Lavate Jackson
SOUTHAVEN,MS
Summary
Adaptable professional with 24+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of back office operations. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Dispatcher role at your company.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Seasonal lead
WILLIAMS SONOMA
Olive Branch, MS
08.2021 - Current
- Supervising when needed
- Making all objectives are meet
- Stepping in helping associates.
Damage Clerk
WILLIAMS SONOMA
Olive Branch, MS
07.2021 - 08.2021
- Unloading, receiving, and put away incoming product, goods, tools, and/or equipment
- Check for damage and for discrepancies.
Receiving Clerk
WILLIAMS SONOMA
Olive Branch, MS
09.2018 - 07.2021
- In charge of inventory in warehouse
- Keeping track of shipment schedules for both incoming and outgoing shipments
- Also track inventory counts and check the items in the inventory for damages and discrepancies.
Lead Person
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Olive Branch, MS
10.2000 - 05.2018
- Perform quality checks on products and parts.
- Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- Shovel, sweep, or otherwise clean work areas.
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.
- Complete production reports to communicate team production level to management.
- Determine work assignments and procedures.
- Maintain production equipment and machinery.
Administrative Assistant
COMPUTER INC. ETC
Clarksdale, MS
02.2006 - 02.2007
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Conducted research, compiled data, and prepared papers for review and presentation to executives, committees, and boards, facilitating informed decision-making.
- Attended meetings and recorded minutes, ensuring accurate documentation and follow-up on action items.
- Read and analyzed incoming memos, submissions, and reports to assess their significance and organized distribution, streamlining communication processes.
- Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
Security
GRAND CASINO
Robinsonville, MS
03.1998 - 09.2000
- Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company assets, employees, guests, or others on company property.
- Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures.
- Analyzed and evaluated security operations, identifying risks and opportunities for operational improvement.
- Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols.
- Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, licensing requirements, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives.
- Conduct, support, or assist in governmental reviews, internal corporate evaluations, or assessments of the overall effectiveness of the facilities security processes.
- Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.
- Prepared reports and presentations on internal investigations, detailing losses and violations of regulations and policies.
- Recommended security procedures for call centers and operations centers, enhancing asset classification and system access controls.
Bus Person
SAM TOWN CASINO TUNICA
SOUTHAVEN, MS
02.1995 - 02.1998
- Set tables with clean linens and condiments to enhance dining experience.
- Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning.
- Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash.
- Executed serving, cleaning, and stocking duties in cafeterias and dining rooms to support efficient customer service.
- Maintain adequate supplies of items such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays.
- Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
- Filled beverage and ice dispensers to ensure availability for customers.
- Located items that customers requested to provide prompt assistance.
- Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers.
- Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters.
- Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance.
- Cleaned and polished service areas and equipment to maintain a welcoming environment for patrons.
- Carry trays from food counters to tables for cafeteria patrons.
- Replenish supplies of food or equipment at steam tables or service bars.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration Health Administration
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Memphis, TNSkills
- Inventory management
- Shipment tracking
- Quality control
- Order fulfillment
- Warehouse operations
- Team leadership
- Report preparation
- Process improvement
- Problem solving
- Customer service
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Conflict resolution
- Training and mentoring
- Team management
- Organizational skills
- Computer skills
- Troubleshooting
- Critical thinking
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Active listening
- Relationship building
- Microsoft office
- Multitasking
- Good Telephone Etiquette
- Written communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Google drive
- Problem-solving
- Task prioritization
Timeline
Seasonal lead
WILLIAMS SONOMA
08.2021 - Current
Damage Clerk
WILLIAMS SONOMA
07.2021 - 08.2021
Receiving Clerk
WILLIAMS SONOMA
09.2018 - 07.2021
Administrative Assistant
COMPUTER INC. ETC
02.2006 - 02.2007
Lead Person
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
10.2000 - 05.2018
Security
GRAND CASINO
03.1998 - 09.2000
Bus Person
SAM TOWN CASINO TUNICA
02.1995 - 02.1998
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Administration Health Administration
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX