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Christine Surut Crane

Sales Associate
Tucson,AZ

Work Preference

Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: Immediately

Desired Job Title

Customer Service RepresentativeRetail Sales AssociateSales Associate

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Location: Tucson, AZ
Open to relocation: Yes

Important To Me

Flexible work hoursWork from home optionCompany CultureWork-life balancePersonal development programs

Summary

Enthusiastic, experienced, and caring Customer Service & Sales Associate provides you and your customers supportive success.

Work History

Jewelry Dept.

WAL MART
Durango, CO
  • Worked as a Retail Sales Associate in the Walmart Jewelry Department.
  • Successfully completed the required company, store, and department specific training.
  • Interacted with customers in a welcoming manner to gain insights into their unique needs and expectations.
  • Facilitated a positive retail environment through friendly greetings and customized assistance for each customer.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing tailored product suggestions that increased sales revenue.
  • Facilitated customer product selection and inquiries to enhance shopping experience.
  • Addressed customer complaints with efficiency, enhancing relationship-building and loyalty.
  • Executed return and exchange processes, effectively addressing customer concerns in compliance with established company guidelines.
  • Executed transaction processing with precision using point-of-sale systems to enhance checkout efficiency.
  • Facilitated collaboration with team members to efficiently restock merchandise and uphold an organized sales floor.
  • Executed visual merchandising strategies to enhance brand image and stimulate sales growth.
  • Organized and labeled merchandise, ensuring clear identification and arrangement by size and color.
  • Ensured store remained clean and well-organized, focusing on enhancing customer shopping experience.

Women’s, Display, & Retail Ads

Bon Marche Department Store
Idaho Falls, ID
  • Worked as a Retail Sales Associate in the Women's Wear Department of Bon Marche Department Store.
  • Executed attractive store window displays in order to promote and engage customers in seasonal women's wear products.
  • As a trained graphic designer, assisted with the layout and production of the store's weekly print display ads.
  • Interacted with customers in a welcoming manner to gain insights into their unique needs and expectations.
  • Facilitated a positive retail environment through friendly greetings and customized assistance for each customer.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing tailored product suggestions that increased sales revenue.
  • Facilitated customer product selection and inquiries to enhance shopping experience.
  • Addressed customer complaints with efficiency, enhancing relationship-building and loyalty.
  • Executed return and exchange processes, effectively addressing customer concerns in compliance with established company guidelines.
  • Executed transaction processing with precision using point-of-sale systems to enhance checkout efficiency.
  • Facilitated collaboration with team members to efficiently restock merchandise and uphold an organized sales floor.
  • Executed visual merchandising strategies to enhance brand image and stimulate sales growth.
  • Organized and labeled merchandise, ensuring clear identification and arrangement by size and color.
  • Ensured store remained clean and well-organized, focusing on enhancing customer shopping experience.

All Depts

Liberty House Department Store
Aiea & Honolulu, HI
  • Worked as a Retail Sales Associate for Liberty House Department Store in Honolulu and Aiea department stores.
  • Successfully completed company and store policy and procedural training.
  • In Honolulu at the Ala Moana Store, I executed sales associate services as a floater, working in all departments as assigned and needed, for example: adult and children's clothes, housewares, and wine.
  • In Aiea at the Pearlridge Mall Store, I executed sales associate services for the Polynesian Wear Department, which required specialized customer sales skills to work with island visitors and with local Hawaiian families' special cultural anniversary, wedding, and birthday events.
  • I was offered placement in the Liberty House sales management training program due to my retail sales success.
  • Interacted with customers in a welcoming manner to gain insights into their unique needs and expectations.
  • Facilitated a positive retail environment through friendly greetings and customized assistance for each customer.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing tailored product suggestions that increased sales revenue.
  • Facilitated customer product selection and inquiries to enhance shopping experience.
  • Addressed customer complaints with efficiency, enhancing relationship-building and loyalty.
  • Executed return and exchange processes, effectively addressing customer concerns in compliance with established company guidelines.
  • Executed transaction processing with precision using point-of-sale systems to enhance checkout efficiency.
  • Facilitated collaboration with team members to efficiently restock merchandise and uphold an organized sales floor.
  • Executed visual merchandising strategies to enhance brand image and stimulate sales growth.
  • Organized and labeled merchandise, ensuring clear identification and arrangement by size and color.
  • Ensured store remained clean and well-organized, focusing on enhancing customer shopping experience.

Women’s Wear

The Hecht Company Department Store
Washington, DC
  • Worked as a Retail Sales Associate in the Women's Wear Department.
  • Successfully completed Hecht Company policy, procedures, and sales associate training.
  • Interacted with customers in a welcoming manner to gain insights into their unique needs and expectations.
  • Facilitated a positive retail environment through friendly greetings and customized assistance for each customer.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing tailored product suggestions that increased sales revenue.
  • Facilitated customer product selection and inquiries to enhance shopping experience.
  • Addressed customer complaints with efficiency, enhancing relationship-building and loyalty.
  • Executed return and exchange processes, effectively addressing customer concerns in compliance with established company guidelines.
  • Executed transaction processing with precision using point-of-sale systems to enhance checkout efficiency.
  • Facilitated collaboration with team members to efficiently restock merchandise and uphold an organized sales floor.
  • Executed visual merchandising strategies to enhance brand image and stimulate sales growth.
  • Organized and labeled merchandise, ensuring clear identification and arrangement by size and color.
  • Ensured store remained clean and well-organized, focusing on enhancing customer shopping experience.

All Depts & Display Design

Pier 1 Imports
Hyattsville, MD
  • As a trained marketing and design artist, I worked as the main merchandise and display design member of a small Pier I Import store that sold international housewares and furniture.
  • Additionally, I worked as a Retail Sales Associate for all store departments.
  • Interacted with customers in a welcoming manner to gain insights into their unique needs and expectations.
  • Facilitated a positive retail environment through friendly greetings and customized assistance for each customer.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty by providing tailored product suggestions that increased sales revenue.
  • Facilitated customer product selection and inquiries to enhance shopping experience.
  • Addressed customer complaints with efficiency, enhancing relationship-building and loyalty.
  • Executed return and exchange processes, effectively addressing customer concerns in compliance with established company guidelines.
  • Executed transaction processing with precision using point-of-sale systems to enhance checkout efficiency.
  • Facilitated collaboration with team members to efficiently restock merchandise and uphold an organized sales floor.
  • Executed visual merchandising strategies to enhance brand image and stimulate sales growth.
  • Organized and labeled merchandise, ensuring clear identification and arrangement by size and color.
  • Ensured store remained clean and well-organized, focusing on enhancing customer shopping experience.

Education

High School Diploma -

National Cathedral School
Washington, DC

BA - Fine Art

University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI

Teaching Credential - Elementary Education

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

MS Ed - Reading

State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY

Teaching Credential - English as a Second Language & Multicultural Ed

CU- Boulder
Boulder, CO

Skills

  • Positive attitude
  • Reliability
  • Self motivation
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Professional and courteous
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Growth and learning drive
  • Product knowledge commitment
  • Welcoming customer service
  • Active listening
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Attention to detail
  • Computer skills
  • Time management
  • Decision-making
  • Problem resolution
  • Task prioritization
  • Analytical sales and merchandising strategy

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working

Certification

  • Certified Arizona Professional Teacher License - Elementary K-6, Reading Specialist, K-12, ESL K-12
  • Current Arizona Fingerprint Security Card
  • Basic Red Cross CPR Trained Certificate

Interests

Travel, meeting and working with people from diverse cultures, photography, visual art, live theater, Western History, swimming

EDUCATION & TRAINING WORK

  • Teacher Specialist, Adult Trainer, & Instructional Coordinator
  • Fairfax Co Public Schools, English as a Second Language Teacher K-6, Fairfax, VA
  • Cartwright School District, Instructional Reading Interventionist K-6, Phoenix, AZ
  • Chatham Co Schools, English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher K-12, Siler City, NC
  • NW Colorado BOCES, ESL Coordinator K-Adult, Steamboat Springs, CO
  • Boulder, CO., Woodbridge, VA. Rockville, MD. Public Schools, ESL Teacher K-6
  • Nishimachi Intl. School, Computer Resource Teacher K-Adult, Tokyo, Japan General Classroom Educator
  • Elementary Classroom Teacher K-8, Hawaii, Idaho, California, Maryland, Colorado

Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

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Timeline

Teaching Credential - English as a Second Language & Multicultural Ed

CU- Boulder

MS Ed - Reading

State University of New York at Albany

Teaching Credential - Elementary Education

Idaho State University

BA - Fine Art

University of Hawaii

Jewelry Dept.

WAL MART

Women’s, Display, & Retail Ads

Bon Marche Department Store

All Depts

Liberty House Department Store

Women’s Wear

The Hecht Company Department Store

All Depts & Display Design

Pier 1 Imports

High School Diploma -

National Cathedral School

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