Brigitte Coia

Experience

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  IGA Yarraville

  Sept 2006 - Feb 2012

  Cashier

  Serving customers at checkouts, keeping store neat and presentable, handling large amounts of cash, communicate with many different people, training new staff, cash up at end of shift.

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  Mico Boutique

  Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

  Sales Assistant

  Operating registers, assisting customers, restocking, lay buys and back ordering, operating steam iron, dressing and displaying mannequins, returning faulty items to distributors, open and close store, maintain cash balance.

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  The Reject Shop

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2014

  Sales Assitant

  Running shifts and dividing tasks among employees, merchandising, Working stock, store presentation, using registers, serving customers, training new staff, closing the store, money handling, stock take.

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  Mico Boutique

  Jun 2013 - Apr 2015

  Freelance Visual Merchandiser/ Window Dresser

  I design and install window displays seasonally for Mico Boutique. So far I have done a Spring Carnival themed window for the Yarraville store, store birthday windows for both the Yarraville and Mornington stores, Christmas windows for both stores and sale windows for both stores.

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  French Connection

  Dec 2014 - Sept 2016

  Sales Assistant / 3IC

  In this role my responsibilities include providing excellent customer service, working large volumes of stock, merchandising the store, processing sales, leading a team, money handling and opening and closing the store.

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  Sportsgirl

  Aug 2015 - now

  The company absorbed the Flagship Retail Manager role and the Flagship Visual Merchandiser role into one and I have been working in this combined role for three years. Managed a small team and provided Visual Merchandising coaching for managers of other small stores. Managed a small team for a few months while overseeing the End of Lease closure of the store. Multi Site VM for the city stores. Co-ordinated with National VM Manager to create specialty VM displays for the city stores with activations, events, window displays and collaborations with the RMIT Visual Merchandising and Design course. Assisted both management teams and stock teams for both stores as well. In-Store visual merchandiser at Sportsgirl Highpoint. Duties included all facets of VM as well as training and coaching other team members in VM and sales.

  • Retail Sales Manager

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Retail Sales Manager

    Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Retail Sales Manager

    Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Multi Site Visual Merchandiser

    Sept 2017 - Jul 2020

  • In - Store Visual Merchandiser

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Sales Assistant/2ic

    Aug 2015 - Sept 2016