Conor Paine O'Brien

Commissioned sales rep for Ashley Homestore, premium furniture and mattress sales.

My role involved negotiations within store profit margins as well as running credit checks and financing applications with customers before finalizing transactions and or following up on hot leads.

• Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
• Handled cash transactions efficiently while adhering to company cash handling policies, ensuring accuracy in all financial exchanges.
• Provided positive first impressions to welcome existing, new, and potential customers.
• Maintain a 30% close rate along with other kpi's

• Company Overview: Commission based hospitality sales for club Wyndham Austin
• Worked for a high capacity sales team and gained a great deal of face to face sales experience
• Our team had the highest sales for the companies Southwest region for three months in excess of $345,000
• Commission based hospitality sales for club Wyndham Austin

Company Overview: Supervisor for the front desk at a HGI Hotel in downtown Austin

• I helped operate front desk and facilitate front office responsibilities for events and guest billing
• Supervisor for front desk at Hilton Hotel in downtown Austin
• Collecting revenue in excess of 100k daily during peak seasons.
• delegating tasks to subordinates as necessary
• assigning maintenance tasks, guest fulfillment requests
• managing mail system for the property.

• Company Overview: Whole Foods Market Global Headquarters
• As supervisor for prepped foods department I learned how to operate several restaurant venues including coffee and juice bars, bakery, BBQ restaurant, as well as operating in-store bar/bartending
• Whole Foods Market Global Headquarters
• Pass all secret shops/corporate inspections
• Aid in assigning of maintenance tasks for department employees/deep cleaning tasks.

• Worked as a deli clerk and business center associate

• Company Overview: Non-profit partnered with ACLU and DNC
• Street canvasser for Grassroots Campaigns
• I canvassed for Planned Parenthood Legal Action Fund, and Doctors without Borders
• Managed a team of four
• This job is what cemented my interest in Communication Studies, and allowed me to find my voice for public speaking

• While employed by Randall's, I was a supervisor in the deli department, and also a barista at the in store Starbucks

• Company Overview: Contracted by Total Site Services
• T.S.S
• Is contracted by Dell for large server assembly and validation, as well as storage and network validation
• At this job I learned a fair amount of practical industrial skills like program validation, network maintenance, and large-scale server troubleshooting and corrective action
• I also learned a fair amount of hands-on constructive skills in hardware assembly through end to end server manufacturing and quality control inspections for specialized transport
• Contracted by Total Site Services

• Bartending at the Georgetown Country Club

• As a shift supervisor I was required to learn all stations in the Store/Gas station I primarily worked register and inventory