JENNY ARMENDARIZ

Wholesale Sales:

• Established new customer accounts using negotiation and sales closing abilities.
• Leveraged cold calling, in-person visits and referrals to build leads.
• Worked diligently on Pricing sheets to hit companies margin requirements and the clients profit margin

Trade Shows Management:

• Sourcing shows and events that fit our product assortment and cliental.
• Managing all paperwork and build out for show booth
• Organizing and implementing the plan for set up and breakdown so its a smooth process both ways.

Showroom Management:

• Managing entire showroom operation
• Connecting with building managers and operations staff for any upkeep within the space or assistance.
• Ordering all supply for showroom usage.
• Creating and Implementing Showroom standards
• Managing Inventory on all product coming in and out.

Team Management:

• Trained new team members on all systems with in the showroom and company usage.
• Different systems used: Work Flow with-in the space, excel (pricing sheets/ margins) , Inventory, POS System (Quickbooks)
• Trained on live selling platforms- Front end and back end work
• Trained team members on work flow during all tradeshows and events
• Was able to train in person and virtually to other showroom staff.

Selling:

• Tradeshows
• Video Call Sales
• Live Selling Platforms:

-Comment Sold

-Tik tok

-Whatnot

- Poshmark

-IG

El Paso Mail and Print:

• Prospected and Managing existing Clients
• Sold Print and Marketing services such as: Mailing, Business Cards, signage, brochures, flyers and more paper print products

OLARTE FOUSSARD SHOWROOM:

• Managing sales for 5 European out of the 12 in the showroom
• Organized all the samples coming in for the new season and adding on JOOR
• Managing customers from appointments, presenting collection, follow up and closing the deal o Bellerose, Ottodame, Mou, Forever That Girl, Ugly Girl- European collections
• Worked with majors and off price such as: NUULY, Anthro, Freepeople, Gilt, Century 21, Nordstrom Kids
• Handled all the back of house from submitting and processing orders, prospecting new business and projections on existing business.
• Keeping a daily update on all incoming sales- Managing about 1.5 million dollars of business

VALERIE JAMES SHOWROOM:

• Distributor for European Designers- Annette Gortz and Tissa Fontaneda
• Managed all Market appointments with in the showroom and Edit show
• Managed and traveled to all Trunk shows post market month with existing clients building and adding to existing seasons orders
• Managed Joor for each brand- building line sheets, order entry/ order maintenance, and running multiple reports
  
  
  
  

• Manage and Merchandise #2 Store Volume Store in the Entire Company
• Enhance the role of the Personal Stylist for the Chelsea Team- Working with walk-in clients, appointment clients
• Maximize the customers experience and assisting them on building their wardrobe
• Managing and driving all top-level customer service

• Artist Agency that represented Photographers, Stylist and more.
• Was a Junior Agent reaching out to big advertising agency and setting up appointments to pitch artist for big commercial gigs.

• Multi-line showroom with locations in LA and FIG/TX
• With opportunity to open another location in NYC- Managed to open NYC showroom in the Garment District
• From securing a space, to setting the entire showroom and solo managing 4 collections
• Maintained all existing clients with in the Northeast in addition prospecting and building up more accounts per brand
• Constant Road schedule and Monthly Goal set for all AE
• Accounts- Specialty Stores and brought on Anthropologie for one of the collections Bel Kazan- Currently in Anthro stores and online.

• Managing territories for specialty stores within the Northeast, Midwest, and Southwest
• In addition, managing major accounts from Dillards, Amazon, Anthropologie, and Rent the Runway
• Attending all Trade Shows and managing set up and breakdowns
• Constant Road schedule and Monthly Goal set for all AE
• JOOR- Created and Input all line sheets
• A2000- Order entry and inventory system

• Managing specialty stores within the entire Northeast from Maine to Virginia
• Attending the Coterie show every season
• Met sales goal on a monthly basis
• Road Appointments throughout the North East Territory to push brand awareness and catch those customers that we didn’t see at tradeshows
• Constantly being in the loop with Inventory and pushing Basics and sizes to customers on a weekly basis

• Managed all Trade Show sales for the entire country
• Managed permanent showroom in Dallas Market Center
• Assisted in sales at the Flagship store in NYC in addition to servicing customers on the wholesale side