Dwayne A. Kerr
**** ******* ****** ** - ********, MO
660-***-**** - *************@*****.***
Recent College Graduate
Interdisciplinary Bachelor of the Arts in Art and Business
Dependable, punctual, and outgoing graduate with specialization in both marketing and management. Regarded as a strong
worker with natural leading skills and motivation, optimistic, and focused on the job at hand. Diversely educated in college
beginning with engineering training (calculus, physics, and computer programming focus areas), moving onto the German
language, and settling upon both a creative (arts) and traditional (business) discipline.
Work History
PEPSIAMERICAS, INC. – Columbia, MO April 2010 to Current
Merchandiser
Commuted to Mexico, MO as the hub of travel area. Drove from store to store, managing backstock, building
displays and keeping a good working relationship with individual store management. Worked various sized stores
from Wal-Mart to small, privately-owned grocery stores. Transferred to Columbia to work night shift which is
unmonitored and requires a strong self determination to complete the given job as expected. Quickly developed
strong time management skills as well as great focus in the task at hand.
SHAKESPEARE'S PIZZA – Columbia, MO June 2007 to April 2010
Popular and Award-Winning Restaurant deeply rooted in the college-town culture.
Joined company that is vastly popular in the area, and allows employees to be themselves while following a strong
set of guidelines. Worked diligently to quickly rise to the top ranks of the employees and quickly became
dependable in every position on the most stressful of days. Widely regarded as one of the best to work on the
ovens, especially while busy, due to a constant state of focus and ability to manage high-stress situations. Quickly
mastered the registers and, while providing the customers with exactly what they needed consistently produced a
spot-on cashier's report at the end of the shift.
-Honed ability to easily handle multi-tasking.
-Learned to prioritize objectives in order to most efficiently produce the desired outcome.
-Realized natural capability of handling stress and helping co-workers to pursue a similar optimistic mentality.
-Earned recognition as a fast learner and team leader while keeping the customer at the highest priority.
INTERNSHIP SUMMER OF 2009
Headed up marketing research in an attempt to better determine the effectiveness of company delivery practices.
Compiling of data over a three month period and reading trends that developed led to the realization of mis- allocated
resources being applied.
-Learned and mastered various techniques in data management.
-Learned to read trends in numbers over time.
-Applied concepts learned over years in school to real-world situations, leading to a better understanding of
common business practices and procedures.
GERBES – Columbia, MO September 2008 to January 2009
Responsibilities included those of both CASHIER and SELF-CHECKOUT ATTENDANT. Quickly mastered the
register and memorized common PLU's associated with every-day purchases. Awarded with cash incentive as a
result of a high percentage accuracy over a month's time at the register.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of the Arts, Interdisciplinary (Art / Marketing)
University of Missouri - Columbia, MO
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Tobias Epstein – General Manager at Shakespeare's Pizza 573-***-****)
Chris Foley – Shift Manager at Shakespeare's Pizza 573-***-****)
Cody Garnet – Head Clerk at Gerbes Columbia 573-***-****)
Derek Lillard – Front-End Manager at Gerbes Columbia 573-***-****)