Clive Braude

Business Owner @Pallucci Furniture

Vancouver, BC, CA

Established and operating a successful business with a retail store in Vancouver and a regional warehouse in Delta. Undertook day to day management and oversight of all functions of the business, led a team of store managers and Sales Staff. Responsibilities included: • Merchandising and negotiating with local and overseas suppliers, attended local and international trade shows. Ensured store inventory was highly desirable to local consumers and was competitively priced. • Sourced and maintained product mix to ensure company product identity, ensured strong and sustainable purchasing strategy to maintain profitability and competitiveness. • Developed, implemented and monitored the Company’s social media, online and print marketing and sales strategy. • Secured premises and negotiated leases for new and renewal of existing stores. • All HR functions including sales training, employee development and the introduction of performance incentives and bonuses. • Financial planning, budgeting, taxation and development of IT systems to maximise efficiency. Installed various time saving and control systems for inventory control, accounting, payroll management and store Point of Sale. • Oversaw business logistics, which included outsourcing noncore divisions of the business like fleet management, implemented ordering systems to ensure continuity of supply.

Herzlia Hign School

High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Sales management

Damelin

Practical management

Western province technical college

Technical diploma