Manager Operations
Resume:
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Email: **********@********.***
Address: Address Withheld
City: Houston
State: TX
Zip: 77042
Country: USA
Phone: 720-***-****
Skill Level: Entry
Salary Range: $40,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
OBJECTIVE:
To build a fulfilling career in natural resource and land management, with a focus in environmental monitoring and remediation through hands-on experiences and proactive employment opportunities.
EDUCATION:
University of Colorado, Boulder Graduated: December 2012
School of Arts and Sciences: B.A. in Environmental Studies
- Emphasis in Sustainable Development
School of Business: Minor in Business Administration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
August 2012 to January 2013
Commerce City, Colorado
Position: Environmental Education Intern
- Facilitated field trips focusing on the wildlife and habitat of the Refuge using props such as animal pelts, skulls, and plant specimens, for elementary students in preschool through 5th grade.
- Responsible for completing reports to document the logistics of each field-trip and classroom program.
- Assisted with special events such as National Wildlife Refuge Week by operating a station focusing on the variety of bird beaks and their different functions.
- Planned, designed, and facilitated a Wildlife Discovery Lab event focusing on bats, spiders, bones and skulls in accordance to the state's standards of 6th through 8th grade curriculum.
- Contributed to the operation of the visitor service desk by answering phone calls, greeting guests, guiding visitors to appropriate trails, lakes, or wildlife-viewing areas and answering other visitor questions.
Nutritional Elements, LLC. March 2009 to June 2012
Boulder, Colorado
Position: Retail Operations Manager
- Recruited as the General Manager of the flagship location in Boulder, CO.
- Responsible for opening and closing operations, cash-handling, and maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
- Maintained accuracy of records including A/R, A/P, sales, inventory and facilitated biannual performance reviews and improvement strategies.
- Promoted to Retail Operations Manager of four locations in July, 2011.
- Developed a monthly schedule for each location by collaborating with over 40 employees to maintain scheduling-requirements for both part-time and full-time employees, while also ensuring consideration of vacation and shift-preference requests.
- Created the first company-wide standard operating procedures, significantly increasing policy consistency and staff productivity.
- Provided support for General Managers involving new or updated operational procedures, product knowledge and customer/vendor relations.
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
Geology Field Course, University of Colorado - Boulder
- Toured a variety of mines and remediation sites in the four-corner states including the Climax Henderson Molybdenum Mine in Empire, Colorado; a remediated Uranium-tailings site in Grand Junction, Colorado; an UMTRA - Project under the U.S. Department of Energy in Moab Utah; Tony M. Dennison Uranium Mine in Ticaboo, Utah; White Mesa Uranium Mill in Blanding, Utah; BHP-Billiton Coal Mine in Farmington, New Mexico and multiple abandoned mines and acid mine drainage sites in Silverton, Colorado.
Natural Science Laboratories, University of Colorado - Boulder
- Experienced with collecting and interpreting water and sediment samples through research done in a Stream Ecology course.
- Performed a variety of experiments in a Biology laboratory including dissections and DNA profiling.
- Familiar with weather forecasting and data compilation through experiments performed in a Weather and Atmosphere laboratory.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES:
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and OneNote.
- Adobe: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Quick-Books Point of Sale, MindBody Client Database and Scheduling System
- Google's business application and domain management
- Constant Contact Marketing Solutions
- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, etc.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective organization and time management skills
- Environment and wildlife enthusiast
- Basic horticulture skills and experience
- 12 years of advanced training in horsemanship
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