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ALENA HAPANOVICH

Toronto

Summary

Experienced professional with excellent client and project management skills. Action-oriented with strong ability to communicate effectively with clients, executive, and team. Customer-service focused with years of experience.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Director

TNCC CO
07.2020 - 03.2025
  • Directed all aspects of project management including planning, staffing, budgeting, monitoring, scheduling, and reporting to head office.
  • Managed 50 Cannabis stores with the team at head office of day-to-day operations.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while staying within deadlines and regulations.
  • Monitored and coached staff members, enabling them to reach their highest potential.
  • Monitored customer feedback regularly to improve customer experience.

Sales Manager-Jewelry and Soft Accessories

Holt Renfrew
08.2016 - 09.2018
  • Lead, motivate, and retain a team of high performing employees
  • Continuously recruit, select, hire, and on-board the best talent.
  • Communicate performance goals to employees and provide coaching to help achieve those goals.
  • Recognize and reward extraordinary performance; give feedback and develop performance improvement plans for under-performing employees.
  • Through developmental activities and coaching, increase the number of sales associates achieving their goals in sales as well as the dollar volume of cross-selling.
  • Serve as manager-in-charge of the store.
  • Perform on-boarding for the new associates.
  • Communicate with the buyers on daily basis in regards to the needs of the business(special orders, product knowledge, etc.)
  • Perform inventory counts for the department.

Sales Manager Menswear, Outerwear and Holiday Shop

Holt Renfrew
05.2017 - 08.2017

Administrative Coordinator for Menswear and Concourse

Holt Renfrew
09.2015 - 05.2017
  • Lead, motivate, and retain a team of high performing employees(team of 20)
  • Continuously recruit, select, hire and on-board the best talent.
  • Making schedules for the team.
  • Communicate performance goals to employees and provide coaching to behaviours that help achieve those goals.
  • Maintain the highest standards of visual merchandising presentation at all times.
  • Develop in depth store knowledge: brand performance, financials and requirements of the store.
  • Schedule and coordinate Product Knowledge meetings with the buyers and the team.
  • Build strong, collaborative relationships with store management, sellers, and buying team.
  • Schedule meetings and assist in maintaining calendars.
  • Draft, edit and coordinate presentations and materials.
  • Handle requests for information and data, resolve administrative problems and inquiries, prepare written responses to routine enquiries.

Sales Associate

Holt Renfrew
03.2011 - 09.2015
  • Consistently deliver extraordinary service to all customers.
  • Exceed all sales and service goals and targets.
  • Build a loyal personal client base by constantly acquiring new customers, developing existing clients, and retaining loyal clients.
  • Attend all educational sessions offered including product knowledge, vendor, and Holt Renfrew seminars.
  • Perform floor recovery, visual merchandising, price change, and related sales support tasks.
  • Communicate regularly with personal clients through phone, mail, and electronic methods regarding in-store events, merchandise requests, sales follow-up, birthdays, etc.
  • Resolve all customer service issues and partner with selling management on any issues outside of guidelines.
  • Perform other duties, as assigned.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations and Political Science

Glendon /York University
Toronto, ON
01.2012

Skills

  • Results-oriented
  • Client-focused
  • Quick learner
  • Training and development
  • Creative problem solving
  • Customer Service
  • Team building
  • Sales driven

Timeline

Director

TNCC CO
07.2020 - 03.2025

Sales Manager Menswear, Outerwear and Holiday Shop

Holt Renfrew
05.2017 - 08.2017

Sales Manager-Jewelry and Soft Accessories

Holt Renfrew
08.2016 - 09.2018

Administrative Coordinator for Menswear and Concourse

Holt Renfrew
09.2015 - 05.2017

Sales Associate

Holt Renfrew
03.2011 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations and Political Science

Glendon /York University
ALENA HAPANOVICH