Rachel M. Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I represent the textiles portion for Francis King. I have MN, ND, SD & IA. Francis King is the largest showroom at IMS. Consisting of 3 showrooms with the best furniture, lighting, wallcovering and Fabrics in the Interior Design Industry. I represent the brands Cowtan & Tout, Romo, Scalamandre, Samuel & Sons, Hartman & Forbes & many more.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Rosecore, Crescent, Hibernia & Antrim are premiere high end hand loomed and hand woven wool carpets. I represent them for Minnesota and the LaCrosse & Eau Claire, WI market.

Plymouth, Mn

Manage and maintain over 300 Tile Dealer accounts in Minnesota and part of Wisconsin. Generate and increase sales with existing accounts. Present new products to designers and dealers. Provide product knowledge and latest trends. Provide pricing and resolve issues with orders and installs. Only rep in Midwest region to have increase in 2020 (+8%) and up 8% YTD for 2021.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Outside sales representative for Kravet; the industry’s leader in high end home furnishings. Managed 225 Interior Design accounts. My territory consisted of ND, SD, NE, IA, MN & WI.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

York wallcovering is the oldest and largest wallcovering manufacturer in the U.S. In this position I managed a mass amount of accounts in seven states. I called on Interior Designers, Dealers, Showrooms, Homebuilders and Retail stores. I was accountable for growing the business and opening new accounts. In my first year I received a "Quick Starter Award" for an increase in my territory and in book plans. I was awarded 2.5 additional states this year and was one of 3 reps appointed to lead monthly rep meetings. Please see my resume/request my resume for detailed examples.

Plymouth, Mn

Tile by Design is one of the Twin Cities premiere tile providers; providing high end tile to architects, designers and residential clients nationwide.I absolutely love design and have a deep appreciation for the finer home materials such as beautiful tile, textiles and home decor. I enjoy connecting with the clients and the collaborative and fun process in assisting them in finding the right look for their home.

Plymouth, Mn

LMS is a merchandising company that performs merchandising services for companies within retailers or for the retailer themselves. The service typically was performed nationwide in every store and could be as simple as placing a new bar code over an incorrect bar code on all items in inventory or completely resetting an apparel or cosmetic section; where everything was taken apart and put back together according to POG.My role was was to translate the client's instructions and expectations to the 2,500 reps in the field. I worked with the client to develop and execute the service and analyzed the service performance. I closely monitored the service on a daily basis to ensure we were meeting those expectations.

Hopkins, Mn

Murals Your Way is so much more than what you may be thinking of when you think about a "Mural." They are digitally printed artwork on canvas or vinyl. Typically for restaurants or healthcare, salons, but also many residential applications. I was hired to grow the business with Architects and Designers, especially with Hospitality and Healthcare. Todd Imholte was a fabulous boss and allowed me the freedom and flexibility to manage the marketing as I saw fit. I targeted the top 500 firms in the nation, resulting in new sales opportunities. I also created and designed the marketing collateral such as brochures, postcards and ads.I planned, organized and attended Murals Your Way booth for seven major national trade shows, generating new business and hundreds of new qualified leads.

Fort Lupton, Co

Color Star is a HUGE nursery (flowers not children), that supplies annuals to large retailers in a 10 state region. I was an Account Manager where my two accounts were Lowe's and Costco. I managed millions of dollars of their inventory for them. Working with plants was unlike anything I have done. If I can successfully do this job, I can do anything! There are only so many grown and we needed to be extremely careful with our inventory and allocating them throughout the season. I called it the "stock market of plants". With Lowe's I managed their inventory, allocation and sales for their 30 stores in CO, TX and NM.Both accounts were very pleased with the job I had done for them and rewarded me with millions of additional revenue by awarding us additional territories and skus to manage.Please see my resume/request my resume for detailed examples.

Englewood, Co

Expo Design Center was owned by Home Depot with the opposite target market. They had designers on staff and did everything for you (opposite of "you can do it-we can help"). It was a huge 100,000 sq ft high end, retail design center with bath and kitchen vignettes, plumbing, lighting, furniture, decorative accessories, etc.I started as a drapery designer, then went to the Visual team and was promoted to Visual Manager.In my role I was accountable for the overall entire look of the store and the sales and merchandising of all the Decor products (furniture, artwork, knick knacks, etc).I trained the Department managers on the standards and maintenance of the stores.I merchandised the entire store without any planograms or corporate direction (which I loved the creative freedom) so successfully that the Regional VP requested that I become the Regional Visual Manager to train other Visual Managers.I evaluated sales in merchandise categories to determine replenishment needs and ensure sufficient stock for all upcoming ads in all departments. I increased sales in my departments by about 25% by ensuring all stock was on the sales floor and changing our merchandising strategies. (We averaged between $25,000 and $30,000 a week in sales in my department).My job ended when the store closed in June of 2005:(.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environment, Textiles & Design

Activities and Societies: Rho Mu Sigma-Academic sorority

Project Management

Attended the "Mini Masters of Project Management" course; learned the basic principles to be an effective Project Manager.