Marcella Gilbert
***** ********* *** *** *** Moreno Valley, California 92553
323-***-**** *******.*******@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To obtain employment with a company where my strong customer service, office skills, accounting and managerial skills would be best applied.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
April 2002 – Current Bally Total Fitness Corporate Office: Norwalk, CA
Senior Administrative Assistant of Accounting
*Set up and sort payments in batches & verify payments for date errors and pricing
* Match & enter coupons to customer payments & heavy data entry for customer information daily
* Set up customers for automatic payments from regular mail and Internet
*Investigate past due amounts and handled member disputes and queries
* Verify and process Personal Training contracts for automatic payment from various health clubs
* Handled customer calls regarding problem on payments via check or credit card
* Handled collection on past due payments, process chargebacks from credit card companies, enter information on finance
Schedules, assisted in paying out payments for vendors,
* Responsible on making decisions on approving refunds over a set amount of dollars
* Entering vouchers, purchase orders requisition and invoices/balancing accounts, processing credit card claims
* Prepare banks deposits for incoming payments, billing customers for monthly payments
* Assist in the Correspondence and Cancellation Departments
October 2006 – Current TARGET Stores, Norwalk, CA
Guest Service Team Leader – Evening Shift
*Drive Sales performance; lead and coach the team on ways to increase sales
*Lead a safe and secure environment focused on incident prevention
*Communicate to Sales Audit & follow up on issues regarding procedural errors on the front lines
* Ensure work efficiency by scheduling & delegating responsibilities to team members
* Train team members on how to deliver fast and friendly service & cross train team members to provide coverage
* Supervise & coach the team to ensure excellent in-stocks with minimal outs, fitting room duties, logistics back room duties
* Lead the team to ensure merchandise is well zoned all day, every day.
* Collect and count all monies from registers in store and prepare for bank deposits/Worked in the cash office processing
money and credit card transactions from the prior day
* Specialize in engaging and inspiring the team to reach their full potential and drive for results, interviewing, coaching on
performance
April 1999 – Jan. 2001 PINK DOT INC. Call Center: Los Angeles, CA
Customer Service Representative / Data Entry Clerk:
*Processed customer phone orders & data entry (Approximately 200 to 500 calls per day)
*Research and resolve customer problems as they occur.
*Prepare catalogs for customer mailing
January 1993 – March 1999 Delta Entertainment: West Los Angeles, CA
Order Entry / Data Entry Clerk/ Accountant Asst. – Returns Dept:
*Performed data entry of return product numbers back to inventory
*Prepared daily return merchandise reports& Invoicing and posting credits to the appropriate vendors
*Analyze all the problems on return discrepancies & issued return authorization numbers to vendors
*Download Sales orders for the EDI computer
*Assist the Order Dept on entering orders and resolving problems on miss-shipped items and shortages
*Assist the Accounts Receivable Dept. in entering cash receipts, credits and debits, posting vendor payments and processing bank deposits
Feb. 1990 – Sept. 1990 Air Force Base (Los Angeles): El Segundo, CA
Clerk – Typist / SATO Department:
*Typed travel receipts and government documents for incoming and outgoing Air Force troops.
*Received incoming service calls regarding travel orders for troops
*Made airline reservations for Air Force troops for government trips
SKILLS: Heavy Phones, Data Entry, Filing, Alpha/Numeric, 10 Key by Touch, Accounts Receivable and Payable
Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, AS400, VAX, EDI, Navision, Mapics, Ciboodle, Citrix
EDUCATION: United College of Business – Certificate of Business Office Administration