Lauren Wade

Experience

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  EXPRESS

  Dec 2014 - Feb 2017

  Sales Lead
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  Bath & Body Works

  Mar 2017 - Oct 2017

  Sales Lead
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  Steamboat Resort

  Nov 2017 - May 2019

  Assistant Retail Manager

  Assisted in managing 6 retail stores around the SSRC resort area as well as on mountain. Specifically overseeing day to day productivity in 3 stores, responsibilities included product allocation, visual merchandising, coaching, and promoting sales goals. In this position I assisted in opening a partnership store with The North Face and took the lead on merchandising Steamboat Mercantile after a total rebranding. I worked closely with inventory control systems, retained a vast knowledge of hard lines and soft lines, and worked intimately with major brands including TNF, Marmot, and Burton.While working for SSRC I earned the resort wide award for "manager of the month" as well as "top retail salesman". Show less

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  Bath & Body Works

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Sales Lead

  Responsibilities include overseeing and planning all visual merchandising in White Barn as well as assisting in planning and execution of floor sets in Bath & Body Works. Also responsible for growing high performing teams and driving top sales results through conversion and customer focused service.While holding this position, alongside the rest of the management team, we successfully led our store to break $100k in sales during Black Friday for the first time.

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  Belk

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2023

  Responsible for managing all customer facing merchandising in a top 43 door; including receiving and placement of new receipts, visual presentation, floor sets and sale sets, customer Omni experience and more to drive store profitability. •Proactively plan for new receipts and anticipate the need to adjust product flow accordingly •Lead dock team in door to floor process to efficiently process new merchandise•Lead merchandising team to present product consistent with visual and merchandising standards•Responsible for driving business results and customer experience through strong leadership of team While holding this position I earned the “Best of Belk” award 2022 and was selected to participate in the High Potential Leader program - graduated in fall of 2022 Show less

  • Merchandise Team Manager

    Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Sales Team Manager

    Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Human Resources Lead

    Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Visual Merchandising Team Lead

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2021
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  Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort

  Jan 2023 - now

  Palmetto Dunes General Store

  • General Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Retail Buyer

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023