Bike

Fashion

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Music

Outdoor

Streetwear

Surf

Driven, and passionate leader with a strong focus on the customer experience and team development at all levels.  Results-oriented with a proven track record of business turn-around and growth with over 10 years of management experience. 

Specialities include a proven path to success for managing and leading sales teams, and developing sales and marketing strategies all centered around a positive culture. As well as designing merchandising plans, inventory forecasting, budget management, buying, event planning, and visual merchandising.

• Restructured operations to maximize business and set a clear path for growth and expansion.
• Hired and developed a team of employees that not only understand the many cultures of the brand
(apparel, motorcycles, surfing, cycling, music etc.) but also live it.
• Cross-channel partnership with other department heads to bring awareness and loyalty through social
media, as well as on and off-site event planning.
• Oversee team of retail managers to ensure operation standards and sales goal requirements are met.
• Work to develop close relationships with the many faces of the Deus community that the brand has found
itself in, as a way to improve recognition as an ambassador.
• Emphasis on creating a store experience that embodies the brand through visual merchandising, fixture
build-outs, and music selection that sets a pace for other retail locations.
• Tracking inventory flows alongside purchasing of our in-house label as well as third party goods.

DIRECTOR OF RETAIL 

• Full conceptual store design and build out within budget constraints and in keeping to brand identity.
• Planned and coordinated in-store events while working closely with sponsors and event partners.
• Scouted and hired staff members that could meet the proper requirements for employment including
brand knowledge, passion for the outdoors and a strong background in sales.
• Maintained inventory levels to ensure timely placement of ATS orders for in-house and third party
brands.

DIRECTOR OF RETAIL OPERATIONS

Executed all areas of merchandising from store fixtures and build outs to featured products and window
displays.
• Managed inventory levels and ensured the timely placement of purchase orders.
• Reviewed and analyzed sales reports on a continuous basis and implemented the conclusions for future
planning and buying
• Maintained strong relationships with vendors through creating collaborations, marketing efforts and in-
store events.

OPERATIONS MANAGER & BUYER

• Maintained a shrinkage level below 1% and increased sales figures 25% over the previous year's numbers.
• Assisted with seasonal buys for 6 regional store locations.
• Created daily reports detailing mark-downs, store transfers and RTV processing
• Responsible for meeting G-Star's corporate standards of merchandising and visual displays in conjunction
with sell-thru and push lists.

GENERAL MANAGER

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