Centreville, Virginia, United States
Experienced Marketing Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the sporting goods industry. Skilled in Consumer Products, Consumer Goods, Training Delivery, Marketing Strategy, and Social Media. Strong sales professional graduated from George Mason University - School of Business.
Jordan Brand Marketing for Seoul, Korea
- Elevate the brand & product knowledge in key strategic retails - Optimize the training planning & resource management - integrate with Brand, Merchant and RB - Expand consumer engagement opportunity and inspire & inform our core consumers better - Create consumer’s experience in brand ,category and retail thru various interesting retail events - Organize and execute group training/events to inspire and educate store staff members - Participate in organizing brand activities/events from start to finish - Revitalize Run Club & NTC thru 360 degree consumer communication (Store & Events / Digital) - Develop store staff training materials; including toolkits, videos and tests - Lead and coordinate the promotion & trial zone - Operation management - Lead Nike Core Running/NTC Community - Strong passion and knowledge to Sports. Excellent communication skills as Trainer
- Filed for tax returns for VAT, GST, HST, QST and other international taxes in their respective countries as well as to create Excel spreadsheets of these payment schedules by monthly, quarterly and annually - Forecasted future tax payment requirements according to the merchandise/concession sales numbers - Communicate with external auditing and consulting companies to provide support mostly in relation to our expense and revenue for multiple entities within our company. - Aided in the merchandising and logistics decision support analysis process - Created and submitted intrastate returns for inventory movements of concession goods and show equipment [Achievements] - Reported/paid tax amounts correctly, never having to pay late fees or other penalties - Created an annual tax calendar on Excel spreadsheet to easily view upcoming tax return/payment dates, which boosted efficiency in our department - Saved the company about $65,000 in tax money, by researching and applying the new international tax law for concession sales
- Put together research/financial data using the internal software to support financial advisers - Run client portfolio reviews with the advisers for meetings with clients - Build databases of each company financial performances and stock movements - Performed market research of trend/situation to forecast future growth/fall [Achievements] - Researched about 50 companies and created company profile document for financial adviser - Learned how to forecast future performance with historic/ current trend - Received 96 out of 100 on performance review and was offered a full time position in the New York City office in November of 2008, but got cancelled, due to Citi Group filing for bankruptcy in the first week of December (2008) and firing 50,000 employees
- Assisted store manager in all aspects of daily shift management, including customer relations, inventory control, procedural tasks and paperwork, as well as visual merchandising - Held accountability for store sales, metrics, stock and merchandise flow - Organized shipments, transfers and merchandise - Ensured minimum sales volumes are maintained for the store - Supervised sales transactions to ensure quick and accurate processing while adhering to cash protection procedures [Achievements] - Started from stock room organizer to become the youngest assistant manager of the store History - Organized and executed various meetings with employees for product training - Led presentations in front of store and district manager about product and sales output - Has been employee of the month every year (can only be E.O.M once a year as part of Management) - Inventory shrinkage reached the lowest level of 0.5% when I was the assistant manager - Created and performed quantitative and qualitative KPIs to asses store performance - Lead in shoes to accessories ratio of 7:3 (standard: 10:1) - Was chosen to be one of the college recruit team member for the state of Virginia - Was offered a management position, but declined
- Proactively incorporated basic core and seasonal product knowledge into own service approach within assigned store zones. - Maintained an appealing, easy-to-shop environment for customer by consistently executing visual merchandising and housekeeping standards -Ensured the product offer in store is made available to customers by assisting with deliveries and replenishing the sales floor. -Ensured adequate supplies to create an effective stockroom environment and continually maintained this [Achievements] - Accommodated V.I.P customers such as Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas and rapper Missy Elliot for store/street promotion and charity events. - Performed multiple analyses with various variables to assess each product line and made a presentation in front of the district and regional manager, which was used to come up with a new sales strategy - Was the only employee to work both stock room and sales floor - Was offered a stockroom manager position, but declined