
In my own words
— Rachel<p><em>An organized, enthusiastic, goal-driven individual coming from two generations of entrepreneurs with a Bachelors of Arts in Fashion Marketing and Management - interested in capitalizing on the diverse experience, skill set, and background to help a company succeed.
I thrive in positive, active environments where I can use my people skills. </em></p>
Trajectory
Nov 2020 — Sep 2023
Wholesale Account Manager / Customer Service Representative · Independent Trading Company
· Exceptional customer service presence with the ability to organize and understand specific customer and vendor requests
· Managed/maintained teams multiple wholesale accounts in addition to assisting other wholesale divisions accounts/prospects in CRM/ERP
· Assisted sales team accounts by entering and monitoring shipments to ensure timely and accurate delivery of product and customer orders
· Duties include sales calls, emails and questions; PO entry in FDM4, processing RA's, shipping claims and multiple time-sensitive tasks, etc.
· Attended trade shows with company and open house events with distributors
Nov 2019 — Mar 2020
West Coast Inside Sales Manager · 33 Threads
· Efficiently and cohesively work with sales team to provide best-in-class customer service and maximize region opportunities
· Communicate frequently and effectively with our dealers to monitor sell-through and drive future and at-once bookings
· Meet sales objectives by supporting the regional sales manager with great communication organization and execution
· Attended trade shows/global sales meetings and worked with the Regional Sales Manager to execute sales and growth plans
· Enter orders and process transactions /information into CRM (ACT) and ERP (SAP byDesign) in an accurate and timely manner
Mar 2019 — Sep 2019
Inside Sales & Customer Support · Peter Grimm
· Support all US individual sales representatives/vendors in addition to wholesale and retail/consumer customers
· Liaison between customer and outside sales representative/agencies
· Setup/maintain customer files to enter/process POs/transactions into CRM (NetSuite and NuOrder platform)
· Determine customer requirements and expectations in order to recommend specific products and programs
· Monitor scheduled shipment dates to ensure timely and accurate delivery of product
Nov 2016 — Sep 2019
Inside Sales Account Associate · Modern Postcard, Carlsbad, California
· Ensures all goals and objectives for orders successfully go through to production and meets customer’s expectations
· Responsible for managing (starting at) $1,200,000.00 and increasing to higher volumes
· Provides support to account managers and other departments as needed
· Creates price estimates, recaps and processes orders
· Actively oversee and monitor threshold & station reports daily for appropriate follow-up on their sales teams orders
Oct 2012 — Mar 2016
Customer Service Manager · 2XU North America, Carlsbad, California
· Responsible for all inbound calls, entering/processing orders, answer all pertaining questions to products offered, manage RMAs/exchanges
· Attended yearly trade shows and sales event meetings to network with Australian team to navigate and grow sales opportunities
· Accomplished leading sales numbers for 2014/15 with upselling customers’ orders through consultative approach
· Managed customer service team of three other associates, delegating tasks and goals to grow sales while growing customer satisfaction
· Used Demandware, Magento, CyberSource, ZenDesk and AP21 to track customer orders and manage two million in ecommerce sales
Jul 2005 — Jul 2012
Sales Manager, Service and Assistant Buyer · Alpine Accessories, Lake in the Hills, Illinois
· In control of developing specialized marketing/advertisement programs geared towards a specific demographic to obtain advertisements
· Responsible for organizing networking events to earn new business while obtaining new vendor relationships
· Coordinated and attended in-shop/off-site demos, trade shows and sales events to maintain/grow relationships and sales opportunities
· Managed customer needs to specify which products will best suit their needs for the use of the products
· Responsible for researching the latest trends in winter sporting merchandise to stay competitive in the marketplace
Jun 2004 — Aug 2007
Operations Processing Team Lead · JP Morgan Chase, Chicago and Elgin Illinois
• Managed data entry on multiple capital accounts while keeping account holders up to date on account status.
• Responsible for developing a schedule to delegate the department’s workload to meet the increase in high-level capital accounts through time management.
Activity
Education history
The Illinois Institute of Art
Bachelors of Arts in Fashion Marketing and Management | 2005 - 2009



