Xanthee Howard
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
928-***-**** ( *******@*******.***
objective
My Objective is to maintain a permanent position with a reputable company
where I can expand my knowledge and use the current knowledge and skills I
already have to become an asset to the company.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Over ten years of providing outstanding customer service.
. Over seven years of technical and administrative experience as a
government employee.
. Over three years cash handling with retail and financial institutions.
. Computer and data entry skills include Microsoft Office (Excel, Word,
and Explorer), Lotus Notes, and City of Phoenix Databases Kiva GIS and
Kiva IMS.
. Posses excellent communication skills in person and over the phone.
. Eight years experience as an administrative assistant and
receptionist.
. Abilities include multi tasking and working well independently or with
teams with minimal supervision.
. I am dependable, self-motivated and deeply committed to high work
standards.
Education
Tempe High School, 1730 S. Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281
Mesa Community college, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ 85202, May 1999 &
August 2008
Work experiEnce
Lowe's 3/24/2010 Current
2300 E. State Route 69
Prescott, AZ 86301 928-***-****
Title: Cashier II/CSA II Outside Lawn & Garden
Department: Outside Garden & Lumber
Responsible for Advising customers on purchases and providing excellent
customer service. Having Sound knowledge of cash management principles
and/or procedures. Assist customers with plant and wood information and
purchases.
Duties:
. Operate/demonstrate/explain merchandise in assigned area.
. Water and prune plants and flowers as needed to maintain optimal
growth.
. Apply basic mathematical concepts such as adding, subtracting,
multiplying, dividing and knowledge of weights and measures.
. Understand and respond appropriately to basic customer and employee
inquiries. .
. Operate store equipment in assigned area (including but not limited to
LRT, telephone, paging system, copiers, fax machines, computers,
pallet jacks, etc).
. Interpret price tag and UPC information.
. provide advice to the customers about the selection, purchase, and
care of plants.
. Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or
policies.
. Compute and record totals of transactions.
. Establish or identify prices of goods, services and tabulate bills
using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
. Greet customers entering establishments.
. Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
. Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas.
. Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
. Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
. Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic
debits.
. Request information or assistance using paging systems and multiline
phones.
. Resolve customer complaints.
. Accept reservations or requests for take-out orders.
Wal-Mart 7/7/2009 3/24/2010
3050 N. Highway 69, Prescott, AZ 86301 928-***-****
Title: Sales Associate
Department : Deli/Dry Grocery/Bakery
Responsible for providing excellent customer service and assistance as
needed. Appling sanitary and safe food handling practices per the company
policies and procedures. To prep and prepare food items to be stocked in
the salad and hot cases.
Duties:
. Provide customer service by acknowledging the customer, identifying
customer needs, assisting with purchasing decisions, locating
merchandise, resolving customer issues and concerns, promoting
products and services, maintaining a safe shopping experience, and
appropriately representing and supporting the company's missions.
. Maintain merchandise presentation by stocking and rotating
merchandise, removing damaged or out-of-date goods, setting up,
cleaning, and organizing product displays, signing and pricing
merchandise appropriately.
. Receive and stock merchandise/supplies from distribution centers and
suppliers throughout the facility and organizes and maintains the
facility by following company procedures company procedures, utilizing
equipment appropriately, merchandising, and completing and retaining
paperwork, logs, and other documentation.
. Cut delicatessen meats and cheeses using slicing machine, knives, or
other cutters.
. Ensure adherence to standards and policies for cold chain compliance,
product rotation, sell-by dates, and expiration dates, including
identifying and removing product that is distressed or unacceptable in
appearance to ensure quality and freshness.
. Ensure adherence to food safety and handling procedures and follows
sanitation and cleaning procedures, including stocking and product
rotation.
. Provide quality Customer service by effectively communicating with
Customers to answer questions; locate and retrieve merchandise; and
provide requested assistance concerning prices and product
availability of various Department merchandise, which involve:
communicating effectively with Customers and Associates.
City of Phoenix 2/5/2001
10/17/2008
200 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85003 602-***-****
Title: Engineering Technician
Department: Development Services
Responsible for processing construction permit applications, reviewing plan
submittals, calculating fees, providing customer service for internal and
external customers, performed administrative and secretarial duties as
needed.
Duties:
. Worked independently with other departments, read and updated maps,
reviewed shop drawings (site and civil), and researched data through
many different databases.
. Served as staff support to development teams by tracking project
status and serving as a liaison between the customer, plans review
staff, and inspection staff.
. Advised contractors, property owners, and City of Phoenix staff
regarding the location of water and sewer availability to the
property.
. Research new and old projects for Architects, Engineers, public
customers, and plan review staff using our City GIS database.
. Performed data entry by processing new upcoming commercial projects in
the City of Phoenix and entering the project data into our Kiva
database.
. Prepared and updated monthly and annual statistical reports using MS
Word & Excel requiring knowledge of departmental operations and
regulations using standardized formats.
. Demonstrated continuous efforts to improve operations, decrease
turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively
and jointly to provide quality seamless service.
. Verified records and documents, checking for clerical and mathematical
accuracy and completeness and processed for further action.
. Sorted, indexed, and filed materials numerically, alphabetically, or
by some other predetermined classification according to established
procedures.
. Explained City ordinances and policies relating to commercial plan
review processing and inspections to the public.
. Provided information and fees for building and building permit, bond,
and civil fees for all approved projects for my development teams to
the public through fax, over the phone, and in person.
. Scanned and uploaded approved site plans and final building permits
into the City's SIRE database.
Priority Staffing 7/9/1999
2/2/2001
7850 S. Hardy Dr., Suite 112, Tempe, AZ 85284 480-***-****
Title: File Clerk for the City of Phoenix
Department: Signs Department
Acquired skills in data entry and filing systems. Assisted as a
receptionist when needed, and to assist the general public with information
and processes about sign permits.
Duties:
. Filed and updated project folders.
. Acted as receptionist, answering written and oral requests for routine
information, received telephone calls on a multiple phone line and
routed them to the proper employees.
. Preformed data entry.
. Provided Public counter assistance.
. Provided back up services for the residential counter secretary.
Pro-Tem 7/20/1998
7/9/1999
250 W. Baseline Rd., Suite #106, Tempe, AZ 85283 480-***-****
Title: File Clerk/Business Banker for Bank One
Department: The Vault
Experience includes creating new loan folders and entering new loan
information in Microsoft Software Access databases, processing confidential
loan information, calculating payoffs and creating loan documents for
Senior Loan Officers for small business clients.
Duties:
. Created loan folders and entered loan information into the computer
for new personal loans using MS Access software.
. Filed confidential loan documents into existing small business loan
and personal loan folders.
. Assisted Bank Loan Officers in faxing, e-mailing, and mailing the
appropriate documents for renewals or payoffs of existing small
business loans.
REFERENCES available upon request