Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
CustomerServiceRepresentative

Brandi Pardo

Spokane,Washington

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Service Representative

JHS
09.2018 - Current
  • Handled customer inquiries and suggestions courteously and professionally.
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
  • Answered constant flow of customer calls with minimal wait times.
  • Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
  • Updated account information to maintain customer records.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
  • Responded to customer requests for products, services, and company information.
  • Clarified customer issues and determined root cause of problems to resolve product or service complaints.
  • Processed customer service orders promptly to increase customer satisfaction.
  • Followed up with customers about resolved issues to maintain high standards of customer service.
  • Collaborated with sales team members to stay current on inventory levels, complete accurate orders, and resolve item issues.

Collections Representative

Option Care
03.2016 - 09.2018
  • Delivered exceptional customer service on collection calls and maintained calm and professional demeanor.
  • Negotiated to collect balance in full.
  • Achieved performance goals on consistent basis.
  • Resolved challenging situations with friendly but firm strategies.
  • Worked in call center environment handling manual and automatically dialed outbound calls.
  • Reviewed collection reports to determine status of collections and amounts of outstanding balances.
  • Worked with assigned insurance providers to ensure payments were reimbursed based on the patients contract.
  • Submitted write-offs on uncollectible claims.
  • Reviewed and processed all patients medical documents to ensure items are in order for prompt insurance payment.
  • Knowledge of medical coding to confirm claim is being billed and paid correctly.

Human Resources Assistant

GoodWill Industries
01.2016 - 03.2016
  • Filed paperwork, sorted, and delivered mail and maintained office organization.
  • Conducted new hire orientation to verify completion of appropriate paperwork, recording information on human resources database.
  • Answered and redirected incoming phone calls for office.
  • Screened applicant resumes and coordinated both phone and in-person interviews.
  • Organized new employee orientation schedules for new hires.

Human Resources Generalist

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
09.2014 - 09.2015
  • Provided guidance to managers and employees on talent management, payroll, FMLA and benefits.
  • Handled new-hire orientation and basic recruiting tasks for best-in-class talent identification.
  • Met with staff to resolve difficult situations related to performance and conflict management.
  • Implemented and supervised orientation procedures for new hires.
  • Facilitated criminal background check process for new hires.
  • Conducted career fairs, screened resumes and interviewed applicants to build candidate pipelines and enhance company culture.
  • Collaborated with payroll to complete and upload pay data and worked with managers to support proper wage and hour compliance.
  • Screened applications for all non-teacher employees to aid with job placement for both permanent and temporary staff.
  • Verified prior employment of candidates between different districts.

Quality Control Specialist

Capital One (formerly HSBC)
07.1998 - 04.2012
  • Inspected finished correspondence to verify conformance with customer specifications and company quality standards.
  • Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
  • Addressed non-conformance issues, pausing production to correct errors.
  • I worked in several positions during my employment, starting with outbound customer service to verify suspicious charges. I then became a Fraud Lead monitoring call flow, fraud trends, escalation calls. Executive Liaison, handled all customer escalations directed to CEO/Executives, and or Regulators. Worked to ensure I address all customer grievances, corresponding by phone and correspondence.

Education

No Degree - Pharmacy Technology

Boston Reed
Soledad, CA
06.2012

No Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial

Central Coast College
Salinas, CA
07.1995

High School Diploma -

North Monterey County High School
Castroville, CA
06.1994

Skills

  • Policy and Procedure Adherence
  • Medical Terminology Knowledge
  • Managing Multiple Tasks
  • Administrative Support
  • Customer Relations
  • Customer Service
  • Clerical Support
  • Data Evaluation
  • Proofreading

Timeline

Customer Service Representative

JHS
09.2018 - Current

Collections Representative

Option Care
03.2016 - 09.2018

Human Resources Assistant

GoodWill Industries
01.2016 - 03.2016

Human Resources Generalist

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
09.2014 - 09.2015

Quality Control Specialist

Capital One (formerly HSBC)
07.1998 - 04.2012

No Degree - Pharmacy Technology

Boston Reed

No Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial

Central Coast College

High School Diploma -

North Monterey County High School
Brandi Pardo