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Nija Booze

Clinton,Maryland

Summary

  • Hard working dedicated Customer Service Specialist seeking a position within a company where I can utilize my strong interpersonal, communication and time management skills, being efficient within a challenging environment to achieve business goals.
  • Problem analysis and problem solving.
  • Organizational skills and customer service orientation.
  • Adaptability and ability to work under pressure.
  • Professional appearance and attitude.
  • Ability to move frequently and regularly using my wrist, hands, fingers including standing for long periods of time.
  • Exceptional ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with daily face-to-face customer contact, while providing high level of customer service.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word Application

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Service Lead Specialist

FedEx
03.2011 - Current
  • Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change
  • Trained, oversaw, and mentored new team members to strengthen performance and job expertise.
  • Coordinated schedules, assignments, and daily tasks for team members, optimizing resource utilization.
  • Greeted customers and listened closely to problems described to determine solutions.
  • Handled escalated customer complaints professionally, ensuring prompt resolution and follow-up actions were taken as necessary.
  • Establish or identify prices of items within the store
  • Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or resolve account disputes
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges
  • Answer multi-phone lines, request information, transfer calls or assistance using paging systems.
  • Mentored new/junior staff members to improve their knowledge of company policies, products, and services.
  • Monitored cash drawers in multiple checkout stations and maintained adequate cash supply.

Retail Manager

Filenes' Basement
01.2009 - 02.2011
  • Provided excellent customer service; resolved complaints
  • Count money in cash drawers at beginning of shifts
  • Maintained checkout areas
  • Issued receipts, refunds, credits, and post charges; processed returns and exchanges; posted charges
  • Answered multi line phone
  • Create employee schedules, store action plans.
  • Oversaw store operations, including opening and closing procedures, cash management, and safety compliance.
  • Coached employees and trained on methods for handling various aspects of sales, complicated issues, and difficult customers.
  • Implemented loss prevention strategies to minimize shrinkage and maintain profitability.

Volunteer - Admissions & Cashier Clerk

Southern Maryland Hospital Center
01.2008 - 01.2011
  • Prepared bank deposits
  • Input patients payments into computer program as collected
  • Input & Output whether for admittance and discharge
  • Filed patients records
  • Assisted patients with inquires on accounts.

Volunteer - Daycare Secretary Assistant

Young World Family Daycare
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Organize a pleasant, welcoming and safe environment for children and staff
  • Assisted in setting up and taking down equipment
  • Answered phones, filed, collected payments, scheduled appointments, type letters.

Education

Associates of Applied Science Medical Assisting -

Sanford Brown College
01.2011

Skills

  • Cash Handling
  • Inventory Control
  • Customer Complaint Resolution
  • Maps
  • Consumables
  • Retail- Planograms
  • Team Leadership
  • Staff Training and Development

References

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Timeline

Customer Service Lead Specialist

FedEx
03.2011 - Current

Retail Manager

Filenes' Basement
01.2009 - 02.2011

Volunteer - Admissions & Cashier Clerk

Southern Maryland Hospital Center
01.2008 - 01.2011

Volunteer - Daycare Secretary Assistant

Young World Family Daycare
01.2008 - 01.2009

Associates of Applied Science Medical Assisting -

Sanford Brown College
Nija Booze