LINISHA BROWN
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Chicago, IL 60651
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Summary
An accomplished results-oriented Business Professional with over 7 years of driving Customer Service
excellence with leadership, project, and operations management experience. Proven expertise in sales, and,
developing teams to achieve favorable results.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Best Buy Corporate, Chicago, IL
2012- present
Geek Squad Business Professional
Engaged walk-in Small Business clients, built in-store awareness for the unique needs of the business
clients.
Generated six business leads a day and met monthly revenue goal improving stores P&L by 30%.
Worked with leadership team to identify and route the Business customers appropriately
Built strong culture around understanding customer needs and providing solutions.
Trained and coached team around the Target Market for Business clients
Created training materials for store teams around commercial grade products and solutions for
business clients.
Provided technical support for business clients in-store and on-site when necessary.
TARGET Hillside, IL
2010 -2012
EXECUTIVE TEAM LEADER (ASSISTANT MANAGER)
Spearheaded department operations including customer service, staff training, sales floor
management, team building and motivation, performance management, and workplace safety
compliance.
Championed efforts to increased district sales of apparel and accessories by 2.39% over previous
year.
Researched and implemented improvement processes to develop operations efficiency and
maintaining work center’s profitability.
Provided excellent customer service by responding to customer questions and inquiries to ensure
100% customer satisfaction.
Effectively communicated store goals and objectives to sales floor staff and provided coaching and
counseling to ensure efficient and timely deliverables.
Over saw internal promotional events, including logistics, marketing materials, and operations.
Hired, trained, and mentored staff to ensure adherence to company policies and procedures.
BEST B UY, Chicago, IL
2009-2010
APPLE EXPERT/BEST BUY FOR BUSINESS SPECIALIST
Collaborated with senior management to develop and implement sales strategies
Trained staff on Apple products and solutions for home and business
Identified customer needs and wants and made sure end-to-end solutions were met
Increased business sales by $25 thousand each month.
EDUCATION & T RAINING
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Northern Illinois University 2010
SKILLS
MICROSOFT WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, IWORK FOR MAC
ACHIEVEMENTS & O RGANIZATIONS
District Target Team Commitment Captain Business Administration Student Association
Best Buy Viewpoint Team President Women In Business Professions
Chi Alpha Epsilon Honor Society
Member of the National Dean’s List