Experience

LIAIGRE, Inc. (USA)

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  34 East 61st Street and 102 Madison Ave



Design Within Reach

• United States
• Furniture
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Northeast Area Manager - Design Within Reach

  • Nov 2013 - May 2015

  Stamford, CT



Poltrona Frau Group

• Italy
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Sales Director West Coast

  • Jan 2010 - 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area Territories include - West Coast, Canada and Mexico. Responsible for 21 privately owned showrooms; 13 US, 3 Mexico City, and 5 Canada. Manage Sales, Profit and Loss, marketing, events, showroom merchandising - furniture layout, advertising, sales training, minatorial resources. Opened one flagship showroom in Mexico City and one in San Francisco Yearly sales 5.5M

• New York and Los Angeles Director of Sales

  • Jan 2010 - 2011

  New York and Los Angeles Manage sales, Profit and Loss, marketing, events, showroom merchandising - furniture layout, advertising, sales training, material resources. Responsibilities include: hiring, training, staff of 2 Managers and 10 Sales Associates. Yearly sales 10M



Design Within Reach

• United States
• Furniture
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Store Manager - Tools For Living

  • Jan 2007 - 2009

  Greater New York City Area Promoted to manage Design Within Reach's new concept flagship studio

• Studio Proprietor

  • Nov 2008 - 2008

  Greater New York City Area Promoted to manage the top-producing studio in the country



Design Within Reach

• United States
• Furniture
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Jan 2007 - 2008

  Greater New York City Area Sales generation nationally: ranked in top 10% in commissioned sales Sales generation for New York area: ranked in the top 5% in commissioned sale



Smith & Hawken

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Store Manager

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2007

  Scottsdale Transferred to Arizona by vice-president of retail stores, to manage under-producing store Responsibilities included hiring, training, profit and loss Sales generation: exceeded store sales goal by 15% Sales generation trade goal: exceeded store sales goal by 10% Loss prevention audit, annual score: 96% Outperformed company goal for inventory loss by 200% Consistently met and exceeded controllable expenses



Smith & Hawken

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Store Manager

  • Jan 2002 - 2006

  Chevy Chase Responsibilities included hiring, training, profit and loss Sales generation: exceeded store sales goal by 32% to $2.0M + Ranked number 1 store out of 57 stores for increased volume in 2005 Ranked number 1 store in Mid-Atlantic for “secret shops” Loss prevention audit, annual score: 100% Outperformed company goal for inventory loss by 300% Achieved highest average-dollar-sale in the 2005 holiday season in the company



Electronic Data Systems

• Project Manager

  • Jul 1999 - Mar 2002

  Camp Hill, PA Directed billing and operations of assigned telecommunication accountI Increased productivity and profitability Identified and pursued additional business opportunities Managed and directed the number one outbound telemarketing vendor for the year 2000 and 2001 Reduced fulfillment errors more than 200% by instituting point of purchase procedures



Electronic Data Systems

• Operations Manager

  • Jan 1994 - 1999

  Camp Hill, PA Responsibilities included hiring, terminating, scheduling, and conducting employee assessments Directed, coordinated and managed all billing and telecommunication functions Managed an account of 287 EDS and temporary employees Participated in a 450% growth rate on the account over a course of 3 years Trained personnel on team building, leadership and interpersonal skills for management positions Created trainer evaluations and implemented client product curriculum Coordinated,… Show more Responsibilities included hiring, terminating, scheduling, and conducting employee assessments Directed, coordinated and managed all billing and telecommunication functions Managed an account of 287 EDS and temporary employees Participated in a 450% growth rate on the account over a course of 3 years Trained personnel on team building, leadership and interpersonal skills for management positions Created trainer evaluations and implemented client product curriculum Coordinated, assisted, and trained management and non-management personnel for the start-up of sites in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tucson, Arizona and Sydney, Nova Scotia Show less