Creative management professional with experience in strategic planning for growth and profit seeking position to implement new strategies and find new avenues for increasing profit. Focusing on minimizing risk.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
CRG Store Manager
Country Road Group - Woolworths
01.2013 - Current
Ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction through excellent service.
Financial Management
Stock Management
Shrinkage & Risks Management by completing store administration and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
Maintain outstanding store condition and Visual Merchandising standards.
Report on buying trends & customer needs to stakeholders.
Propose innovative ideas to increase market share.
Conduct teams performance appraisals to assess training needs and build career paths.
Leadership
Human Resources Administration
Event planning and execution.
Influencing seasonal collection by sharing customer feedback with planners
Developing store strategies to raise traffic and optimize profitability
Meeting sales goals by training, motivating, mentoring and providing feedback to store staff.
Care taking the region in the absence of the Regional
Sales consultant
CLINIQUE COSMETICS
1 2000 - 1 2006
Ensuring that the counter is well stocked
Ensuring that the counter achieves daily, weekly, monthly & yearly budgets
Recruitment and training of new sales consultant
Planning and execution of events
Customer skin care and make up consultation.
CICI Consulting
01.2010 - 01.2013
Ran my own retail consulting company specializing with customer service and events.
Counter Manager
Smashbox Cosmetic
01.2009 - 01.2010
Assisted in Launching this brand in South Africa
Keep informed about products company information and store information
Customer service and sales
Provide welcoming, personal professional service to all customers at all times
Demonstrate effective communication skills, listen to the customers, ask questions, investigate preferences and make the experience interactive
Suggest groups of appropriate products and colors' to meet and exceed customers' needs.
Make up artist
MAC cosmetics
01.2007 - 01.2009
Customer service
Achieve all Brand key performance indicators and targets through make up service offering in store
Provide a high touch service to all customers at all times to deliver personalized service dependent on customer's needs across all generations and ethnicities
Foster excellent working relationships on counter and with the wider business and retailer
Drive transactions by proactively promoting new products and additional tasks
Achieve the brand expectation for appointment and bookings
Display great product knowledge.
Education
NMDP NQF 5 WITH 10 CREDITS -
USB
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT NQF 5 WITH 8 CREDITS - undefined
IMSIMBI
COMMUNICATION - undefined
LEADERSHIP - undefined
Business Management
Mancosa
Johannesburg
04.2001 -
Skills
Able to build constructive relationships within the team and across the business
Streetaddress
20 Khazakhstan Crescent
References
JUNAID BACCUS, COUNTRY ROAD GROUP, REGIONAL MANAGER, 0605375943
LAUREN ENGELBRECHT, TRAINER FOR SMASHBOX COSMETICS, 0661625473
Timeline
CRG Store Manager
Country Road Group - Woolworths
01.2013 - Current
CICI Consulting
01.2010 - 01.2013
Counter Manager
Smashbox Cosmetic
01.2009 - 01.2010
Make up artist
MAC cosmetics
01.2007 - 01.2009
Business Management
Mancosa
04.2001 -
Sales consultant
CLINIQUE COSMETICS
1 2000 - 1 2006
NMDP NQF 5 WITH 10 CREDITS -
USB
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT NQF 5 WITH 8 CREDITS - undefined
Dual Site Concession Manager at Country Road Group (Country Road And Trenery)Dual Site Concession Manager at Country Road Group (Country Road And Trenery)