Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Accomplishments
Certification
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Lily Calavitta

Buffalo,NY

Summary

Highly motivated and collaborative team player with immense potential and proven ability to work effectively in a group setting. Currently seeking a new opportunity that offers room for professional growth. Dedicated and focused individual with an unwavering work ethic. Excels in implementing strategic approaches and tactfully handling daily tasks.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Tops Friendly Markets

Hiring Manager/ Floral Manager
03.2023 - Current

Hiring Manager


  • Oriented newly hired employees by providing company information, facilitating onboarding processes and establishing position-related requirements.
  • Led decision-making and implementation of HR policies, procedures, programs and functions.
  • Provided guidance to managers regarding employee relations issues, promoting fair treatment across all departments.

Floral Department Manager

  • Established effective sales strategies that drove store traffic during key holiday seasons such as Valentine''s Day, Mother's Day, and Christmas.
  • Competitive with other stores sales especially during holidays.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Completing tasks by deadlines
  • Display perfectionism
  • Assisted in the preparation for our internal audit

Eyes on Harlem

Sales Associate
01.2023 - 03.2023

Sales associate


  • Organizing files and charts for patients appointments
  • Answered customer questions about sizing, accessories, and merchandise care.
  • Prepared merchandise for sales floor by pricing or tagging.
  • Helped customers locate products and checked store system for merchandise at other sites.

American Niagara Hospitality

Retail Manager, Floor Supervisor, Lead Bartender
05.2018 - 07.2022

Retail Management


  • Many tasks and duties within this position, having full communication with sales reps and designing sketch artist's for merchandise design
  • As well as working with plush suppliers for souvenirs and children's merchandise
  • Deciding on quality , quantity and sale pricing, and keeping track of inventory


Floor Supervisor

  • Key Holder
  • Table touching
  • Time managing preventing overflow for staff
  • Customer relations and building a nice friendly experience to keep them returning
  • Bank drops, opening and closing restaurant responsibilities.


Bartending

  • Continuously improved personal bartending skills through experimentation with new recipes, techniques, and flavor combinations.
  • Properly serving and portioning as well as making sure their age is of the limit and the ID is legit.
  • Tips certified (2018)


Serving

  • Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
  • Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
  • Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
  • Servsafe certified (2018)

Hampton Inn by Hilton

Overnight Auditor
01.2018 - 05.2018

Overnight Audit


  • Kept accounts in balance and ran daily reports to verify totals.
  • Reviewed checklist on daily basis and planned shift accordingly.
  • Logged wake-up call requests
  • Ran computer reports punctually
  • Prepared continental breakfast food for morning staff.
  • Leaving each shift with an email update of any evening disturbances or customer concerns

Hart Hotels

Barista, Server, Bartender, Banquet Server
07.2013 - 01.2018

Lead Barista


  • Meeting our customers requests while sustaining operations.
  • Cafe department inventory monthly.
  • Consistently maintaining a clean and organized workspace, adhering to health and safety regulations.
  • Preparing for local big gatherings to bring in more volume than our week to week sales.
  • serving breakfast and lunch menu items as well.


Bartender

  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing exceptional bartending services.
  • Making sure our customers are not over served.
  • Carding customers accordingly as well as locking liquor up daily after closing


Banquet Server/Bartender

  • Having the ability to multitask in large groups of people.
  • Making sure food stays hot, as well as not sitting for more than the time quote due to safety laws
  • Punctually closing the open bar to not serve during windows of time that are not on the contract.

Education

Intro Course in Cybersecurity - Cyber Security

University of Buffalo - Remote
Remote Course

Certification of completion in Phlebotomy - Phlebotomy

Erie 1 BOCES
West Seneca, NY
01.2017

Associate of Arts - Photography

Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, NY
01.2005

Votech - Bakery And Management

Alfred State College
Alfred, NY
01.2004

Maple Grove Jr. And Sr. High School
Bemus Point, NY
06-2003

Skills

  • Outstanding customer service
  • Upholding professional conduct
  • Telecommunication proficiency
  • Multitasking, Problem solving
  • Employee training
  • Negotiation
  • Team Leadership

  • Project Management
  • Originality and Creativity
  • Time Management
  • Store Opening and Closing
  • Sales Expertise
  • Product Promotion

Accomplishments

    Employee of the year in 2015

Certification

  • Servsafe certified 2018
  • Tips certified 2018
  • NY state certificate of completion of Phlebotomy 2016


Timeline

Tops Friendly Markets

Hiring Manager/ Floral Manager
03.2023 - Current

Eyes on Harlem

Sales Associate
01.2023 - 03.2023

American Niagara Hospitality

Retail Manager, Floor Supervisor, Lead Bartender
05.2018 - 07.2022

Hampton Inn by Hilton

Overnight Auditor
01.2018 - 05.2018

Hart Hotels

Barista, Server, Bartender, Banquet Server
07.2013 - 01.2018

Intro Course in Cybersecurity - Cyber Security

University of Buffalo - Remote

Certification of completion in Phlebotomy - Phlebotomy

Erie 1 BOCES

Associate of Arts - Photography

Jamestown Community College

Votech - Bakery And Management

Alfred State College

Maple Grove Jr. And Sr. High School
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