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Salma Abdusamad

Salma Abdusamad

New York,New York

Summary

Eager to help buyers, planners and marketing team members meet and exceed objectives. Experience managing clerical tasks such as spreadsheet, report and presentation development smoothly and efficiently. Advanced skills in Microsoft and Google Suite, including advanced knowledge of Excel.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Buying Intern

IDINA Bride
Seattle, WA
12.2023 - Current
  • Identified potential suppliers and evaluated their ability to meet organizational needs.
  • Researched product specifications, prices and delivery timescales.
  • Compiled reports on price comparisons and new products available in the market.
  • Analyzed data related to purchase orders, invoices, inventory levels, delivery times and costs.
  • Assisted in preparing requests for proposals to solicit bids from vendors.
  • Coordinated with internal stakeholders to determine their requirements prior to ordering items.
  • Investigated competitor activities and completed market buys to stay up to date on current trends.

Sales Development Representative

Revivn
Brooklyn, NY
11.2023 - Current
  • Identified and researched potential leads through various channels, including online research and social media, to build a robust pipeline of prospects
  • Conducted outbound prospecting by initiating contact with potential customers through outbound channels, such as cold calling, cold emailing, etc
  • To create interest and set up meetings or appointments for the sales team
  • Qualified leads based on established criteria to ensure they meet the company's ideal customer profile
  • Continued to meet and even surpass weekly and monthly lead generation quotas.

Client Advisor & Supervisor

Alexander McQUEEN
Beverly Hills, CA
12.2021 - 09.2023
  • Supervised McQueen's flagship location, managing and expanding a $10M sales pipeline
  • Successfully delivered 12.5% year-over-year growth while maintaining top percentile corporate NPS scores (84.6)
  • Managed team of 10 across sales, operations, and inventory
  • Duties included brand onboarding, CRM training, and the mentoring of junior team members
  • Responsible for all C-suite level nightly store reporting and analysis, providing key insights on sales performance
  • Proactively monitored and surfaced brand-wide sales opportunities and trends
  • Served as customer advocate for several marquee initiatives with buying, merchandising, supply chain, and catalog teams and accomplished targeted outcomes
  • Participated in the user feedback council during CRM system upgrade
  • Introduced a feature that enhanced client communications, empowering associates to promptly initiate contact, resulting in 10x increase in customer interactions.

Floor Manager

AG Adriano Goldschmied, Inc
Beverly Hills, CA
10.2019 - 12.2021
  • Grew individual sales to over half a million and was recognized as #1 salesperson in 2019
  • Launched AG Beverly Drive’s promotional emails and text campaign, a strategy aimed at boosting in-store visits and telephone sales
  • This outreach drove to a 21% month-on-month growth in personal sales targets
  • Responsible for all daily inventory management, including realtime floor replenishment, warehouse replenishment and stockroom efficiency
  • These efforts resulted in an inventory shrinkage rate of 2% for the store
  • Used data analytics to provide comprehensive reports on store operations, updated lists of best-selling items, evaluated total sales against returns, and implemented strategies to optimize the store's performance considering its unique geographical demand
  • Promoted from Sales Associate to Floor Manager.

Education

Master of Science - Management

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
05-2022

Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
05-2021

Skills

  • Advance Excel (proficient in tools like VLOOKUP)
  • SQL
  • Salesforce
  • CRM Management (Luce CRM, Sales Navigator, Zendesk, Zoominfo)
  • E-Mail Marketing (Outreach)
  • Administrative Support
  • Schedule Coordination
  • Customer Relations
  • Report Writing
  • Idea Pitching
  • Purchasing Knowledge
  • Merchandising Understanding
  • Data Analysis

Languages

Arabic
Native/ Bilingual

Affiliations

  • I enjoy drawing in my free time! Sketching was my first job 👩‍🎨
  • Enjoyer of all things fashion and art 👗
  • Developed a love for hiking when I lived in Los Angeles 🥾
  • Coffee is my love language ☕️

Timeline

Buying Intern

IDINA Bride
12.2023 - Current

Sales Development Representative

Revivn
11.2023 - Current

Client Advisor & Supervisor

Alexander McQUEEN
12.2021 - 09.2023

Floor Manager

AG Adriano Goldschmied, Inc
10.2019 - 12.2021

Master of Science - Management

Loyola Marymount University

Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies

Loyola Marymount University

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