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Certification
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Patrick Shaw

Jersey City,NJ
Patrick Shaw

Summary

Experienced retail leader of creative visual merchandising and operational excellence with delivery of an elevated customer experience through solution based planning, multi-channel collaboration, mentorship and team development

Results-driven professional with focus on leadership and achieving organizational goals. Known for enhancing team collaboration and delivering consistent, high-quality outcomes. Adaptable to evolving demands and skilled in strategic decision-making and conflict management.

Overview

28
years of professional experience
1

Mixology and Bartending, New York Bartending, NY, NY

Work History

Crate and Barrel

Leader, Store Visuals and Design
11.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Execute seasonal floor sets with careful strategy planning and critical attention to elevated visual standards
  • Develop visual team leaders and associates with on-going training, monthly one-on-ones and success plan creation
  • Host and lead in-store promotional events, regular executive store visits and area leadership visual walk-throughs
  • Project leader for corporate PR and marketing events for new product launches and design collaborations
  • Primary NY Metro leader for new visual leader on-boarding, including Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Detroit
  • Co-Leader and Team Organizer of the new Flagship store opening for our Flatiron, New York location

Crate and Barrel

Leader, Store Operations and Merchandising
03.2008 - 09.2012

Job overview

  • Maintained detailed store inventory levels based on rates of sale and merchandising requirements
  • Managed over $500,000 cost of on hand inventory with successful mid-year and year-end inventory results
  • Created an inventory management system for increased sales and store productivity
  • New York/New Jersey area trainer for back of house operational projects and POS systems
  • Project manager for store systems, conversion of backorder sales fulfillment and product display management

Crate and Barrel

Store Leader, Furniture
09.2002 - 03.2008

Job overview

  • Developed a team of 12 Design Experts to continually meet and exceed sales goals and customer service objectives
  • Prepared annual sales and payroll budgets based on quarterly and annual goals
  • Successfully managed the operational and controllable costs that impacted the stores bottom line
  • Store Project Lead for the home store remodeling and resurfacing project during the summer of 2006

Crate and Barrel

Assistant Store Leader, Furniture
05.1999 - 09.2002

Job overview

  • Successful leader in an experienced market in exceeding sales goals and individual development
  • Responsible for associate training, annual reviews and monthly meetings for sales and merchandising associates
  • Partnered with the visual team in the planning and execution of the seasonal floor sets
  • Acting manager for two maternity leave periods for other Boston area store managers

Crate and Barrel

Sales and Store Leader Trainee
05.1997 - 05.1999

Job overview

  • Aggressive sales associate at NY flagship store with annual furniture sales of $950,000 in first year
  • Completed the Manager Training program with extensive time in Visual Design and Merchandising

Education

St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY

B.S. from Management & Marketing
05.1996

University Overview

Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Conflict resolution
  • Strategic planning
  • Motivating teams
  • Mixology and Classic Cocktail Preparation
  • Cooking
  • Hospitality Engagement
  • Restaurant Operations
  • Event Planning
  • Food Handling Safety

Certification

Mixology and Bartending

New York Bartending, New York, NY

Timeline

Leader, Store Visuals and Design
Crate and Barrel
11.2023 - Current
Leader, Store Operations and Merchandising
Crate and Barrel
03.2008 - 09.2012
Store Leader, Furniture
Crate and Barrel
09.2002 - 03.2008
Assistant Store Leader, Furniture
Crate and Barrel
05.1999 - 09.2002
Sales and Store Leader Trainee
Crate and Barrel
05.1997 - 05.1999
St. John Fisher University
B.S. from Management & Marketing