Cathy D. Bates
**** ***** ** *** **-B 803-***-****
Columbia, SC 29210 ********@*****.***
Objective
An accounting or human resource position using my strong skills in customer
service, inventory maintenance, and retail pricing and signing combined
with my ability to learn fast.
Education
Bachelors of Business Administration South University (Sept 2008)
Columbia, SC
Emphasis in Finance, magna cum laude GPA: 3.78 (A = 4.0)
Associates of Science, Office Administration DeKalb College (Dec
1995) Decatur, GA
Liberty Tax School Completion Date (Nov 2009)
Columbia, SC
Qualifications
. Effectively use annual inventory item difference report to decrease
shrinkage by $14,575.
. Correct errors in merchandise processing and pricing issue with UPC
codes not found at POS.
. Utilize Managed Pricing (MP.net) and Infovision software applications
to:
o Adjust stock ledge to correct on-hand inventory physical count
and monitor prices.
o Activate price change to ensure new retail price scan correctly
o Perform Merchandise Transfer Out (MTO), Emergency Stop Sales,
and Liquidation activities by due dates.
. Knowledge of Microsoft Applications to include Word, Excel, and
Access.
. Written and delivered oral presentation using PowerPoint.
. Operate MC70 price verification scanner to perform various pricing
functions
Employment
Pricing and Signing Supervisor J. C. Penney, Columbia, SC
July 1998 - Present
. Administers 100% signing and pricing accuracy on a daily, weekly,
monthly time manner.
. Supervise two full-time and two part-time employees focused on 98%
sign accuracy.
. Schedule workload hours based on pricing forecaster, marketing event,
and workflow chart.
. Interview and train new hires; and order and approve pricing and
signing supplies up to $300
. Implement marketing strategy through displaying advertisement and
using event calendar.
. Planning schedule hours using pricing forecaster and flowchart to
compare overlap in events.
Student Tutor South University, Columbia, SC
Jan 2007- Sept 2008
. Provided educational assistance in Accounting, Introduction to
Algebra, and College Math.
. Suggested reference tools using the Internet and references within
textbook.
Service Desk Attendant/Cashier Target, Columbia, SC
Oct 1996 - June 1998
. Answered customers' questions and provided information on procedures
or policies.
. Handled cash/credit transactions; Issued receipts, refunds, credits or
change due to customers.
. Identified prices of goods and tabulated bills using cash registers
and/or optical price scanners.
Organization
. South University Management Society
References Available Upon Request