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Andrew Giamalakis

Salt Lake City,UT

Summary

Analytical, sales-focused, and results-oriented professional with over 7 years of experience helping customers purchase products, increasing customer satisfaction, and generating higher customer revenues in the retail industry; interested in exploring other customer-focused industries and roles. Possess an aptitude for numbers and outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, able to draft structured, accurate, and clear reports, and convey complex information in a professional manner. A service-oriented team member with patience, persistence, tact, articulate interaction skills, a can-do attitude, and friendly demeanor, able to operate smoothly and efficiently within groups to collaborate, negotiate, influence, and advise team members and constructively contribute to discussions and activities while listening to colleagues. Productive and efficient, with a proven history of consistently accurate counts and balances, careful management of funds to reduce discrepancies, and an understanding of clients, their needs, and what will make and keep them happy. Skilled in winning and retaining business through relationship building to develop robust internal and external relationships for optimum growth, results, and profit. Bilingual in Greek, minimum professional proficiency in Spanish. Vaccinated.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Development Officer

VFI Corporate Finance
05.2023 - Current
  • Handle and involved in transactions sizes ranging from $500,000-$50,000,000
  • Work with A level executives from all companies across the globe
  • Maintaining relationships with clients identifying new business opportunities and creating business forecasts
  • Build effective relationships with clients decision makers act as a point of contact on all accounts
  • Effectively manage a pipeline in amounts of $20,000,000+
  • Excellent communicator and relationship builder Ina B2B environment with the ability to clearly explain leasing and financing opportunities for CAP-EX and project based lending

Front End Supervisor

Costco Wholesale
Salt Lake City, USA
04.2022 - 09.2023
  • Former Supervisor Costco Wholesale promoted in April of 2022 to front end supervisor from cashier associate
  • Managing the front end production of funds movement of items and inventory management
  • Manage Large sums of money daily in charge of making sure the money gets to its destination
  • Schedule 200+ employees at once every week managing the hours needed for the business watching payroll watching the BP making sure we are on track for a smooth sales week
  • Manage budgets and hours in AS400 to watch payroll dollars,responsible for focusing on sales numbers and adding up BP and item sales for the week
  • Manage overrides and refunds for customers who that are unsatisfied or unhappy with their product
  • Makes sure Customer service is number 1 with our customers and taking care of our employees

Front End Associate/Cashier

Costco Wholesale
Salt Lake City, USA
08.2020 - 04.2022
  • Provide support with the handling and management of payments in the store and conduct crucial tasks including providing answers to questions about products, taking payments, and ensuring Costco store policies are followed
  • Promoted as back-up supervisor to manage front end and member service employees, prepare daily schedules, and assign specific duties
  • Greet customers, answer questions, provide policy information, and resolve complaints
  • Assist customers with the lifting of merchandise on and off belts, into baskets, and into vehicles
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges and issue receipts, refunds, and credits

Cashier

Crown Burgers
South Salt Lake, USA
01.2014 - 03.2020
  • Greeted customers, filled orders, collected payments, assisted with food preparation, solved customer complaints, and kept front area clean and well stocked in a fast-paced working environment
  • Took customer orders and completed transactions by taking all forms of payment, including cash, check, and credit card
  • Managed large sums of money daily and made change runs when low on change in registers
  • Collected and organized restaurant delivery receipts for the restaurant accountant and signed off on all morning deliveries

Education

B.S.B.A. - Finance

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
Ogden, UT
05.2023

High School -

Skyline High School
Salt Lake City, UT

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Problem-solving
  • Mathematics and numeracy
  • Financial reporting and analysis
  • General accounting
  • Bookkeeping
  • Multitasking
  • Time management
  • Financial services
  • Teamwork
  • Refunds and exchanges
  • Cash register operations
  • Identification checks
  • Cash drawer management
  • Business operations
  • Quality assurance
  • Point of Sale (POS) systems
  • AS400
  • Kronos Scheduler
  • Office Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Performance Goals
  • Business Intelligence
  • Strategic Planning

Languages

Greek, Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Business Development Officer

VFI Corporate Finance
05.2023 - Current

Front End Supervisor

Costco Wholesale
04.2022 - 09.2023

Front End Associate/Cashier

Costco Wholesale
08.2020 - 04.2022

Cashier

Crown Burgers
01.2014 - 03.2020

B.S.B.A. - Finance

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

High School -

Skyline High School
Andrew Giamalakis