Lindsey Burns
Portland,OR
Summary
Results-driven professional dedicated to enhancing team dynamics and fostering positive relationships. Proven ability to utilize interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic to facilitate collaboration and support team goals. Career aspirations include advancing within a full-time role that emphasizes helping others while contributing to a thriving, team-oriented environment.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Small Business Owner
The Way Home Studio / Blue Light Reiki
Portland, OR
07.2024 - Current
- We strive to offer meaningful classes, workshops, and gatherings that support a rekindling of our roots, bringing all persons back to their most natural self.
- Helped develop and implement the website, contracts, and rental protocol for all renters who rent space at the studio.
- Manage customer inquiries, rental agreements, marketing, and community calendar on rotation with other partners.
- Coaching to help clients overcome obstacles, reach goals, and establish emotional well-being.
- Build trust and rapport to establish a relationship that promotes healing, transformation, and belonging within the community of renters and clients.
- Certified Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner. Certified through the International Center for Reiki Training.
- Host events and classes centered around Reiki and the multitude of healing benefits it can provide to those in recovery from trauma or addiction.
Peer Mentor
Bridges to Change
Portland, OR
10.2023 - Current
- Assists participants in developing a support network by introducing them to various models of recovery in the community, and attending community support activities with them.
- Transports participants and encourages them to develop self-sufficiency.
- Conduct regular check-ins with participants to monitor progress toward achieving their goals, and to address any concerns or challenges faced along the way.
- Promotes a sense of belonging among peers by fostering an inclusive atmosphere within the mentoring program's activities and discussions.
- Assesses the needs of participants, connects them with applicable resources, and develops a transition plan.
- Abides by organization policies and procedures, confidentiality laws, professional boundaries, peer support principles, and relevant federal/state regulations and standards.
- Trauma-informed approach to conflict de-escalation and utilizing prosocial communication skills.
- Collaborate with community partners in the recovery field.
Sales Associate
Dick's Color Center
Portland , OR
12.2019 - 10.2021
- Responsible for opening and/or closing the store daily.
- Managed precise, customized color-matching processes tailored to contractor needs and large commercial projects.
- Ongoing coaching, mentoring, supervision, and evaluation of newer or less experienced employees.
- Receive freight and stock products.
- Helped rearrange and merchandise the sales floor.
- Worked closely with contractors on their ongoing projects, created samples for architects, and created drawdown folders with projects specified for job submittal.
- Take daily bank deposits.
Sales III Associate
Miller Paint Company
Oregon City, OR
08.2015 - 08.2019
- Responsible for opening and/or closing the store.
- Regularly delivered products to contractor job sites.
- Helped to train all new employees on store operations and paint-tinting procedures.
- Lead color matcher for contractors on commercial jobs.
- Helped train new employees on custom color matching.
- Worked closely with outside sales reps and contractors, bidding on commercial jobs.
- Helped organize and put together job folders, including MSDS and product information sheets, for architects.
- Created and received purchase orders for paint and supplies.
- Daily bank deposits.
Store Manager
Miller Paint Company
Lake Oswego, OR
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Opened the store daily.
- Double-checked that all paperwork and orders were completed from the closing shift the night before.
- Managed all store employees. Responsible for all employees' timecards and store expenses.
- Create and receive purchase orders for paint, sundries, and store supplies.
- Created the annual budget for my store location.
- Worked closely with large contractors on commercial jobs, ensuring they had the appropriate materials and supplies.
- Hired and trained all new employees at my store location.
- In charge of product placement and presentation of the sales floor.
Receptionist
Tufcoat ProPowder
Tualatin, OR
10.2010 - 03.2015
- Answer phones, greet customers, assist with picking up, and dropping off product orders.
- Work daily with QuickBooks and Excel.
- Manage employee timecards to ensure they are processed correctly and in a timely manner.
- Accounts payable entry.
- Process customer payments, invoices, and mailing out.
- Ship orders through UPS.
- Sort and file completed powder-coating jobs in customer files for record-keeping.
Education
High School Diploma -
Gladstone High School
Gladstone, OR06-2002
Some College (No Degree) - Psychology and Business
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, ORSkills
Goal-oriented, deadline-driven individual with leadership experience
Strategic thinker with a creative view of the future
Adaptability to changing requirements
Commitment to continuous learning
Process Development and Implementation
Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite
Employee performance management
Strengthening Community Partnerships
Trauma-informed conflict and de-escalation skills
Life skills development and recovery skills modeling
Building organizational relationships
Certification
- Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) #24-CRM-2876
Timeline
Small Business Owner
The Way Home Studio / Blue Light Reiki
07.2024 - Current
Peer Mentor
Bridges to Change
10.2023 - Current
Sales Associate
Dick's Color Center
12.2019 - 10.2021
Store Manager
Miller Paint Company
09.2018 - 05.2019
Sales III Associate
Miller Paint Company
08.2015 - 08.2019
Receptionist
Tufcoat ProPowder
10.2010 - 03.2015
- Certified Recovery Mentor (CRM) #24-CRM-2876
High School Diploma -
Gladstone High School
Some College (No Degree) - Psychology and Business
Western Oregon University
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