Experience

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  Passion Flower

  • Wilmette Il

  • Owner

    • Mar 2003 - Dec 2013
    • Wilmette Il

    Floral business specializing in floral design for weekly and event customers.•Opened business in 2003- required securing funding, finding and renting a space, rehabbing space, hiring employees, purchasing product, and meeting all state and local requirements.•Exquisite customer service•Problem so...

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  The Crest of Fine Flowers

  • Wilmette Il

  • Supply Manager, Event Coordinator

    • Feb 1999 - Dec 2002
    • Wilmette Il

    Managing hard goods, involving purchasing, inventory and budgeting for both event and seasonal work. Coordinating events, such as weddings and corporate parties, insuring products were delivered on time and of the highest quality.

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  1800flowers

  • Chicago Il

  • Production Manager

    • Feb 1998 - Feb 1999
    • Chicago Il

    Managed production staff of 10, insuring quality control and meeting deadlines on an often very high number of deliveries. Budgeting and ordering hard goods and flowers daily, seasonally and for holidays. Customer service and conflict resolution.