Rachel S. Laurence
*** – **** Bonaventure Dr SE, Calgary AB, T2J 0E5 403 – 472 - 8736 ******@*******.**
Education
A. P. A. MARCH 2016 CDI COLLEGE
Accounting and Payroll Administrator
Human Resources
D. E. C. DECEMBER 2001 VANIER COLLEGE
Major: Special Care Counseling
Minor: Music
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA JUNE 1998 JOHN RENNIE HIGH SCHOOL
Bilingual certification
Peer Support President in Senior year
Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
Managed teams up to 40 people: retail, fast food, call centers
Scheduling: 24-hour shift rotation, departments, holiday coverage, vacations
Inventory/Budget control
Cash control functions: safe management, till counting/re-floating, deposits, accounting for daily sales
Coaching and training new staff/Discipline actions and Conflict Resolution
Benefits coordinator: knowledge of packages, advising of changes in packages
Payroll: Submitting time sheets and alerting of errors
Human Resources: Implicating new policies, ensuring company polices were being followed
SALES
Direct sales: accepting various forms of payments; credit, debit, cheque and cash
Processing online sales
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Financial, retail, hospitality, fast food and call center experience
Communication skills, presentation skills: verbal, written and image
Successful resolution to complaints/irate customers
ADMINISTRATION
Microsoft advanced Literate: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel
66 WPM/10 Key: 106 PM/Numbers only: 130 PM
Reception responsibilities: greeting, answering phones – switchboard 20 lines, clerical work, business meeting set ups and arranging events, travel, charity donations, and Holiday Parties
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION/SKILLS
-ServSafe certified
-First Aid/AED certified
-Basic Shift Management – logistics, targets, inventory, cash handling, manage teams up to 25+, leadership development
-Advanced Shift Management – Accounting, time sheets, hiring, basic human resources functions, payroll functions, workplace standards
Experience
SWING MANAGER MC DONALDS MAY 2011 – DECEMBER 2015
Brand manager: promoting new items, trained kitchen on how to prepare new items
Mc Happy Day Organizer: Multi – year success, involved businesses and community in bringing donations by the hundreds, items to purchase and proceeds donated to Ronald Mc Donald House
Assistant People’s Manager – reviews, hiring day events, crew event coordinator
Scheduling: 25 crew plus 10 managers, ensuring proper coverage for peak hours, kept record of who was available for extra shifts if needed
Payroll: ensured time sheets were calculated and correctly submitted
Benefits Coordinator: Explained the benefits packages offered and any changes to the packages
Inventory: ordering, estimating,
Drive Thru and Front Counter Ace: 95% overall customer satisfaction
Top up seller/sizer: successfully trained service crew to upsell 80% of the time, leading to higher store revenue
Mystery Shop: 95% success rate during my shifts
Awards: Employee of the Month, Employee of the Year, 0 CSO, Successful F. O. R. and S. O. R.
FRONT DESK/RESERVATIONS TEAM LEAD FANTASYLAND HOTEL MARCH 2008 – APRIL 2011
Front Desk: Checked guests in, checked guests out, processed payments, answered questions and resolved complaints
Reservations: Booked rooms for guests, functions and events
Incentives: Created incentives for staff to motivate them in booking rooms and Theme rooms
Gift Hut: Scheduling coverage for Holiday season to sell gift certificates, created an incentive for Gift Hut staff and Reservation’s staff to promote and sell gift certificates, 80% success rate achieved
Signature Training: 90% success rate with mystery callers and mystery guests
Awards: Employee of the Month, Department of the Month
BILINGUAL CHAT CARE MANAGER DELL CANADA APRIL 2005 – FEBRUARY 2008
Chat Care: Provided exceptional customer service to customers and potential customers via the chat customer service portal
Selling: Sold products to existing customers and potential customers
Corporate Accounts: Managed corporate accounts, offered incentives to companies to have Dell provide them all of their software and hardware needs
Scheduling: Scheduling a team of 60 employees with around the clock customer service coverage
Awards: Gold Exceptional Customer Service Award, Gold Exceptional Team Customer Service, Top Excellence in Customer Service