Retail Sales Assistant Manager
SWANS SUPERSTORE
Total years of experience :35 years, 10 Months
OCTOBER 2013 - May 2014
SWANS SUPERSTORE - Mullingar
Retail Assistant Manager.
Cash handling - cashing- up end of day turnover and checking figures.
Merchandising - Moving of stock to give shop floor maximum P.O.S. presentation, displays and promotions.
Sales - Attending to customers needs, requirements and enquiries, meeting and greeting customers and making them feel welcome, good communication skills, consultative skills, problem solving. Decision Making.
Assigning duties to staff.
Stock Control - Ordering of Products / Merchandise..
Checking-in deliveries.
Returns / Exchanges - Deciding if reason is valid, recording of returns/exchanges on CSE system.
Ensure general Tidiness & cleanliness of store.
Adhere to Health & Safety / Company Regulations.
Good communication skills.
JUNE 2013 - SEPT. 2013
BUYLO (WESTMEATH MOTORS) - Mullingar
Ordering fresh produce on a daily basis for 4 departments / checking all pricing / dealing with e-mails / merchandising / dealing with Distributors / Problem Solving / Customer Service.
AUG. 2012 - JUNE 2013
INTERNSHIP in retail @ Buylo, Mullingar.
All aspects of Retailing & Administration / Ordering of Products / Pricing / Posters / Merchandising / Cash Handling / Customer Service
JUNE 2012 - JULY 2012
WORK PLACEMENT @ WESTMEATH MOTORS - Mullingar
Signing up contracts / selling servicing / updating databases / Handling Bookings / Consultative Sales.
MARCH 2012 - JUNE 2012
FULL-TIME FAS COURSE IN SALES & MARKETING -Athlone
Passed all exams with credit.
Sales / Marketing Trends / Surveys / Graphs / Merchandising / Presentations / Perspectives / Microsoft Office
NOV. 2009 - FEB. 2012
MENZIES DISTRIBUTION -UK
Business: delivering local, national and international newspapers & magazines.
I was Responsible for dealing with over 300 newsagents, petrol stations and supermarkets / decision making on claims, missing parcels and all other queries and problems.
Handling Customers complaints.
Data processing the drivers manifests each day & enter into FODI / Recording newspaper overs / picking & packing newspapers for delivery, scanning of returns / Responsible for security of al van keys / Responsible for locking returns warehouse, main warehouse and office and to setting of alarm system / Managing the claims drivers.
APRIL 2002 - NOV. 2009
Returned to UK.
Part-time employment: RGIS INVENTORY - UK (Stocktaking)
AAH PHARMACEUTICALS - UK (Preparing Orders)
PRIVATE CARE WORK - UK
Raising Children.
SEPT. 1999 - MARCH 2002
VOLEX LTD -Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Testing and quality control of fibre-optic products in a laboratory environment and use of Interferometer.
Wiring & Terminating of cables.
1996 - 1999
Merchandising for various companies and agencies in Ireland. Displays / Promotions / Ordering.
Also Breeding Sport Horses.
Export Office: Export order interpreter, processing export documentation and invoices.
Factory: Assembly, packing and dispatch, where I was in charge of 8 employees.
Internship in Retail ( 9 Months ) 2012
