Jermarlan Polk
Shreveport,LA
Summary
Objective:
To obtain a warehouse position with an opportunity for advancement.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Taco Bell
Shreveport, LA
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
Manager
Taco Bell
Shreveport, LA
02.2021 - 11.2024
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
- Improved safety procedures to create safe working conditions for workers.
- Oversaw inventory management, optimizing stock levels, and reducing waste.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Improved staffing during busy periods by creating employee schedules and monitoring call-outs.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
Meat Department Associate
Shoppers Value Foods
Shreveport, LA
11.2024 - 02.2025
- Assisted customers with special requests, such as custom cuts or specific preparation instructions, enhancing their shopping experience.
- Ensured accurate pricing through consistent label verification and updates on meat products.
- Maximized product freshness by consistently monitoring inventory levels and rotating stock accordingly.
- Reduced shrinkage rates by conducting regular audits of perishable items, ensuring proper storage conditions were met.
- Enhanced workplace safety with strict adherence to sanitation and hygiene guidelines when handling raw products.
- Kept up-to-date on industry trends and market fluctuations to better anticipate consumer demands and ensure stock availability.
- Contributed to team efficiency, assisting with unloading deliveries and stocking shelves in a timely manner.
- Completed inventory counts, reordered stock, and removed expired items from supply.
- Maintained meat slicer, wrapping machine and other equipment to prevent breakdowns and delays.
- Cut meats to customer specifications and answered questions about specialty products.
- Kept meat cases fully stocked, clean and properly labeled to allow customers to find products quickly.
Education
High School Diploma - General Studies
Red River Marine Institute
Bossier City, LA05.2010
Timeline
Manager
Taco Bell
02.2025 - 07.2025
Meat Department Associate
Shoppers Value Foods
11.2024 - 02.2025
Manager
Taco Bell
02.2021 - 11.2024
High School Diploma - General Studies
Red River Marine Institute