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April Marie Sanchez

Pueblo,Colorado

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Consultant

Beautera Professional
Denver, Colorado
01.2025 - Current
  • Processed payments accurately using point of sale systems to ensure efficient transactions.
  • Provided exemplary customer service by promptly addressing inquiries and resolving complaints.
  • Consulted with stylists to align on client requests, ensuring personalized experiences.
  • Recruited, trained, and evaluated sales team members to improve overall performance.
  • Organized merchandise displays to enhance product visibility and attract customers.
  • Monitored competitor pricing to maintain competitive positioning in the market.
  • Established partnerships with local businesses to broaden promotional opportunities.
  • Engaged in continuous training to elevate styling expertise and product knowledge.

Salon Business Partner

BeautyBoxx Supply
Denver, CO
09.2019 - Current
  • Responsible for providing customer service to current accounts, opening new accounts supporting all business and retail needs, creating educational events, collaborating with brand managers to seek new business and brand awareness.

Freelance Stylist
Pueblo, CO
01.2009 - Current
  • Provide professional hair services to dedicated following of clientele.
  • Handling own business books and taxes.

Salon Consultant

Freemans Salon Systems
Denver, CO
03.2018 - 09.2019
  • Responsible for current salon accounts, creating and purchasing orders, delivering educational classes for services and product sales; supporting and building relationships with new salons and schools by assisting with enhancing their business models.

Salon Manager

Ulta Beauty Salon
Pueblo, CO
02.2017 - 03.2018
  • Responsible for meeting and exceeding salon service and pro-hair sales budget through staff recruiting and productivity development; salon service promotions; and salon service demonstrations.
  • Responsible for creating an environment that maintains and exceeds standards of excellence in Guest Service client retention skills, staff technical proficiency, and professional hair care recommendations.
  • Primary contact for all salon personnel.

Stylist

Dillards Salon
Pueblo, CO
12.2016 - 02.2017
  • Providing professional hair services and retail sales, Handling cash and cash register entries.
  • Handling a multiple phone system and handling customer questions and concerns.

Studio Manager

Beautiful You Skincare Studio
Pueblo, CO
06.2015 - 04.2016
  • Office management duties that included supervising employees; responsible for hiring process, employee evaluations, training, handled employee disputes and customer concerns.
  • Balanced monetary drawer transactions, to include daily bank deposits inventory control, facilitated employee meetings, customer service, office scheduling (employee & customers).

Adjunct Instructor

Pueblo Community College
Pueblo, CO
06.2009 - 06.2012
  • Instructed students on customer service, salon professional services and booking appointments, bookkeeping, cashiering and general business management.

Senior Stylist

Matthew Morris Salon
06.2007 - 12.2009
  • Company Overview: Employed at “Denver’s top salon” (according to Denver Magazine)
  • Work collaboratively with Matthew Morris of BRAVO Television Show Shear Genius III.
  • Recruit and retain clients for hair services (e.g. coloring, hair cuts, spray tan).
  • Brought client following to salon.
  • Networked to create additional client base.
  • Create strategies for marketing myself and hair products for the agency and clients.
  • Coordinated/participated in fashion shows and photo shoots.
  • Has experience in Aveda product color line and product knowledge.
  • Employed at “Denver’s top salon” (according to Denver Magazine)

Senior Hair Stylist

El Salon
07.2003 - 06.2007
  • Initially, assisted Master Stylists while taking coloring and hair cutting classes.
  • Apprenticed under 5280 Magazine top colorists.
  • Created client base as a stylist via networking and referrals.
  • Continued hair dressing techniques and product knowledge.
  • Attended professional/international shows that showcased new collection releases and photographic awards.
  • Specialized in Loreal professional color line.
  • Provided consultative advice to new clients hair needs.
  • Excelled in top 5 in client services and sales.
  • Participated in numerous community benefits such as fashion shows and photo shoots.

Apprentice

Visual Dimensions, LTD
08.2002 - 06.2003
  • Assisted stylists with client preparation such as coloring, highlighting, perms, and haircuts.
  • Responsible for other salon duties such as answering phones, scheduling client appointments, verifying retail inventory.

Pharmacy Technician

Belmont Pharmacy
01.1998 - 01.2000
  • Communicated with customers relative to their drug prescriptions.
  • Interfaced with insurance carriers regarding customer prescription benefits and billing.
  • Communicated with doctors and their staff concerning drug prescriptions.
  • Handled large amounts of money.
  • Finalized money/check drawers.
  • Ordered and maintained drug inventory.
  • Able to read doctors’ drug prescription requests.
  • Able to work in a high profile and confidential atmosphere.
  • Entered data of client prescription summaries into computer.

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado
01.1997
  • Assisted with office duties involving the scheduling of appointments, correspondence letters, filing, typing, data entry, answering telephones, deliveries in a multi-operational agency.

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado
01.1996
  • Performed various office functions, answered phones, took messages, memo writing.
  • Maintained complaint files, search and screen records, and EEO data bases.
  • Took minutes at department meetings.
  • Handled employee confidential records.

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado
01.1995
  • Performed various office functions such as filing, answering phones, customer service, operating office machines, mailings, data entry, computer literate.
  • Worked with agency and community constituents on business/education projects.

Education

License - Hair Stylist

Xenon School of Hair Design
Aurora, Colorado
05.2002

High School Diploma -

Park Hill Christian Academy
Pueblo, Colorado
01.1995

Associate Degree - General Studies

Pueblo Community College
Pueblo, Colorado

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

Colorado State University-Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Sales strategies
  • Team leadership
  • Inventory management
  • Business development
  • Relationship building

Volunteer Experience

  • Fashion Show for Foundations, Benefit for Craig Hospital 'Dads Forever', Hair shows for 'Freedom' and 'Vanity', Collaborated with CSU-Pueblo’s Gear Up Program
  • Fashion Shows for Business Openings, Fashion show for new store opening at Cherry Creek Nordstrom, Fashion show for Denver Comedy Works
  • Editorial Assignments/Featured Articles, 5280 Magazine, Denver, Colorado, Latino Suave Magazine, Denver, CO, 303 Magazine, Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Newspaper, Denver, CO, The Pueblo Chieftain Newspaper, Pueblo, Colorado, Denver Women, Denver, Colorado

Timeline

Sales Consultant

Beautera Professional
01.2025 - Current

Salon Business Partner

BeautyBoxx Supply
09.2019 - Current

Salon Consultant

Freemans Salon Systems
03.2018 - 09.2019

Salon Manager

Ulta Beauty Salon
02.2017 - 03.2018

Stylist

Dillards Salon
12.2016 - 02.2017

Studio Manager

Beautiful You Skincare Studio
06.2015 - 04.2016

Adjunct Instructor

Pueblo Community College
06.2009 - 06.2012

Freelance Stylist
01.2009 - Current

Senior Stylist

Matthew Morris Salon
06.2007 - 12.2009

Senior Hair Stylist

El Salon
07.2003 - 06.2007

Apprentice

Visual Dimensions, LTD
08.2002 - 06.2003

Pharmacy Technician

Belmont Pharmacy
01.1998 - 01.2000

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
01.1997

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
01.1996

Clerical Assistant

Colorado State University – Pueblo
01.1995

License - Hair Stylist

Xenon School of Hair Design

High School Diploma -

Park Hill Christian Academy

Associate Degree - General Studies

Pueblo Community College

New Mexico Highlands University

Colorado State University-Pueblo
April Marie Sanchez