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RUTH MILLS

Summary

Customer Resolution Specialist bringing top-notch skills in oral and written communication, active listening and analytical problem-solving skills. Enhances customer experiences by employing service-oriented behaviors, understanding customer desires, empathy and providing solutions on case by case basis.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Resolution Specialist

Computershare Investor Services
05.2022 - Current
  • Same as Adecco/Computershare description
  • I have been trained on various skill sets: TA (including TWDC/METL&BHFC), Restricted, Broker Line, Private Market, ESPP & SOP
  • Also have helped with training through shadowing shifts as well as providing coverage in chat pods for academy when new hires go live on calls.

Customer Resolution Specialist

Adecco Staffing
04.2021 - 05.2022
  • Answer incoming calls from shareholders & 3rd parties
  • Use active listening and probing questions resolve issues/concerns
  • Adhere to security & documenting procedure to ensure accountability
  • Provide empathy when necessary
  • Maintain professional/courteous tone with callers.

Advisor II, Customer Service

CONCENTRIX, United Healthcare Community WAH
10.2020 - 03.2021
  • Responding to 50+ inbound calls per shift
  • Maintaining high level of confidentiality as well as HIPAA compliance while handling sensitive personal information of customer
  • Use of active listening and probing questioning when needed to ensure successful solutions to customer's inquiries
  • Documentation and detailed notes of each call to communicate with other agents, if needed, for the customer
  • Multitasking by using multiple company given software programs to acquire information needed
  • Contacting doctors, pharmacy and hospitals to personally research / resolve customer issues
  • Worked outbound welcome calls and information confirmation with customers.

STAY AT HOME PARENT

Self-employed
05.2009 - 10.2020
  • Chose to quit my job of 10 years to focus on family management and raising my daughter while her father traveled for work


Bar Manager/ Service Manager/ Kitchen Manager

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
07.2005 - 05.2009

BAR

  • From the opening of the new restaurant site: interviewing & hiring, contacting vendors, set up of bar displays, storage arrangement, inventory sheets etc. to ensure we were ready to open
  • Overseeing training scheduling, coaching and development of bar staff
  • Continually educating all FOH staff on beer & liquor as well as suggestive selling & upselling
  • Maintained a consistent weekly liquor cost of 25%-27%
  • Balanced liquor orders and beer pars to ensure our on hand inventory did not exceed 10% of our average weekly sales
  • Scheduling staff in order to maintain needed coverage while adhering to labor cost projections.

SERVICE

  • Planned all FOH scheduling while maintaining budgeted labor hours based on projected weekly sales
  • Maintained staffing pars through interviewing, hiring and overseeing training was done thoroughly
  • Scheduling staff in order to maintain needed coverage while adhering to labor cost projections
  • Motivated staff through positive reinforcement & empowerment by delegating responsibilities and following up on their completion
  • Continually educating all FOH staff on suggestive selling, up-selling, service steps and food safety.

KITCHEN

  • Interviewing, hiring, and overseeing training of BOH employees
  • Maintaining a weekly food cost of 29%-31%
  • Setting daily prep quotas based on predicted sales to help prevent shortage or loss
  • Balanced ordering of food and supplies to properly control our products on hand
  • Maintained high standards of food safety and recipe adherence
  • Development of BOH staff by requiring them to learn all stations on the cook line, prep procedure, as well as the dish station within 3 months of employment to ensure adequate kitchen coverage
  • Scheduling staff in order to maintain needed coverage while adhering to labor cost projections.

Bar Manager / Service Manager

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
04.2003 - 07.2005
  • From the opening of the new restaurant site: interviewing & hiring, contacting vendors, set up of bar displays, storage arrangement, inventory sheets etc, to ensure we were ready to open
  • Overseeing training scheduling, coaching and development of bar staff
  • Continually educating all FOH staff on beer & liquor as well as suggestive selling & upselling
  • Maintained a consistent weekly liquor cost of 25%-27%
  • Balanced liquor orders and beer pars to ensure our on hand inventory did not exceed 10% of our average weekly sales
  • Scheduling staff in order to maintain needed coverage while adhering to labor cost projections
  • Involved in developing a new market where O'Charley's had never had a store location before
  • Cultivating the O'Charley's culture to many who had never known of the O'Charley's concept
  • Scheduling staff in order to maintain needed coverage while adhering to labor cost projections.

Corporate New Store Trainer / Lead Trainer

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
01.2000 - 04.2003
  • Opened 33 new stores in 12 states
  • Taught seminars to large groups of 60-120 members
  • Involved in the training of Managers, FOH & BOH employees
  • Developed training syllabus & seminars used in both new store and in store training
  • Training of team members to effectively teach seminars
  • Scheduling and placement of team members in specific areas to observe and assist during operating hours of the new store
  • After a new store opening, staying 2-8 weeks to ensure successful execution of all aspects of the restaurant
  • Developed a mentoring program assigning training team members with key team members from each new store for any assistance after the opening team leaves location.

Education

Computer Science

Sullivan College
Lexington, KY

General Studies

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

High School Diploma -

Garrard County High School
Lancaster, KY
05.1991

Skills

  • De-Escalation Techniques
  • Customer Service
  • Quality Control/ Call Control
  • Problem Resolution
  • Policies and Procedures Adherence
  • Empathy
  • Professional Telephone Demeanor
  • Ability to explain process/ procedure in a way recipient can understand
  • Multitasking and Prioritization
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Customer Relations
  • Employee Coaching

Timeline

Customer Resolution Specialist

Computershare Investor Services
05.2022 - Current

Customer Resolution Specialist

Adecco Staffing
04.2021 - 05.2022

Advisor II, Customer Service

CONCENTRIX, United Healthcare Community WAH
10.2020 - 03.2021

STAY AT HOME PARENT

Self-employed
05.2009 - 10.2020

Bar Manager/ Service Manager/ Kitchen Manager

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
07.2005 - 05.2009

Bar Manager / Service Manager

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
04.2003 - 07.2005

Corporate New Store Trainer / Lead Trainer

O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar
01.2000 - 04.2003

Computer Science

Sullivan College

General Studies

Eastern Kentucky University

High School Diploma -

Garrard County High School
RUTH MILLS