Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Personal Qualities
References
Hobbies and Interests
Timeline

Deniz Bagde (Dee)

21 Lightwood Street, Ambarvale,NSW

Summary

Expert retail sales professional offering 11 years of experience in retail customer service and retail management. Focused on exceeding sales goals and providing outstanding customer service. Exceptional knowledge of team management for front end cashiers. The goal is to be employed in a prosperous and ambitious environment and contribute to the development of the organisation and satisfy customer needs.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Sleep Specialist

Amart Furniture
12.2023 - Current
  • Managed a diverse caseload of customers while maintaining excellent rapport and fostering trustful relationships.
  • Educated customers on healthy sleep habits, resulting in improved sleep quality and overall wellbeing.
  • Mentored junior sleep professionals, fostering a supportive environment and promoting the sharing of best practices.
  • Handled customer inquiries, complaints, and returns professionally, ensuring a positive experience for all clients.
  • Processed transactions accurately while maintaining a high level of customer service.
  • Increased sales by building strong customer relationships and providing excellent service.
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve a cohesive and efficient store environment.
  • Worked with store managers to implement new displays, promotions and store layout changes.
  • Managed bedroom styling, ensuring alignment with current fashion trends and company branding guidelines.
  • Assisted with special event planning and execution, incorporating creative visual elements to enhance the overall atmosphere and support promotional objectives.
  • Managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and increase sales.

Inventory

Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
05.2023 - 12.2023
  • Maintained assets inventory, completed inventory reports and escalated inventory discrepancies
  • Maintained accurate records to support inventory audits and inventory replenishment activities
  • Identified excess inventory and developed sales plans to sell inventory, reducing inventory costs
  • Organize and conduct stock takes on-site and remotely
  • Arrange stock transfers and requests
  • Maintained supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level and ordering new supplies when inventory runs lows
  • Keep track of customer orders to ensure there is stock
  • Keep track of purchase orders and stay ahead of stock delays
  • Build rapport and a relationship with all parties involved.

Store Manager

Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
09.2022 - 12.2023
  • Assisted with hiring, training and mentoring new staff members.
  • Mentored new hires during their onboarding process, ensuring they were well-equipped to excel in their roles from day one.
  • Managing budget, meeting and exceeding KPI's, up to date product knowledge with our stock and competitors stock
  • Reconciled daily sales transactions to balance and log day-to-day revenue.
  • Managed financial aspects of store operations, including budget planning, expense tracking, and accurate record-keeping to maintain fiscal responsibility.
  • Maintain a high GP Percentage and a low Discount Percentage
  • Merchandising shop floor when items get sold, redecorate the floor with new homewares and highlight old ones. Creating window/front entry displays
  • Direct staff to decorate and follow layouts that I, or a fellow manager, have set up
  • Dealing with customer queries and complaints
  • Assisting sales staff with sales to help close the sale
  • Maintained proper product levels and inventory controls for merchandise and organized backroom to facilitate effective ordering and stock rotation.
  • Liaising with other stores and Head Office
  • Cash Handling and Banking, Proficiency in POS and EFTPOS Systems
  • Following up with all customer orders, deliveries and laybys
  • As well as standard Day-to-Day tasks of cleaning, tidying, packing and unpacking stock, promote current promotions.

Sales Assistant

Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
08.2022 - 12.2023
  • Greet customers and help them find the right piece for their needs
  • Meet and exceed KPI's and sales targets
  • Build and develop product knowledge
  • Keep track of customer orders, deliveries and laybys
  • Dealing with customer queries and complaints
  • Cash Handling
  • Using POS and EFTPOS systems
  • Clean and tidy shop floor.
  • Rework shop floor when items get sold, redecorate the floor with new homewares and highlight old ones

Team Member Reset

Spotlight
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Provided customers with friendly and efficient service
  • Provided information for various products and services or arranging location of items at other stores or through online ordering
  • Recover stock, tidy shop floor and move clearance items
  • Packing online orders.

Sales/Customer Service Representative

The Impact Society
10.2019 - 12.2019
  • Greeted customers in a timely manner, while quickly determining their needs
  • Educated customers about the brands, promotions and information that Saffron Global represented
  • Demonstrated integrity and honesty while interacting with clients and team members
  • Undertook sales and marketing via face to face
  • Asked questions to extract leads and discover individual needs giving customers options
  • Investigated and resolved customer inquiries and complaints in an empathetic manner
  • Maintained positive company image during difficult situations
  • Built rapport and developed open relationships with customers
  • Data entry in a timely manner
  • Adhered to policies, procedures and confidentiality at all times.

Retail Sales Assistant

Kmart
01.2019 - 10.2019
  • Provided customers with friendly and efficient service
  • Provided information for various products and services or arranging location of items at other stores or through online ordering
  • Cash handling including counting and balancing register drawers
  • Administrative tasks required to ensure compliance
  • Answered telephone calls assisting customer queries and complaints.

Volunteer Retail Assistant

Salvos
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Assisted customers with enquiries both face to face and over the phone
  • Identified customers' needs and directed them to the area of the store and guided them on their purchase, identified their budget and aligned available products to meet their need
  • Cash handling and register operation.

Customer Service Crew Member

McDonald's
01.2013 - 01.2017
  • Provided prompt, efficient and reliable resolution to a range of customers orders and needs
  • Processed daily EFT and cash handling transactions
  • Increased retail revenue through sales techniques like cross sales and up sales
  • Responded to customer's complaints and feedback in accordance with approved operating policy and procedure
  • Developed and maintaining strong professional relationships with team members and customers.

Education

High School Certificate -

Broughton Anglican School, Campbelltown, NSW
01.2014

Skills

  • MS Office 2016 and Current
  • Retail Express
  • Retail/Mobile POS
  • Bi-lingual (English and Turkish)

Personal Qualities

  • Motivated, Fast learner
  • Leader, Team worker
  • Honest, Reliable
  • Hardworking, Enthusiastic
  • Well mannered, Outgoing
  • Good communicator, Attentive listener
  • Punctual, Time Management
  • Attention to detail, Visionary

References

  • Joey Asim, Home Sweet Home Castle Hill – Store Manager, 0432 493 392
  • Vivianna Ferrara, Amart Furniture Campbelltown - Assistant Store Manager, 0439 841 397
  • Basetepa Moe (Base), Spotlight Lidcome/Castle Hill - Manager, 0420 464 284

Hobbies and Interests

  • Travelling
  • Crocheting
  • Video games
  • Comedy shows
  • Meeting new people

Timeline

Sleep Specialist - Amart Furniture
12.2023 - Current
Inventory - Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
05.2023 - 12.2023
Store Manager - Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
09.2022 - 12.2023
Sales Assistant - Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living
08.2022 - 12.2023
Team Member Reset - Spotlight
01.2021 - 01.2022
Sales/Customer Service Representative - The Impact Society
10.2019 - 12.2019
Retail Sales Assistant - Kmart
01.2019 - 10.2019
Volunteer Retail Assistant - Salvos
01.2018 - 01.2019
Customer Service Crew Member - McDonald's
01.2013 - 01.2017
Broughton Anglican School - High School Certificate,
Deniz Bagde (Dee)