has to offer in the customers home.• Maintain and build clientele business through daily and weekly outreach through email, and social media.• Plan, create and execute visual floor sets focused on merchandising to customer base, assortment with visual team.• Maintain and elevate presentation through weekly floor updates based on business trends.• Affected and monitored bottom line profit through P & L and payroll control.

• Manage a $4 Million dollar business. 
• Analyze weekly sales reports to communicate product needs to corporate planners and strategically merchandise product.
• Developing team through recruitment, coaching, and retention.• Motivates team through strong communication skills, contests and positive reinforcement.• Consistently manage payroll, operating expense and shortage objectives through astute management and analysis of monthly budgets, and staffing levels.• Tailoring behaviors to increase focus on selling vs servicing.

Visual Manager Northeast/ SoutheastNY, PA, NJ, MD, VA• Oversee visual presentation in 35 stores in the Northeast and Southeast Regions• Conduct weekly scheduled and unannounced visits to ensure company presentation standards are met.• Conduct floor set conference calls to communicate home office initiatives.• Work directly with stores to ensure the seasonal messages are translated to their particular store architecture.• Structured coaching, training and development with SM and Leads on merchandising, wardrobing, clarity of offer and attention to detail.• Work directly with SM and store teams on presentation and flow.• Coordinate and execute work through‘s at opportunity stores for training and development• Send store visit and weekly recaps to RVM of successes and opportunities on a visit and weekly basis• Weekly touch bases with RVM’s, DM’s. and SM’s to ensure follow through on presentation of floor sets• Ensure fixture placement is communicated to Home Office.

Store ManagerMetairie, Louisiana/ Rochester, New York• Build and maintain strong customer base through focused in store service, outreach and follow up• Establish and maintain strong, efficient relationships with national and local workrooms• Affect and monitor bottom line through P & L, payroll control, and profit check with workrooms• Affect aged inventory through merchandising, markdowns, and promotion• Keep staff informed of corporate directives, goals, promotions, and ongoing training• Hiring of individuals that are focused on the customer and their needs. Have an attention to detail, good listening skills, and are proficient in fabric coordination.

Store ManagerRockville, Maryland/ McLean, Virginia• Manage all controllable expenses to company standard• Ensure all Policies and Procedures reflect the company standard• Manage the growth and development of all management and staff through training and weekly meetings• Conduct daily, weekly and quarterly inventory • Ensure visual implementation to company guidelines• Training of all staff on selling and product knowledge• Lead opening of the Tysons Galleria location and Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey openings.• Achieved consistent double digit increases in volume while in Rockville

• PT sales of custom furniture and accessories.• Work one on one with customers to determine needs, select merchandise, and fabric.• Work with floor plans to create their space with existing and new furnishings.• Establish customer base through follow-up and service.• Follow-up with customer’s to ensure satisfaction• Store closed October 2001

District Visual Coordinator/ Store Manager/ Associate ManagerWashington D.C./ New York City• Supervised visual implementation for the Maryland district.• Develop merchandise strategies that successfully impact the business and drive results• Successfully coordinated and merchandised nine new store openings. • Aided in creating a training resource for the Mid Atlantic region to establish visual guidelines and job responsibilities • Implement training plans for new merchant managers.• Coordinated a seasonal merchandise training workshop for the Maryland and Washington metro districts.• Assisted corporate visual team in the implementation of seasonal visual directives.

Store Manager/Assistant Store ManagerBuffalo, New York/ New York City, New York• Increased store volume at one of the top ten stores in the company.• Implemented and created visual displays. Responsible for sales generation, employee motivation.• Performed all management duties to standard