Sherman Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

185 Greenwich Street #Ll, New York 2040

Madison, New York

• Authenticated and sold high-end hand-bags.• Exceeded personal and corporate sales goals, consistently recognized as part of the top 10 of sales consultants in the company.• Maintained a strong knowledge of company's products, pricing plans, promotions, and service features.• Educated and engaged customers through product demonstrations.• Visual Merchandising responsible• Promoted to keyholder within 3 months.

Harlem, Ny

• Managed and grew vendor relationships including more efficient planning and scheduling of events.• Communicated daily with vendors on product buys as well as following up on purchase orders.• Created and maintained product descriptions and images on company website/social media.• Built and maintained relationships with brand representative, allowing for promising partnerships.• Analyzed and monitored sales records, trends and economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns, determined what the company would sell and how much inventory was needed.• Brought in 5-7 new vendors.Analyze competitor offerings, marketing and pricing• Researched and evaluated market trends through online sources, customer feedback, competitor shopping, and attending nationwide trade shows.

12 Mercer

• Increased business and exposure from last year. • Assisted on e-commerce, updating the site and remerchandising the shop page daily.• Recruited, interviewed, hired, developed, evaluated, coached and counseled employees.​• Maintained proper inventory by proficient ordering of seasonal and vendor products, and ensured accurate counts in each department.• Collaborated with cross functional teams including design, graphic design and marketing teams.• Preserved expenses below budget due to controlled use of payroll hours and followed policies per company standards.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted buyer to complete purchase orders.• Collected samples, to and from vendors.• Reseached new, up and coming designers.• Analyzed folders and files for organization.• Created seasonal trend boards. • Assisted Spring/Summer‘18 NYFW show.

New York, New York

Boston, Massachusetts

• Creating and maintaining client files and relationships• Hand mixing fragrances on sight • Issuing and receiving purchase orders in order to maintain stock levels according to business needs• Updating inventory and sales numbers on a daily basis to ensure we are on track for the month• Collaborated with Saks marketing and visual team to ensure the brand gets frequent exposure to Le Labo’s standards, in order to boost traffic flow at the counter• Provided monthly business analysis on counter growth

Greater Boston Area

• Completed a series of training sessions to advance from Assistant Manager to Store Manager.• Trained staff to deliver outstanding customer service, which lead the store to the 2nd top performing store for 6 months consecutively nation wide.• Completed weekly schedules according to payroll policies. • Worked closely with the district manager to formulate and build the store brand. Staff trainings, evaluations, and development.• Handled regional social media account. • Visual merchandising - including vinyl installation, mannequin changes, and floor set updates.• Created original excel and word documents to help improve and maintain organization of store operations.

Greater Boston Area

• Formed clientele• Refresh store products for special events/holidays• Succeeded daily sale goals

Greater Boston Area

• Formed clientele• Visual merchandising responsible• Preformed opening and closing procedures• Succeeded daily sale goals• Provided customer Service

Greater Boston Area

• Handling all cash and credit transactions• Coached new hires• Organized Fitting room, Stocking and Folding• Visual merchandising assistant