Alan Dahlstrom
Santa Fe,NM
Summary
Multifaceted with experience in Art, Culinary, and Retail. Career driven, aimed at high performance to appease expectations. Engaging personality oriented towards customer sales, communication, and insite. Passionate and willing to educate about, history, medium, and value. Willing to receive criticism and improve in said areas. Punctual, and attending professionally to achieve set goals for overall company.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sales Associate
Best Buy
Santa Fe, NM
10.2024 - Current
- Work alongside customers in PC sales to find the most adequate device for computing needs.
- Troubleshoot with computer software and hardware to find the most efficient operating system compatibility.
- Ensuring multiple departments are organized, presentable, and efficiently prepared for daily sales.
- Communicating between coworkers and shift leaders about daily goals, revenue, and how to optimize company benefits for customers.
- Researching products between PCs, entertainment, and home appliances to assure customers about product investment.
Deli Clerk
Costco
Atlanta, GA
04.2020 - 07.2024
- Food preparation abiding to Eco lab and Costco policy in order to have fresh legal maintained product.
- Collaborating with multiple departments on specified catering orders, while maintaining daily product expectations in a timely manner.
- Downstacking truck deliveries, organizing products according to expiration dates, up to nine pallets, four days a week.
- Regulating quality control by temperature, time, date, presentation, and packaging.
- Interacting with Costco members about food allergies, safety, the origin of food, and intricate cooking methods.
Seafood Manager
The Kroger Co.
Dawsonville , GA
04.2016 - 03.2020
- Assist and regulate employee scheduling, adhere to student and non-student schedules, request time off, and substitute for employee absences.
- Order, predict, and oversee product flow for both the meat and seafood departments.
- Attend weekly managers' meetings to establish expected revenue, target areas of improvement, productivity, leadership communication, and quarterly goals.
- Collaborate with other companies to maximize store and department potential. Showcase the department to the district, regional, and CEOs of The Kroger Company.
- Work as a shift leader to encourage employees, train them properly, settle disputes, take responsibility, and embrace customers with enthusiasm.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Animation And Digital Art
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA06-2018
GED -
Marin Oaks High School
Novato, CA06-2007
Bachelor of Arts - Animation And Digital Art
Savannah College of Art And Design
Atlanta, GASkills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Excellent communication skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Display setup
- Strategic planning
- Guest relations
- Inventory control procedures
- Policy and procedure adherence
- Multi-tasking strength
- Service oriented
- Task prioritization
- Positive and professional
Languages
Klingon
Limited
Affiliations
- Armature nature photography
- Cosplay
- Attending convections of interest
- Writting
Accomplishments
- Student of the year 2007
- Graphic design internship (2007)
- Personally selected for Kroger symposium (2018)
- Best appetizer by Shenanigans, Dahlonega GA. (published by the nugget 2011)
- Scad scholarship earned by portfolio
Certification
- Drivers License-Class C
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sales Associate
Best Buy
10.2024 - Current
Deli Clerk
Costco
04.2020 - 07.2024
Seafood Manager
The Kroger Co.
04.2016 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Animation And Digital Art
University of North Georgia
GED -
Marin Oaks High School
Bachelor of Arts - Animation And Digital Art
Savannah College of Art And Design