Experience

Geneva Watch Group

• United States
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product developer and designer

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  Duties: • Develop rapport with high-end retailers and mass such as Walmart, Kmart, Target, hardware chains and AAFES by presenting new product development. • Carry out daily oral and written communication with buyers. Implement and develop proposals to present to buyers and executive board members. • Implement the concept sketching and oversee technical development in new products and packaging. • Develop a new product line for company brand transition including packaging, logos and logistics of deliveries by completing market research, reviewing trend forecasts and future business flow. • Conduct vendor agreements and price negotiations, delivery times and order quantities on current and new products. • Perform hands on sourcing experience by traveling in Mainland China by conducting factory and trade show visits. • Monitor sales and communications of current placed products by overseeing daily sales. • Maintain relationships with overseas factories and vendors to acquire knowledge of new products through daily e-commerce communication. • Independently carry out assignments making last minute changes in plans and arrangements to ensure the most beneficial and efficient execution of the project outcome. • Exercise skills in writing of articles, advertising releases and presentations in conveying product information and clarifying organization operations to specialized descriptions of products usage and values. These may be used in multi-media publications such as ads, online sites, catalogs and in store signage. • Use skills and knowledge of writing and editing techniques in researching, verifying facts and organizing information to develop a new program. • Provide the skill in verbal/written communication and personal interactions to ensure that the project objectives are clear and understood as well as interacted throughout the processes until project completion. Show less



Fossil Group, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Store Manager

  • May 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Executed and coordinated the hiring and training of associates set by the company standards. • Preformed applicant background and reference checks to complete the application and hiring of new associates. • Managed 5-8 employees on a day to day basis by acting as sole manger on duty and key holder. • Helped preformed scheduling duties by organizing and compiling multiple employee requests and schedules. • Preformed opening applications of store which includes running store target sales and setting up cash drawers for starting of day operations. • Preformed closing duties which included the running of store completed sales, the cashing out of drawers and the running of credit transactions. • Communicated company goals and missions to employees via store meetings and activities. • Supervised and managed and organized inventory and freight control and product floor moves. • Implemented the planned daily and monthly productivity goals. • Ensured and regulated customer service standards by applying customer service standards and practices held by the company. • Completed new layouts and product placement for incoming products and holiday promotions. • Executed new signage placement and product program launches Show less