Alexandra Maria Ortiz has over 10 years of experience in sales management and is seeking a new position. She has worked as a furniture sales consultant, senior store manager for GNC, and home furnishings consultant. Previously, she was also an entrepreneur and designer running her own painting business called AMO Designs and worked in interior design and decorative painting. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has education from FIT, University of Hartford, and Middlesex Community College.

1. ALEXANDRA MARIA ORTIZ
63 Maynard Street Apt. 3, Middletown, CT 06457 ♦ Phone: (860) 918- 4309 ♦ jandra711@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVE
A driven Sales Management professional with over 10 years of experience, looking for a position that will benefit
from my proven record of achieving demanding sales results. I am seeking a high performance, sales management,
customer support position that will benefit from my high engagement, motivation, strong customer focus and
excellent interpersonal skills to deliver exceptional results.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
ASHLEY FUNITURE HOMESTORE, Orange, CT 2015-present
FURNITURE SALES CONSULTANT
• Ability to negotiate and effectively close deals, exceeding and reaching sales goals. Developed and nurtured client relationships and insure
clients leave with positive experience. Assisted in all aspects of daily showroom operations. Ability to Multi-task and deal with several clients
at a time.
GNC; General Nutrition Center, Waterbury, CT 2008-2014
SENIOR STORE MANAGER
• Driving sales to achieve maximize profit goals and ensuring to exceed company expectations.
• Execution to the highest level in company standards of all aspects of Customer Satisfaction, Effectively Recruiting and Hiring,
Training and Development of new associates (including Managers), Visual Merchandising and Store Operations and opened new locations.
• Maintained Inventory Loss at or below Company standards.
RAMOUR and FLANIGAN FURNITUR, Manchester, CT 2006-2008
HOME FURNISHING CONSULTANT
• Ability to negotiate and use sale techniques; quote prices; persuade and effectively deal with people. Work
under pressure to meet sales quotas.
• Provide customers with general knowledge of product in order to sell the merchandise.
AMO DESIGNS by Alexandra Ortiz 2002-Present
ENTREPRENEUR, DESIGNER, PAINTER
• Experienced and Professional Painter specializing in authentic venetian plaster, gilding and decorative wall and furniture treatment.
• Uniquely designed and hand painted glassware created with multiple layers of applied mediums.
• Marketing and sales, working with and negotiating with top interior decorators and architects in NYC.
FATTO A MANO, Ltd. by Lucretia Moroni, New York, NY 1999-2002
CUSTOMER SERVICE/CONSULTANT/INTERIOR DESIGN/DECORATIVE PAINTER
• Sales and consultation for clients and Designer Showroom representative.
• Development, Execution and Installation of Interior Design projects working in the studio and on-site for locations
in NYC, CA, Portugal and South America; Worked directly with contractors and sub contractors.
• Development of color scheme and management of portfolio for Showroom and Designer Showcases.
• Silk Screening, Silk Painting, Stenciling, Faux Finishing on Fabrics (Linens, Silks, Velvet) used for upholstery,
curtains and wall coverings, on up to 30 yards at a time meeting tight deadlines, sometimes single-highhandedly.
Hand Painting Floors and Floor Clothes, ranging from Faux Stone Inlays, Mosaics, and Persian Rugs. Venetian
Plaster; encaustic wall coating for Interior Decoration. Restoration of antique furniture using applied techniques.
SKILLS: MSOutlook, MSOffice,Windows, Excel,PowerPoint, Fluent inreadingwritingandspeakingSpanishandEnglish..
EDUCATION: Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
University of Hartford, CT
Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
AWARDS and MERITS: Outstanding Minority Student Roster Award; Assistant to the Director of Student Activities Department;

2. Professor Assistant for the fine Arts Department at MXCC.