Bronté Plaister
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Bronté Plaister

Visual Merchandise/Area ManagerManchester, United Kingdom
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Bronté Plaister

Visual Merchandise/Area ManagerManchester, United Kingdom
About me
Bronte is a proficient, strategic and creative retail professional who approaches her roles with passion and enthusiasm. Above all, excellence in providing brilliant customer service with a keen penchant for exceeding targets and achieving results. A born team leader with over seven years of experience within the fashion retail industry, Bronte thrives in a fast-paced and challenging environment, both individually and as part of a team. With a keen eye for detail, she goes above all to achieve all deadlines and targets efficiently.
Projects
  • Visual Merchandising!
    Visual Merchandising!Topshop Concessions Visual Merchandising Images
Projects credited in
  • Visual Merchandising!
    Visual Merchandising!Topshop Concessions Visual Merchandising Images
Work history
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    Concession Area Manager/Visual Merchandise ManagerGlamorous, Kacoo Fashion
     - Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
    Concession Area/Visual Merchandise Manager Glamourous Kacoo ● Area Manager for 15 concession locations across England and Ireland. ● Oversaw sales performance as well as the wellbeing, training and recruitment for 15 team members. ● Successfully achieved and often surpassed the over-all sales target for the area. ● Maintained strong relationships with the Own Buy management team alongside head office contacts. ● Managed Visual Merchandising across all stores and areas. ● Created a strong visual standard for all stores and worked with concession Managers to implement and maintain them. ● Regularly travelled to stores to maintain the brand standards, provide training and sales support. ● Managed stock loss prevention alongside delivery flow. ● Assisted in building customer service standards and sales strategies alongside KPI’s and rolling them out across the UK to all locations and teams. ● Provided consistent feedback to influence the range for future seasons alongside picking materials and patterns for upcoming seasons. ● Opened new concessions for the brand (most recent being London White City Flagship store- Topshop). ● Within this role, built Glamorous to rank as the highest sales volume, amongst competitors, in the majority of our locations.
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    Concession SupervisorTOPSHOP TOPMAN
     - Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
    Concession Supervisor See You Never ● Opened the first bricks and mortar concession for the brand as they made the move from digital to stores. ● Worked and strategised on the initial launch, liaising with the own buy team as well as the brand’s head office. ● Liaised with Directors and upper management to process inventory in a professional and efficient manner. ● Implemented strategic visual merchandising to achieve a high impact visual layout in order to cross and up-sell between styles and product categories. ● Performed weekly stocktake and replenishment requests in line with current and forecasted sales trends. ● Introduced in-store marketing and brand awareness initiatives to promote the brand throughout the store. ● Built relationships with other concessions, Managers and store team members in order to align objectives and further pursue link building. ● Built and maintained a growing client book, ensuring regular contact with clients on a weekly and seasonal basis. ● Created a successful launch for both the brand and in-store management alongside several other tasks. ● Daily administrative work, reporting and ad-hoc projects as needed.
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Skills
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Visual Display
  • Visual Design
  • Customer Care
  • Customer Communication
  • Customer Experience
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Customer Service
  • Customer Support
  • Management
  • Mannequin Styling
  • Brand Management
  • Jewellery
  • Fine Jewellery
  • Ambitious
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Supervision
  • Client Support
  • Merchandise Planning
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Fashion
Education
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    A LevelsSalford City College - Pendleton Centre
     - Manchester, United Kingdom
    3 A-Level qualification in Art Design, English and Maths.
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    GCSEOasis Academy Media City UK
     - Manchester, United Kingdom
    6 GCSE’s grade A – C including English, Maths , Art and Child Development.