SANDRA P. DUNDEE
Naples,FL
Summary
- Over seventeen years of luxury jewellery design and sales in Canada, the USA, UK, Colombia and Brazil
- DCA, Diamond Certified, with extensive knowledge of precious and semi-precious stones such as diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire, amethyst, opal, morganite, quartz, amatrine, aquamarine, imperial topaz, tourmaline, citrine, onyx, garnet, alexandrite, moonstone, peridot, tanzanite, coral among others
- Extensive knowledge of luxury jewellery brands such as Cartier, Tiffani, H Stern, Bulgary, Gucci, Rolex, among others
- Skilled in understanding customer needs and making appropriate recommendations to fit requirements and budget
- Demonstrated ability to achieve established individual and team sales targets
- Skilled in developing business plans, strategies, and reviewing targeted results
- Energetic personality, reliable, goal-oriented and self-confident
- Competent with Microsoft Word and Excel, Email and Internet applications
- Trilingual: English, Spanish and Portuguese
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Jewellery Consultant
Signet Jewellers,
Jared Boardman , OH
12.2018 - 03.2020
- Work directly with customers, welcomed them to the store and facilitated their pleasant experience
- through strong listening skills, understand their needs and made appropriate recommendations for jewellery items. Close and open the store and running computer system.
- Reviewed existing policies and procedures to suggest necessary improvements.
- Oversaw quality control to identify inconsistencies and malfunctions.
Jewellery Consultant
Zales Corp. Canada - Peoples Jewellers
London, Canada
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Welcomed customers to the store and facilitated pleasant customer experiences through strong listening skills to understand their needs and made appropriate recommendations for jewellery items
- Sold and processed jewellery sales, special orders, repairs and company credit card applications using strong sales technique
- Demonstrated experience with specialized integrated computer systems
- Set up windows display using design plannograms from Head Office
- Opened and closed the store following set procedures and policies, set up jewellery window displays and opened and closed the registers; changed promotional announcements, stored and counted stock and made bank deposits
Owner/Manager/Designer
Saremy Designs
London, Canada
01.2002 - 01.2012
- Owned and operated jewellery design studios with stores in Brazil, England, Canada and other countries
- Designed handcrafted, impeccable, fine jewellery for world-wide clients reaching their complete satisfaction
- Marketed business to potential customers to generate additional sales
- Prepared business plan and measured sales and business development
- Promoted business through advertising, making presentations at trade fairs, auctions, and through word of mouth
- Collaborated with four other designers in order to own and manage retail stores to market and sell artwork and jewellery
- Budgeted, managed finances and annual tax returns to stay within budget and make a profit
Education
DCA - Diamond Certified
Diamond Council of America
Nashville, USA01.2015
Visual Art Course -
Western University
London, Ontario01.2014
Advanced Design Artwork for Jewellers -
Andrea Nicacio Design School
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil01.2001
Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture -
School of Arts and Letters
Bogota, Colombia01.1994
Architectural Studies -
University Pontifica Javeriana
Bogota, Colombia01.1993
References
Available upon request
Educationandprofessionaldevelopment
- DCA: Diamond Certified, Diamond Council of America, Nashville, USA, 01/01/15
- Visual Art Course, Western University, London, Ontario, 01/01/14
- Advanced Design Artwork for Jewellers, Andrea Nicacio Design School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01/01/01
- Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture, School of Arts and Letters, Bogota, Colombia, 01/01/93
- Architectural Studies (6 semesters of Bachelor's degree completed), University Pontifica Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 01/01/90
Timeline
Jewellery Consultant
Signet Jewellers,
12.2018 - 03.2020
Jewellery Consultant
Zales Corp. Canada - Peoples Jewellers
01.2015 - 01.2016
Owner/Manager/Designer
Saremy Designs
01.2002 - 01.2012
DCA - Diamond Certified
Diamond Council of America
Visual Art Course -
Western University
Advanced Design Artwork for Jewellers -
Andrea Nicacio Design School
Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture -
School of Arts and Letters
Architectural Studies -
University Pontifica Javeriana