Bobby Bennett is a senior-level retail management professional with over 30 years of experience in the fashion industry. He has expertise in areas such as strategic planning, customer satisfaction, training, merchandising, purchasing, and financial management. Bennett's career includes roles as Store Director at Canali Retail from 2010 to 2017 and General Manager at Hugo Boss from 2009 to 2010, where he increased sales and achieved high customer satisfaction scores. He is seeking a new opportunity that allows him to utilize his extensive experience in retail management.

1. B O B B Y B E N N E T T
4148 Whitsett Avenue # 108 ▪ Studio City, CA 91604 ▪
Cel ▪ 818-326-1555 ▪ E-Mail bobbybenn@adelphia.net
S E N I O R - L E V E L R E T A I L M A N A G E M E N T
Specialist in Maximizing Profit Growth through Strategic Planning, Customer Satisfaction and Training
Highly motivated, customer-focused professional seeking career advancement within dynamic, high growth organization
that values hands-on experience, employee development and teamwork
A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E
 Recruitment/Staffing  Training/Development  Advertising/Promotions
 Visual Merchandising  Purchasing  P&L Responsibility
 Strategic Planning  Customer Service  Quality Control
 Event Planning  Forecasting  Loss Prevention
S U M M A R Y O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
 30 years of successful, progressive management experience
 Extensive Tailored clothing knowledge
 Hands-on management style and ability to lead by example in personal sales and customer service
 Exceptional training, mentoring and coaching capabilities and reliance on team development to enhance sales
 Proven ability to balance merchandise assortment through effective communication with store buyers
 Creativity in developing advertising, merchandising and promotional plans
 Focus on superior customer service and the highest level of customer satisfaction
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
 From 2010 to 2011 increased sales 40 percent Canali Beverly Hills.
 From 2010-2016 increased overall sales 25% Canali Beverly Hills.
 Achieved an average mystery shopping score of 90%
 Led Beverly Hills Hugo Boss store to increase in ranking from #4 to #2 of 24 stores.
 Increased studio services volume and tailor shop productivity at Beverly Hills Hugo Boss store; played instrumental
role in achievement of annual mystery shopping score of 93% or greater
 Managed one of the top men’s stores in the world, Ron Ross in Studio City, which carried such high-profile designers
as Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan, Issey Miyake and Matsuda
C A R E E R P A T H
Store Director Canali Retail 2010-2017
Major Functions: Oversight of all store operations; complete P&L responsibility; recruitment and training of management
staff; development and implementation of advertising and promotional campaigns; employee relations; payroll
administration; scheduling; merchandising; forecasting; budget management; Directly involved in buying assortments in all
categories:. Train staff in Made to Measure and cultivation of new Made to Measure business.
General Manger Hugo Boss 2009-2010
Major Functions: Oversight of all store operations; complete P&L responsibility; recruitment and training of
management staff; development and implementation of advertising and promotional campaigns; employee relations;
payroll administration; scheduling; merchandising; forecasting; budget management; participation in planning with buying
staff.

2. Wholesale Sales Manager Parasuco Jeans 2008-2009
Major Functions: Sales as well as; Recruiting and training of new employees; Personality profiling; Clientele engage
ement; Clientele development
Real Estate Broker/ Manager Universal Savings (West Los Angeles, Ca) 2005- 2008
Major Functions: Real Estate and Mortgage Sales; Structuring, pricing and selling home loans.
Training in Clientele development, profiling and engagement; cultivating referral business.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 2004 -2005
Major Functions: Training in supportive management skills; Recruiting and training of new employees; Personality
profiling; Clientele engagement; Clientele development
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GENERAL MANAGER Hugo Boss (Beverly Hills, CA) 2002-2004
Major Functions: Oversight of all store operations; complete P&L responsibility; recruitment and training of management
staff; development and implementation of advertising and promotional campaigns; employee relations; payroll
administration; scheduling; merchandising; forecasting; budget management; participation in planning with buying staff
SALES MANAGER Hugo Boss (Beverly Hills, CA) 1998-2002
Major Functions: Management of sales and customer service activities; sales associate recruitment, training, mentoring
and supervision; quality control; strategic sales planning; negotiation of in-store filming for segments of television
programs such as E! Entertainment Tonight, Extra and Access Hollywood as well as CNN programs
STORE MANAGER Ron Ross (Studio City, CA) 1996-1998
STORE MANAGER Rick Pallack (Sherman Oaks, CA) 1994-1996
ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER Bernini (Century City, CA) 1992-1994
E X C E P T I O N A L R E F E R E N C E S A V A I L A B L E U P O N R E Q U E S T