Debra Pickett
Canandaigua, NY *****
******************@***********.***
Dependable and Enthusiastic career professional with over 10 years’ experience working in the customer services field. Adept at overseeing operations in a management role, as well as working efficiently within a team setting to achieve business prerogatives. Excellent at dealing with high pressure situations and critical thinking.
Work Experience
Sales Associate
The Outdoor Store
· Greeted customers when entering the establishment.
· Recommended, selected, and helped locate and obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
· Computed sale prices, total purchases, and received and processed cash or credit payment.
· Prepared merchandise for purchases.
· Answered questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
· Maintained knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
· Described merchandise and explained use as well as operations to customers.
· Arranged and displayed merchandise to promote sales.
· Preformed inventory of stocks and requisition of new stocks.
· Exchanged merchandise for customers and accepted returns.
· Watched for and recognized security risks and thefts.
· Placed special orders as well as called other stores to find desired items.
· Cleaned shelves, counters, and tables.
· Maintained records.
· Opened and closed cash registers, performed tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and made deposits.
· Bagged and packaged purchases and wrapped gifts.
· Helped customers try on merchandise.
Customer Service Representative
Customer Service Representative
· Conferred with customers by telephone and in person to provide information about products and services.
· Took and entered orders, canceled accounts as well as obtained details of complaints.
· Checked to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers’ problems.
· Kept records of customer interactions and transactions, recorded details of inquiries, complaints, and comments, as well as actions taken.
· Resolved customers’ service and billing complaints by performing activities such as exchanging merchandise, refunding money, and adjusting bills.
· Completed contract forms, prepared change of address records, as well as issued service discontinuance orders, using computers.
· Referred unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation.
· Determined charges for services requested, collected deposits of payments, and arranged for billing.
· Contacted customers to respond to inquiries.
· Solicited sales of new and additional services and products.
· Ordered tests that could determine the causes of product malfunctions.
· Obtained and examined all relevant information to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.
· Compared disputed merchandise with original requisitions and information from invoices and prepare invoices for returned goods.
Store Associate/General Laborer
Frontier Painting-Stanley, NY
Store Associate/ General Laborer
G. E Remodeling-Victor, NY
Store Associate
Cleaning Concepts-Naples, NY
Education
College Degree in Graphic Design
Skills
• Order Entry
• Remodeling
• Carpentry
• Banquet experience
• Serving
• Bartending
• Food service