Sebastian Aitken

Sebastian Aitken

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Sales Manager at David Jones

  • Education

    • Sydney Institute of TAFE, Ultimo NSW, Australia

      2000 - 2001
      Diploma Human Resources Management and Services credit
    • Narrabundah College ACT Australia

      1979 - 1980
      Year 12 certificate
    • North Sydney Boys High

      1974 - 1978
      School Certificate
  • Experience

    • David Jones

      Dec 1983 - Feb 1989
      Section head
    • Surfection

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1999
      Store Manager

      Apart from general day to day management duties i worked closely with directors and higher management to capitalise on the increasing growth of the surf industry at the time by implementing new retail store management strategies and models not seen in the surf industry before.Including staff recruitment and retention, team building and motivation, training and development, performance management, customer service and selling, visual merchandising and leadership strategies.

    • Mambo clothing

      Sept 1999 - Mar 2000
      Flagship store, Manager

      High level retail store management.Working together with the brand manager we designed a new policy and procedure manual for the store, planned recruitment for 10 employees including assistant manager, responsible for assigning and placing staff to work in multiple locations whilst waiting for completion of store fit out and assisted with stock controller and buyers in stock logistics.

    • Quiksilver

      Dec 2001 - Jul 2012
      3IC Quiksilver Bondi Junction

      Apart from assisting the store management team in day to day running of the store my role was one of flexibility as i worked closely with both management and floor staff. Due to the freedom i was given i could share and implement my invaluable sales skills and experience learnt at Surfection. This also allowed me more time to mentor, train and develop the sales team.

    • Surfection Pty Ltd /Quicksilver Retail

      Dec 2001 - Jul 2012
      Assistant Store Manager
    • G-Star

      Apr 2013 - Mar 2018
      Senior Sales Associate
    • Bose Corporation

      Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
      Assistant Store Manager
    • David Jones

      Jan 2019 - now
      Assistant Sales Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma of Human Resource Management