Chris Dingman

National Director of Sales - Senior Manager

Laguna Beach | United States

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In my own words

— Chris

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!

Trajectory

Sep 2001 — Now

National Director of Sales - Senior Manager · HomArt

- 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.

Jun 2010 — Jun 2010

Fine Jewelry Sales Professional · Tiffany & Co,

- 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.

Jan 1993 — Jan 1993

Cheif De Boutique · Club Med

- 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.

Mar 1987 — Jan 1993

Store Manager · Gap

- 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.