Melanie Whitt
Las Vegas, NV ***** • 702-***-**** *************@***.***
Objective
I would like to obtain a position in an environment where I can use my experience in business to the fullest.
Summary of Qualifications
• 10 years in retail sales/office management and purchasing.
• Proven track record in merchandising and closing sales.
• Exceptional customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills; establish and maintain positive
rapport with staff, customers/clients, and business professionals.
• Solid organizational skills; self-motivating; wholesale buying; high volume retail and internet sales.
• Exhibits proficiency in customer relations to ensure growing level of customer retention.
Professional Experience
The Wolf Theater, Las Vegas, NV
Box Office Show Tickets
May 2010-May-2011
• Managed the box office and handled communications with ticket brokers
• Acted as a floor hostess to multiples shows each evening
• Maintained the computers and all cash from the day to day operations
• Responsible for all telephone lines to the theater.
• Video recorded performances as needed
• Performed press relation services
Citi Bank, Las Vegas, NV
E Service Technical Support
June 2008-Jan 2010
• Provider of technical support for all Citibank credit card websites as it relates to resetting passwords, browser
error, and site navigation.
• Facilitate customers through the registration process
• Interpret and convey finance charges and balances to the customer
• Handled an average of 300 web sites.
Tinder Box, Las Vegas, NV
Operations Manager
Jan 1998- March-2008
• Store Manager
• Receiving, checking, and controlling inventory.
• Responsible for selection and purchase of wholesale merchandise and maintaining appropriate mix of
inventory according to store needs.
• Managed wholesale accounts for distribution of merchandise to strip casinos, restaurants, and retail tobacco locations.
• Secured global accounts, processed sales, wire transfers, hazardous materials documentation, and facilitated
appropriate customs guidelines for receipt of goods.
• Developed store to be the second highest grossing in the franchise after only 3 years of operating, and have
consistently maintained this status to the present date.
• Designed and Maintained three web based stores.
Stix Corporation, Las Vegas, NV
Restaurant Manager
1997-2000
• Supervised kitchen staff, responsible for payroll and scheduling.
• Duties included staff development, ordering, inventory control and keeping operating costs within corporate
expectations.
• Human Resources including, interviewing, confirmation of citizenship, benefits coordination, discipline and
termination of employees.
• Maintained excellent standards, resulting in an A grade for each health department inspection.
• Handled large amounts of cash for deposit.
Computer Skills
MS Word • Excel Data Entry • P.O.S. • Lodi • Adobe Photo Shop
Windows XP • Vista • Sawgrass • Gatekeeper • UCSS • Outlook Express
Power Point • Web Tool
• 15 years experience in Management with an average of 10-15 direct reporting employees
• 20 years in Customer support
Special Skills
I am a certified Hypno-therapist with 5 certifications and a member of the American Guild of Hypnotist.
Professional Reference available upon request