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Amber Davids

Sunnynook,AUK

Summary

Energetic Sales and Customer Service Representative with 5+ years of experience resolving complex inquiries. Passionate about building long-term relationships, driving loyalty, and increasing interpersonal engagement. Excellent communication and people skills. Charismatic with an advanced proficiency in computer systems. Analytical thinker and firm negotiator. An enthusiastic salesperson with a passion for educating consumers on policy information. Relates well.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Design Consultant

Dawson & Co
11.2018 - Current
  • Luxury, designer indoor & outdoor furniture sales both loose items and fixed items such as wardrobes & kitchens. Luxury brands include Molteni&C|Dada, Timothy Oulton, Tribu, DEDON, etc.
  • B2C & B2B Sales & negotiations.
  • Developed strong rapport with customers and created positive impression of business.
  • Conducted client consultations to understand requirements and preferences.
  • Developed space planning concepts, colour palette selections, and textile presentations.
  • Designed floor plans, elevations, 3D perspective views, and material boards for review and presentation.
  • Quoting custom & available products & associated lead times for sales conversion.
  • Arranging payment timeframes and methods, according to order type, ie; deposit to order/paid in full on ready to deliver.
  • Individual sales budget/targets per year.
  • Developed key client relationships, providing design solutions that met needs and budgets without compromising quality or design intent.
  • Met with over 10 customers per week to discuss design vision and individual needs.
  • Logistics, inventory allocation & movement, transferring stock between showrooms and distribution branches, investigations, and consolidation.
  • Managing outlet inventory turnaround/transfer of inventory store around product returns and inventory to be cleared warehouses to reduce pallet counts
  • Created inviting environment for customers by maintaining store organization and cleanliness.
  • Delivered energetic responses to customers in-store and by telephone, going above and beyond to serve needs.

Sales Support & Customer Service (Temp)

Vigilance Ltd
01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Outbound cold calling to grow the database
  • Book appointments for BDM to attend
  • Closing sales once first contact has been made
  • Maintaining overall presentation of the company website and social media pages
  • Helped cultivate and maintain business relationships by professionally handling partner and customer needs.
  • Developed working knowledge of CRM to effectively track sales leads and activities.
  • Managed customer accounts, responding to inquiries and resolving customer service issues
  • Coordinated responses and resources to handle special client requests.

Sales Assistant (Temp)

Safety N Action Ltd
06.2017 - 07.2017
  • Inbound/outbound calling.
  • Booking course training for constructions industry workers via email & phone call requests.
  • Invoicing for payment.
  • Managing general phone & email enquiries.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.

Customer Service Administrator (Short Term)

Symetri Ltd
02.2017 - 06.2017
  • Outbound calling
  • Scheduling property assessments for building inspectors to investigate extent of damage to Earthquake struck homes in the Canterbury region.
  • Responded to customer calls swiftly to resolve issues and answer questions.
  • Ability to treat each situation with sensitivity and understanding.

National Sales Manager

LA Imports Ltd
03.2014 - 07.2016
  • B2B sales
  • KPI & targets
  • Cold calling.
  • Arrange travel, accommodation and sales meetings with existing clients and new leads.
  • Met with customers to give sales presentations, negotiate contracts and promote services.
  • Retention and new business acquisition
  • Order processing.
  • Manage products, sales and customer accounts (invoicing, etc) using SAGE software
  • Empowered and led driven sales, building product awareness and exceeded revenue targets.
  • Stock control, stock take using SAGE software.
  • Showroom visual merchandising.
  • Online presence management, overall website maintenance, presentation, photography, and navigation as well as Social Media platforms.

Visual Merchandiser

Farmers Ltd
11.2013 - 02.2014
  • Overall department presentation in Home, Manchester, Men's, Women's Apparel departments
  • Worked with store managers to implement new displays, promotions and store layout changes.
  • Coordinating with VM assistant on overall store VM operations, stock levels and placement
  • Fixture maintenance and setup at Seasonal times and new store layouts and promotional signage's.
  • Managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and increase sales.
  • Window displays based on Farmers guidelines
  • Built properly lit and well-maintained displays, creating inviting atmosphere in stores.
  • Monitored and replenished display inventory and restructured according to available stock.

Visual Merchandiser

Acquisitions
08.2012 - 11.2013
  • Worked with store managers to implement new displays, promotions and store layout changes.
  • Managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and increase sales.
  • Stock control, inward goods, fault return to suppliers
  • Inward stock receipted and load to store data system.
  • Created interior displays to promote products in alignment with corporate sales objectives.
  • Monitored and replenished display inventory and restructured according to available stock.
  • Developed innovative approaches to store layout to optimize customer flow and optimize sales potential.
  • Coordinated with marketing and promotions teams to verify proper implementation of visual elements of display.

Furniture Maker

Danske Mobler
11.2011 - 07.2012
  • Used hand tools and production equipment to perform furniture assembly work and mastered blueprint reading to verify correct completion.
  • Collected designated assembly materials from bins, set up work stations per written instructions and inspected own work for accuracy and quality.
  • Fastened parts together with bolts, screws, speed clips, rivets, glue or other fasteners according to blueprints and customer specifications.
  • Demonstrated manual dexterity and coordinated hand and finger movements to grasp, manipulate and assemble objects necessary to complete diverse furniture projects.

Retail Sales Assistant

Bed Bath N' Table
07.2010 - 11.2011
  • Greeted customers and helped with homeware product questions, selections, and purchases.
  • Used POS system to process sales, returns, online orders, and gift card activations.
  • Organized store merchandise racks and displays to company guidelines to promote and maintain visually appealing environments.
  • Assisted customers with prompt and polite support in-person and via telephone.

Visual Merchandising Assistant

Bed Bath N' Table
  • Created interior displays to promote products in alignment with corporate sales objectives.
  • Managed installation of visual merchandising displays, urging team to maintain and 'sell the look'
  • Researched current trends in visual merchandising to execute displays (inspiration such as Home & Garden magazine, Pinterest, famous Architects & designers, etc.)
  • Monitored and replenished display inventory and restructured according to available stock.
  • Worked with VM managers to implement new displays, promotions and store layout changes.
  • New store launches & installations, 5 / 9 during service.
  • Built properly lit and well-maintained displays, creating inviting atmosphere in stores. New store installations, 5 / 9 during service.
  • Nation wide travel was required,

Education

Certificate in Event Management & Luxury Weddings - Meeting And Event Planning

QC Design School
Online
12.2023

Certificate Real Estate Salesperson, Level 4 - Real Estate

Unitec Institute of Technology
Auckland, NZ
09.2015

Diploma - Interior Design

Open Polytechnic
Auckland, NZ
12.2014

Skills

  • Communication
  • Goal driven
  • People person
  • Customer Needs Assessments
  • Gaining Commitment
  • Time management
  • Consultative selling
  • Relationship building
  • Strong negotiator
  • Proposal Sketching and Planning
  • Coachable & Conscientiousness
  • Strategic Selling

Hosting

Hosting games nights, dinner and themed parties for friends & family.

Timeline

Design Consultant

Dawson & Co
11.2018 - Current

Sales Support & Customer Service (Temp)

Vigilance Ltd
01.2018 - 04.2018

Sales Assistant (Temp)

Safety N Action Ltd
06.2017 - 07.2017

Customer Service Administrator (Short Term)

Symetri Ltd
02.2017 - 06.2017

National Sales Manager

LA Imports Ltd
03.2014 - 07.2016

Visual Merchandiser

Farmers Ltd
11.2013 - 02.2014

Visual Merchandiser

Acquisitions
08.2012 - 11.2013

Furniture Maker

Danske Mobler
11.2011 - 07.2012

Retail Sales Assistant

Bed Bath N' Table
07.2010 - 11.2011

Visual Merchandising Assistant

Bed Bath N' Table

Certificate in Event Management & Luxury Weddings - Meeting And Event Planning

QC Design School

Certificate Real Estate Salesperson, Level 4 - Real Estate

Unitec Institute of Technology

Diploma - Interior Design

Open Polytechnic
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