Work independently to service existing accounts and open new accounts; travel/overnight travel; service accounts and maintain products on the sales floor; train associates and promote line on the sales floor.

General Manager/Buyer at Feng Merchandising

January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2009

Responsible for core operations including purchasing, AR, AP, payroll and scheduling; oversaw store planning, design and launch; interviewed, hired and trained all employees; designed and managed inventory controls, store policies, and procedures; created marketing plan and executed advertising and PR initiatives each year; coordinated activities with creative agency to design marketing collateral; planned and designed all store and philanthropic events; coordinated buying appointments with designers; purchased domestic and international lines and coordinated import logistics; planned, designed, and launched retail website.

Assistant Store Manager at Williams-Sonoma

January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2006

Managed a staff of 80-100 full, part-time, and seasonal employees; hired and trained staff for product knowledge and operations; maintained scheduling of staff, visuals, cooking classes, everyday sampling, and truck deliveries; continually met monthly and quarterly budget plan in sales and payroll; worked to maintain store atmosphere of energetic competence.

Department Manager at Halls

January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2004

Worked with Account Executives on each cosmetic line to achieve sales plan; worked with buyer to bring in new lines; added Clinique and Estee Lauder; hired and motivated employees.

Assistant Department Manager at Halls

January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2000

Increased sales of line by 95%; ran successful and efficient inventory with less than 1% shortage; promoted to manager and made plans in department as well as on assigned line.