Tim Lewinski Email & Phone Number

Forest Hill, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities:- Team Leadership: Managing a dedicated team, I foster a collaborative environment that ensures staff are motivated, efficient, and aligned with our goals.- Compliance: Maintaining strict adherence to aged care regulations and accreditation standards.- Budget Management: Overseeing budgets to ensure financial health while maintaining.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Waverley Bridge Club is the biggest Bridge Club in Victoria with more than 600 members to provide an environment that nurtures the enjoyment of bridge in a friendly, competitive and social manner for all levels of skill and ability in the middle of Melbourne.

Melborune

- Manage day to day administrative tasks and procurement- Account management/book keeping- Social media maintenance- Liaise with external and internal stakeholders/business partners

Melbourne, Australia

- Managed revenue generation via visual merchandising- Provided training for staff- Local and international stakeholder management

Melbourne, Australia

- Manage daily business operations- Coach and guide a team of 7 to achieve revenue targets- Commission analysis and daily reporting (KPI’s, Sales target,procurement)- Built and maintained business relationships

Sydney Und Umgebung, Australien

• Achievements:
• Successful nationwide roll-out of the in-store presentation tool ‘Crystal Forest 2.0’
• Creation and Execution of the company Visual Merchandising guidelines
• Conducted in-depth Visual Merchandising training to store teams in Australia & New ZealandResponsibilities:
• In conjunction with the Head of Marketing, developed Visual Merchandising plans to assist stores to achieve their monthly sales and KPI’s
• Identified the target customer for new promotions and product presentation in stores through analysis of customer needs, competitor activity, the retail environment and market research

Melbourne Und Umgebung, Australien

• Achievements:
• Provided exceptional customer service which led to several positive customer comments that where issued to my store manager
• Exceptional implementation of the Visual Merchandising guidelines
• Overachieved personal and store KPI’s targets
• Achieved a personal PPT of 1.68 against the store average 1.40 and company average of 1.50Responsibilities:
• In- Store Visual Merchandising

Wattens

• Achievements:
• Successfully executed the Cadenzza store concept rollout worldwide for the Swarovski group, opening 25 stores in 2 ½ years.
• Developed & designed multi-functional in-store presentation tools which allowed stores to present merchandise on less shelf space, allowing more width of range to be on show and drive a higher sales return on less.
• Negotiated a 15% cost reduction with our VM tool suppliers, which led to decreased budgeted expenses for Cadenzza for the 2013-14 financial year.
• Created and executed nation-specific company Visual Merchandising guidelines relevant to customer demographic which drove increased sales and store performance by 12%
• Managed and led the Cadenzza Field Visual Merchandising team across DACH, UK, Middle East and China which successfully opened 25 Cadenzza stores across a 2 ½ year period Responsibilities:

Austria

• Achievements:
• Was integral to drive increased sales and profit through the development of new, refreshed window and in-store displays
• Increased store team member morale through effective & regular communication and providing support on VM executions. This led to an increase in sales and higher team engagement Responsibilities:
• Provided store support in Visual Merchandising, travelling to different stores on a daily basis
• Executed Visual Merchandising training to all stores in Austria
• Designed & created stimulating and engaging in-store displays to attract the customer and drive sales. (E.g. VM tools to display products, hanging signs, promotions, window displays etc.)

Austria

• As the sole Field Visual Merchandiser for Austria, I play an important part in helping to maximise sales potential throughout the country, by creating and maintaining the overall in-store visual proposition providing.
• Opened a Stefanel outlet store in Salzburg, Austria incorporating various VM executions I had developed
• Managed several successful store refurbishments which entailed dressing Mannequins, updating VM displays, creating engaging store windows and seasonal updates which assisted to drive sales growth year on.
• Travelled to each store and created and implemented the Visual Merchandising policies of Stefanel
• Designed, created and executed Visual Merchandising training for the seven stores I managed
• Managed the Visual Merchandising of seven Mono-brand stores across Austria & Slovakia

South East/- South West Germany

• Responsibilities:
• Liaised with Area Managers to determine if VM including signage was optimised, in correct positions to gain customer attention etc. and provide/execute other VM assistance as required
• Provided Visual Merchandising training for 15 Area Managers and approximately 200 mobile Merchandisers
• Optimised and updated VM as required to accelerate the in-store experience and store layout

Salzburg/ Czech Republic

• Between July 2007 and February 2009, I was employed as a Store Manager in the Europark shopping Centre Salzburg, Austria. In December 2007, I was then promoted to Store & Field Visual Merchandiser, taking on additional.
• Under my Store management, I drove sales growth of 23% for the store which then lead the store to become the highest sales performing store in Austria (3 mil EUR.pa)
• Developed and provided effective Leadership to fifteen employees
• Facilitated and managed several test mechanisms for the head office, including merchandise, stock handling and delivery
• Instigated and rolled out several shrink initiatives which drove successful shrink reduction in my storeResponsibilities:
• Managed a team of 15 employees (including part-time and full-time)

Austria

• Responsibilities:
• Composition of fashion collections (Nudie Jeans, Gsus, Dickies)
• Managed the companies account requirements
• Created and built dynamic sales presentations to gain additional and maintain our client network
• Negotiated with transport companies to reduce delivery costs
• Provided administrative support to Management

Austria

• Achievements:
• Drove double digit sales & profit growth during my 5 months of managing the store Europark Salzburg
• After 5 months, I was promoted to the Area manager role, taking on seven additional stores and their respective teams Austria wide
• Managed the highly successful new store opening of the Trendhunters Wels store including hiring new employees, conducted staff training, inductions and VM execution Responsibilities:
• Managed over 35 employees Austria wide
• Meeting sales, profit & shrinkage targets

Salzburg

• Responsibilities:
• Provided excellent customer service
• Assisted the Store Manager with store operational duties as required
• Stock filling and merchandise rotation
• Folding merchandise and ensuring displays were kept tidy at all times
• Cash register operation

Certificate Iv, Fashion/Design/Graphic Design, Certificate Iv In Design

Adobe Illustrator/ Adobe Acrobat pro/ Adobe Indesign/ Adobe Photoshop/ Drawing/ Graphic solutions/ Logo design

Adobe Indesign

Diploma In Marketing, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Certificate Iv In Business& Marketing, Business, Management, Marketing

Successfully passed with High Distinction

Apprenticeship And Certificate As Trained Retail Salesman