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Samihah Akhtar

Sales Associate
About

P R O F I L E I am a highly motivated and resilent young individual who is studying law at university, With experience as a retail assistant at multiple businesses i confidently serve customers with excellent customer service, engage well with customers whilst answering queries, helping them find products. I am seeking a retail opportunity to develop my fashion knowledge in current and future trends and help customers to have a great shopping experience.

Previous Brands
JD sports Islington
Obaseki Solicitors
Primark (Marble Arch)
Victoria Secret Bond Street
Work Experience
sales associate
May ‘23 - Aug ‘23
Victoria Secret Bond Street

. drives top line stores sales and growth by personally selling to customers . moves with intention throughout the store,connecting with multiple customers. .proactively engages with customers, read cues and respond effectively .creates a memorable connection by asking effective questions to indentify customer needs and make compelling bra and additional product category reccomendations . uses confident selling statements and is effective at overcoming customer objections. . provide customers with the perfect bra fit by asking effective questions , taking a measurement , or conducting a fitting. . displays expert product knowledge and takes initiative to elevate personal knowledge of product categories. . participate in sales goal setting with manager and tracks individual performance towards the goal. . converts to return , offers and other promotions into larger sales. . delivers a friendly and effective cash wrap experience processing customer transactions accurately and efficiently at the point of sale (POS) or mobile register , as needed. . driving top line store sales results and growing the business through action and productivitiy . maintaining a focus on bras as the premier product differentiator , to build loyalty and support our " best at bras" culture . . creating customer awareness of programs availiable to them to build customer loyalty , when applicable. . setting personal goals and tracking individual and team performance to the goals . preparing for each shift by maintaining awareness of all sales, promotions and applicable ringing procedures. . taking inititative to recover and replenish merchanfise , so it is availiable to sell. . understanding and adhering to visual merchandising brand standerds. . assisting in housekeeping of sale floor and communicating maintainance issues . keeping an awareness of , and building personal capability in , loss provention . supporting all activities related to providing a safe working environment . understanding all demonstrating company values .

sales assistant
Aug ‘22 - Oct ‘22
JD sports Islington

. Working in a team to maximise store profitability by exceeding sale targets. . Utilising in store devices , offering the customer the whole product range. . Provide alternatives and add on sales at every opportunity . . Providing customers with the best customer service . Greet all customers in a warm , genuine and friendly manner . Keep stock , clean and presentable at all times . . Replenishing stock when needed . Making sure the full sized range is on the shop floor where possible. Assisting in the maintenance of standards on the shop floor and for all displays and merchandise. . To deputise for other staff, work within departments , or carry out other duties as required.

retail assistant
Dec ‘21 - Aug ‘22
Primark (Marble Arch)

. Put out and maintain stock on the shop floor. . Serve customers on the till to finalise customers purchases. . Answer customer queries whilst on the shop floor . . Conduct exchanges refund on the till. . Ensure the shop floor/ designated area assigned is tidy. . Provide customers with excellent customer service .

Administrator/ Receptionist
Dec ‘19 - Dec ‘19
Obaseki Solicitors

. Attend phone calls . . Call clients to remind them of their apppointments . Call clients to make any rearrangements of their appointment if they or their solicitor is not availiable to have a meeting with them. . Call the solicitor to inform them that their clients have arrived for their scedule appointment. . Make sure that everyone in the firm including myself, solicitors , clients logged the time they arrived and departed in the logbook as this is a safety concern. . Make promotional videos for the firm using promo.com

Retail Experience
Retail Category
High street
Luxury
Other
Work Environment
Boutique
Shopping centre
Flagship store
High street store
Department store
Product Category
Menswear
Womenswear
Footwear
Beauty & Fragrances
Accessories
Watches & Jewelry
Responsibilities
Greeting
Client Help
Complaint handling
Product demos
Client Advising
Transactions
Returns & Exchanges
Upselling
Product labelling
Delivery processing
Stockroom management
Store Maintenance
Languages
English - Native
French - Basic
Panjabi - Fluent
Urdu - Fluent
Education & Training
Frederick Bremer School
(GCSEs)
Sir George Monoux College
vocational science level 2
Sir George Monoux College
level 3 business extended diploma
City, University of London
LLB