Robert B. Email & Phone Number

Manchester, Gb

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Working with the Simon Harrison Ltd owned and licensed brands. Simon Harrison Jewellery, All We Are Jewellery and Ted Baker Jewellery Collections.Responsible for managing and developing distribution with partners across the UKIdentifying new business opportunities with various types of distributions; Art galleries, Independent retailers, Speciality retail jewellers, International partners.Supporting partners with; visual merchandising guidelines, sales and stock analysis reports,store training sessions.Reporting back to commercial director on weekly/bi-weekly on business achievements,forecasting and journey planning.Reason for leaving : Redundancy

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Working with the Fossil Group owned and licensed brands. Fossil, Skagen, Michael Kors Emporio Armani, Armani Exchange, Diesel, DKNY, Kate Spade, Tory Burch and Zodiac. Responsible for managing and developing territory retail base, covering both independent retailers and multiple retail chainsReporting insights into business needs and supporting business planning initiatives for the multiple retail chain stores within the territoryLiaising with head office account teams to identify opportunities for sales improvementI identified multiple new locations at retail for Fossil Group, including innovative marketing opportunitiesStrong relationship building at store level in both major and independent retail storesSupporting retailers with training and engagement whilst keeping them informed of any new initiatives, ensuring they adhere to to the Fossil Group brand standardsReason for leaving : Redundancy

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

My responsibilities were to assess and audit the retail landscape in the north region of the UK. Setting up 6 weekly rotation visits with the stores across my territoryMaintaining customer specific visual guidelines. Ensuring stores had correct point of sale, updated seasonal graphics and adhered to visual merchandising guidelinesWorking closely with underperforming stores to help support, coach and develop with visual merchandising and brand trainingOrganising training initiatives within the store environments for the relevant brands to keep store staff up to date with any new brand knowledgeCollaborating regularly with associate visual merchandisers to create dynamic and engaging training sessions

Following promotion my role includedOne to one sales, delivering great customer service, in-depth repair knowledgeAuditing stock and stock countsTraining and supporting staff with product knowledge reviewing and coaching sales performanceManaging the staff rota, managing overtime, monitoring absence & sicknessRecruiting new staffTaking full responsibility for the store in the managers absence

A promotion to supervisor in a flagship Ernest Jones store after moving from part time to full time sales.Responsible for brand launches and department managementShop floor management, which included directing each client to the appropriate sales staff ensuring they receive the best serviceLed monthly sales reviews with my team to monitor and coach on their performance

I started this role as a part time job for the summer. I then found a passion for working with watches and also delivering exceptional service to the customers. Gaining experience with different products and brands, from diamonds and jewellery to watches and repair.

Education record

Studied BTEC Biology Chemsitry Physics Triple Distinction

Education record