Hi, I’m
JENNIFER PURYEAR
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Recent graduate with foundational knowledge in social services and hands-on experience gained through academic projects, internships, and lived experience. Demonstrates strong teamwork, problem-solving, and time-management skills. Prepared to start a career and make meaningful contributions to various areas of humanitarian efforts.
Overview
16
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Kairos Family Services
Deputy Director Intern
09.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Turned clerical mandates into actionable operational strategies using the most updated licensing guidelines.
- Modernized operations with strategic process improvements for case management. Currently developing a software data sharing platform.
- Assist caseworkers, the CEO, therapists, and auditors in clerical efforts.
- Assist nine foster families in adhering to current Colorado foster parent certification requirements.
- Assist recently displaced foster children through recovery from difficult home or school situations.
- Assisted families in navigating the social services system, including applying for benefits, accessing resources, and connecting with other family support services.
- Planned, promoted, and managed parent workshops on assisting children in attaining academic success.
Self-employed
Contract Cleaning and Childcare
06.2021 - 07.2025
Job overview
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations with emotional and behavioral issues for children under five.
- Participated in family scheduling, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing school schedules, health and wellness, nutrition, and high-risk infant care.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Self-motivated, with a strong attention to detail in the cleanliness of commercial and residential spaces.
- Performed emergency response activities, COVID-19 cleaning, and equipment decontamination.
TJX COMPANIES
Merchandising Associate
11.2019 - 10.2020
Job overview
- Role model established customer experience practices with internal and external customers.
- Support and embody a positive store culture through honesty, integrity, and respect.
- Accurately ring customer purchases/returns and counts change back to customer according to established operating procedures.
- Promote credit and loyalty programs during customer interactions.
- Maintains and upholds merchandising and follows established merchandising procedures and standards.
- Accurately process and prepare merchandise for the sales floor.
- Initiate and participate in store recovery as needed throughout the day.
- Maintain all organizational, cleanliness, and recovery standards for the sales floor and participate in the maintenance/cleanliness of the entire store.
- Provide and accept ongoing recognition and constructive feedback.
- Support and participate in store loss reduction goals and programs.
KIRKLAND’S
Senior Assistant Manager
06.2018 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Responsible for driving profitable sales, protecting company assets and supporting company initiatives.
- Understands store performance targets and monitors of benchmarks.
- Supports and inspires high performing teams that can accomplish company goals, initiatives, and priorities, by execution and providing feedback of BE Great service.
- Supports an atmosphere where all team members are held accountable for both individual and team performance.
- Models the way, protects company branding at all times and ensures all team members are treated in a respectful and professional manner during their shift.
- Ensures understanding of strategies, change initiatives, business opportunities and executes them through the store team.
- Communicate clearly in ways that build trust and commitment that demonstrates support for company initiatives.
DENIM&ROSE WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE
Owner
05.2017 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Developed company from the ground up creating the business plan, sales plan, and operations plan as well as taking advantage of marketing opportunities to maximize community awareness of the brand.
- Study trend markets and demographic in order to stay consistent with product buying and movement.
- Analyze reporting to find areas of opportunity and recognize top sellers.
- Complete opening and closing procedures of the store including cleaning and upkeep.
FRANCESCA’S
Boutique Manager
01.2016 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Drive business results by maximizing daily sales plans, managing expenses and improving metrics through sales floor leadership, execution of training programs, and continuous coaching.
- Plan, delegate and follow up on expected tasks, assignments and activities to ensure expectations and objectives are met.
- Provide consistent developmental feedback that empowers and motivates the team and fosters a team environment by using effective communication skills.
- Act as a liaison between Boutique Team, District Team Leader, and corporate.
- Attract, recruit, and retain team members who are guest focused and demonstrate the ability to drive sales, develop and coach team members to reach their fullest potential and prepare them for the next level of responsibility.
- Evaluate and react to performance issues fairly and consistently in accordance with expected practices.
G by GUESS, GUESS? INC
Store Manager
09.2014 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Control all areas of profit and loss for the business including payroll budgeting, supply ordering, repair requisitions, etc.
- Track store's contribution to overall profitability of the company.
- Plan and execute all hiring, training, and performance evaluations to develop and improve business profitability and quality of staff.
- Prepare weekly and monthly work schedules and training calendars mapping out further development of support managers and sales associates.
- Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly sales reporting to determine top metrics and volume drivers.
- Be a product expert. Review weekly reporting to pin point best sellers, department penetration, and inventory needs.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
- Perform sales floor work, such as greeting or assisting customers, replenishing merchandise, and maintaining sales floor cleanliness standards.
- Solicit customer product feedback to determine misses in merchandise quality, fit, style or inventory.
- Direct all store promotions, price changes, and merchandise transfers.
- Plan and aid in the execution of monthly visual merchandising changes and weekly merchant mindset workshops including all interior displays, window designs, and mannequin looks.
- Record and track all known loss to identify potential organized retail crime.
- Direct loss prevention audit programs including focus store audits, maintenance audits, safety audits, and operational audits.
- Facilitate bi-annual inventory cycles.
ARMANI EXCHANGE
Associate Manager
08.2013 - 09.2014
Job overview
- Complete weekly sales associate schedules.
- Interview, hire, train and retain top talent, recognizing performance strengths and documenting performance opportunities.
- Assist the store manager in overall business operations.
- Maintain sales ledger daily to track business performance and create goals.
- Audit tasking to ensure timely execution and proper communication within the staff.
- Prepare and execute monthly product movements within designated collections.
- Track the impact of merchandising efforts on overall profitability by analyzing product reporting.
- Maintain store display standards, cleanliness, and replenishment.
- Ensure a timely execution of merchandise shipments.
- Greet, promote, and maintain a positive customer experience at all times.
- Deliver true product knowledge to reinforce purchases.
- Coach associates 'in the moment' with opportunities in customer service techniques.
- Resolve all customer issues with product or service.
- Recognize and minimize all types of loss through sales floor presence and customer awareness.
- Complete loss prevention audits monthly and track and maintain EAS alarm log daily.
- Participate in all store loss prevention visits and bi-annual inventories.
PACIFIC SUNWEAR
Assistant Manager/Acting Store Manager
09.2012 - 08.2013
Job overview
- Oversee store closing procedures and report to District Manager and liquidations expert.
- Hire and train top talent.
- Create weekly schedules.
- Execute promotions changes and track the timely movement of product, store fixtures and hardware.
- Maintain a clean and professional atmosphere for customer satisfaction and resolve all customer complaints.
TILLY'S CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, SHOES INC
Assistant Manager
03.2012 - 09.2012
Job overview
- Maintain sales floor presence and awareness and deliver excellent customer service.
- Track sales goals daily and continue to drive the team for the highest results.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding product or service.
- Track payroll usage and ensure to stay with budget.
- Aid in maintenance of store standards, replenishment, displays and merchandising.
- Participate in bi-annual store inventory.
TILLY'S CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, SHOES INC
In-Store Visual Merchandiser
01.2010 - 03.2012
Job overview
- Lead visual team in changing window displays, interior display, and signage weekly according to corporate visual guides in addition to developing ideas for product not specified.
- Consult with Sales Manager to determine type of merchandise to be featured and reacting to sell through.
- Facilitate all store price changes, promotion changes, transfers and shipments.
- Participate in store inventory bi-yearly.
- Maintain props and mannequins, inspecting them for imperfections and applying preservative coatings if necessary.
- Outfit mannequins for display.
Education
Colorado Technical UniversityColorado Springs, CO
Bachelor of Science from Criminal Justice And Human Services
07-2025
University Overview
- 3.99 GPA
- summa cum laude graduate
AMADOR HIGH SCHOOLSutter Creek, CA
High school or equivalent
06.2008
Skills
- Process updates
- Family support
- Safety planning
- Educational support
- Transportation coordination
- Child development
- Service planning
- Conducting interviews
Certification
Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Timeline
Deputy Director Intern
Kairos Family Services
09.2024 - Current
Contract Cleaning and Childcare
Self-employed
06.2021 - 07.2025
Merchandising Associate
TJX COMPANIES
11.2019 - 10.2020
Senior Assistant Manager
KIRKLAND’S
06.2018 - 09.2019
Owner
DENIM&ROSE WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE
05.2017 - 05.2018
Boutique Manager
FRANCESCA’S
01.2016 - 05.2017
Store Manager
G by GUESS, GUESS? INC
09.2014 - 01.2016
Associate Manager
ARMANI EXCHANGE
08.2013 - 09.2014
Assistant Manager/Acting Store Manager
PACIFIC SUNWEAR
09.2012 - 08.2013
Assistant Manager
TILLY'S CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, SHOES INC
03.2012 - 09.2012
In-Store Visual Merchandiser
TILLY'S CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, SHOES INC
01.2010 - 03.2012
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science from Criminal Justice And Human Services
AMADOR HIGH SCHOOL
High school or equivalent
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