Sales Associate

Vira Leshchinskaya

**** ***** *** ** • East Lansing, MI 48823 • 517-***-**** • *******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational skills, educational background, and ability to work well with people to significantly contribute to organization’s growth and development.

EDUCATION Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Anticipated Graduation 2011

Major: Hospitality Services Administration: Services

WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, Warsaw, Poland

Student, CIEE Study Abroad Program, January 08 – May 0

EMPLOYMENT Younkers, Okemos, Michigan

HISTORY Sales Associate June 2008 – Present

• Aiding customer and maintained visual merchandising of closing products in a timely manner

• Processing customer transactions and maintained cash drawer

• Assisting with stock maintenance and periodic inventory counts in accurate manner

• Training new employees

• Greeting customers and assisted with purchases

• Established excellent rapport with customers, co-workers

EUROPEAN PARLAMENT, Warsaw, Poland

Assistant to Ambassador March 2008 – May 2008

• Dealt with billing issues

• Assisted with new staff orientation

• Researched and helped to solve minor issues with transportation

FOREVER 21, Lansing,, Michigan

Sales Associate April 2005 – December 2007

• Introduced and handled sales promotions for new products

• Design and arrange displays, and handled new advertising campaigns to increase traffic

• Trained numerous new employees in the two year period

• Handled customer problems and solved them in the timely manner

VIWALDI HOTEL, Elblag, Poland

Intern July 2009 – August 2009

• Performed housekeeping and front desk duties

• Managed kitchen department

• Organized events and fundraises

COMPUTER Experienced with Microsoft Office Professional, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,

SKILL Corel Word Perfect and Adobe Acrobat

LANGUAGE Fluent in spoken and written Ukrainian and Russian and proficient in Polish and Bosnian SKILLS languages

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