Annemarie Schomaker: SMIT - Store Manager in Training in San Diego, CA

• Drives business results by maximizing daily sales plans and improves metrics through floor leadership and execution of Francesca's training programs. • Manages employees on everyday tasks and continually coaches them to reach store and personal goals. • Maintains, plans and coordinates visual merchandising directives and executes weekly store displays augmenting the company visual standards to compliment the uniqueness of the stores product mix. • Understands retail sales and the relationship to inventory levels, with the ability to communicate needs directly to the District Manager and Regional Director. • Utilizes company reports to determine sell through in certain categories of the boutique and tracks shifts on a weekly and monthly basis to implement new boutique changes to facilitate sales. • Implements new policies and procedures as well as handles human resources, payroll and scheduling for boutique. • Helped make two different boutiques tier 1 stores.

• “Make Magic Six” Award Winner Fall 2010 – Customer Engagement • In charge of all displays and executed merchandising changes for entire department store. • Worked with Store Executive Team to assess opportunities to directly affect Business and worked with Merchandise Managers and District Merchants to plan quarterly set-ups.