Marsha Cates
Sales Consultant at Waterworks
- Role
- Sales Consultant at Waterworks
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marsha Cates
Marsha Cates is a seasoned and results-driven design, marketing & sales professional with over 20+ years of commercial and residential interior design experience. She founded, owned and operated her own award winning kitchen & bath showroom, Room Service Interior Design, for over 10 years in NE PA, developing and maintaining national residential client accounts through promotional events, client word of mouth referrals and repeat business. Known as a strategic thinker and creative problem-solver, Ms. Cates can react quickly to new market trends and provide winning solutions within tight budgets & timelines to successfully meet clients needs, brand goals and objectives. Additionally, she is well versed in global design, marketing/merchandising campaigns, new product launch strategies, project management, retail store design and open-sell environments for multiple distribution channels. She maintains her own design consultancy for global commercial design work in the retail prestige beauty industries; most recently working with Mecca Brands in Melbourne, Australia.
Experience
Sales Consultant
Jan 2018 — Present · Scottsdale, AZ, US
Seasoned showroom sales consultant based in Scottsdale, AZ who\'s strengths include: partnering with Interior Designers, Architects and building industry professionals, coordinating and developing interior design schematics for luxury kitchens & baths, project management and overseeing large scale projects from concept thru completion. Average New Build and Renovation projects range between $2-35M and SF. Sales highlights: Delivers excellent customer service, skilled at relationship building with a focus on a luxury client experience and repeat business. 2022 exceeded sales plan and developed 10+ new interior design and builder accounts \"Plan plus\" results during the pandemic - nearly doubling sales numbers TY/LY. 2021 and 2022 achieved over $1.5M in sales, currently highest sales volume in the history of the Scottsdale showroom and maintaining top seller position Developed NEW outside market in Santa Fe, New Mexico with over 14 accounts ASID Presidential industry award #1 companywide in Shinola launch sales
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art
Associates, Interior Design
1987 — 1989
Cornell University
Certificate, Wines of Pacific Northwest, California & New York
2023 — 2023
Pratt Institute
MS, Communications Design
1983 — 1985
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