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National Director of Sales - Senior Manager 

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Senior Manager and Director of Sales at HomArt - Wholesale to the trade we are located in Southern California. Inspired by California living and architecture the HomArt collection forges a contemporary link with Californias romantic past.

Sales and Operations  Manager  with over 30 years experience - Leader by example, Strong interpersonal skills, flexible team worker with personal self drive, sensible problem solver, Love to travel, work and play hard!

-	I’m responsible for over 6 million dollars in wholesale sales to retailers per year. We sell to all retailers large and small including private label, from Nordstrom, Anthropologie to Rogers Gardens to K HALL. 

-	I manage 3 wholesale tradeshow showrooms around the country – Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York City. A big part of my responsibilities is visual merchandising – which we’ve won several industry awards for. I also oversee visual merchandising for our line in 3 rep group showrooms - Los Angeles, Seattle, and Dallas. 

-	I oversee, manage and train over 100 sales reps around the country that represent our wholesale line. 

-	As a Senior Manager of our company I am involved in all aspects of the business from marketing and promotions, to customer service and sales, and design and merchandising.

-	Selling fine jewelry for over 14 years I was responsible for sales of over 2 million dollars a year in sales.
-	As a Visual Partner at Tiffany & Co., I was selected as a key member to open new stores around the country which involved visual merchandising as well as sales training. 

-	Maintenance of operational functions of store facility and systems – manage IT initiatives. Inventory management and payroll.

-	Supervise and develop staff – responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and managing the performance of over 50 staff members. 

-	Cross Functional Manager – Assume manager on duty responsibility to support sales floor and attain store goals. 

-	Employee of the year/Winners Circle Recipient: 1998, 2003 & 2006.
 


Fine Jewelry Sales Professional 

-	I Successfully managed operations of resort boutiques throughout North America and the Caribbean. 

-	Leading a team – I increased sales over 20% of goal.

-	I increased profitability by analyzing buying trends and creative merchandising.

Cheif De Boutique 

-	I was promoted from Sales Associte to Assistant Store Manager to Store Manager of a $5 million store within 6 years.

-	As Store Manager I successfully managed 6 Assistant Store Managers and over 100 Sales Associates.

-	I interviewed, hired and trained over 150 employees over a 6 year span.

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Chris Dingman is a National Director of Sales - Senior Manager at HomArt in Laguna Beach, CA.

Chris Dingman

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