Samantha Navarro
Tucson
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Cashier
North Pacific Trading Company
Hoonah
04.2025 - 09.2025
- Kept clean, organized, and well-stocked checkout areas.
- Balanced cash drawer at beginning and end of each shift.
- Ensured compliance with legal age restrictions on certain purchases.
- Maintained clean and orderly checkout areas to enhance customer experience.
- Recorded daily transactions in system using correct procedures and focusing on accuracy
- Accepted person-to-person or business checks and returned cash to customers.
- Utilized POS systems efficiently, minimizing customer wait times.
Supervisor/MOD
C-A-L Ranch
Tucson
09.2022 - 03.2025
- Filled in for upper management, handling routine operations, and special projects with knowledgeable leadership.
- Maintained sales floor presence, greeted customers, answered questions, and assisted with purchases.
- Monitored inventory levels and maintained accurate stock records.
- Initiated and led projects to improve customer service and store layout.
- Oversaw compliance with company policies and procedures, maintaining high standards.
- Maintained operations continuity by overseeing daily opening, closing and shift change tasks.
- Upheld safety standards, reducing incidents and ensuring safe working environment.
- Authorized special actions for returns, exchanges and refunds.
- Completed inventory cycle counts and audits to maintain accurate records.
- Maintained attractive, well-organized displays with regular resets.
- Minimized store losses by training team members how to spot and prevent theft.
- Oversaw employee recruitment, training and onboarding processes.
- Kept paperwork updated with internal standards and legal requirements.
- Controlled labor costs by using demand-based workflows.
- Compiled weekly reports to track project milestones and results.
- Collaborated with managers to streamline processes for efficiency.
- Led small projects under supervision to improve customer satisfaction.
- Increased marketing and sales for company to meet goals.
- Contributed to business success through good relationship building with employees, customers and outside vendors.
Bookseller
Barnes and Noble Education
Yuma
12.2021 - 01.2022
- Created selling opportunities by engaging customers in conversations about products, services and promotions.
- Greeted customers and asked questions to assess needs.
- Kept store shelves, racks and bins presentable with frequent resets.
- Verified sales prices and processed cash or credit payments to complete sales
- Recommended merchandise to suit customer budget and preferences.
- Greeted customers and asked open-ended questions to assess needs.
- Prepared merchandise for purchase or rental.
- Increased customer loyalty by promoting special incentive programs and discounts.
Prep / Line Cook
Boston's Restaurant and Sports Bar
Yuma
05.2021 - 10.2021
- Cleaned and sanitized counters and high-touch areas to protect customers and staff.
- Restocked and prepared stations with necessary supplies and equipment in support of kitchen operations.
- Chopped vegetables, created sauces and prepared garnishes for common recipes.
- Monitored stock and replenished low materials on food line.
- Kept stations clean by removing spills and disposing of leftover food.
- Covered kitchen needs at station, filled in for absent team members and brought cooks up to speed.
- Protected foods from spoilage with proper storage and stock rotation.
- Ensured freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items and rotating stock.
- Ensured food was stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills and roasters.
- Handled rushes and used slow periods to clean, prep ingredients and restock supplies.
- Provided every customer with visually-appealing food by cooking and plating dishes correctly.
- Minimized risk of food contamination by keeping preparation and serving areas clean and sanitized.
- Inspected and cleaned food preparation areas and serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
Food Preparation Worker
Baggin's Gourmet Sandwiches
Tucson
11.2019 - 08.2020
- Helped team prepare for special events by readying ingredients and dishes according to customers' preferences.
- Followed specifications and established procedures to support fast-paced environment.
- Prepared fresh ingredients for daily demands following exact recipes and guidelines.
- Met food production targets, worked well with kitchen team and met quality standards.
- Kept kitchen organized by cleaning up waste and leftover foods.
- Minimized spoilage risks by always storing ingredients properly.
- Avoided waste through consistent stock rotation and correct portioning.
Sewing Machine Operator
Luna Co.
Tucson
01.2018 - 04.2019
- Attached buttons, hooks and zippers.
- Identified and resolved defective stitching or broken thread.
- Completed finishing details, removing raw edges and loose threads from finished pieces.
- Prevented errors or damage by maintaining even stitch, tension and alignment.
- Created L.A Rescue products with skilled use of materials like cotton, leather and vinyl.
Prize Cabinet
Peter Piper Pizza
Tucson
12.2015 - 04.2017
- Avoided product loss with consistent use of first-in-first-out processes for candies and toys.
- Organized new inventory for easy storage or direct stocking.
- Rotated stock, faced products and built attractive displays.
- Identified products in need of restocking by taking accurate inventories.
- Maintained cleanliness of game room, bathroom and dinning area
- Prevented spread of serious illnesses by frequently sanitizing high-touch areas.
- Count tickets and proved reward
Skills
- Cash handling
- POS systems
- Cleaning and sanitizing
- ID verification
- Customer service
- Stockroom organization
- Product restocking
Timeline
Cashier
North Pacific Trading Company
04.2025 - 09.2025
Supervisor/MOD
C-A-L Ranch
09.2022 - 03.2025
Bookseller
Barnes and Noble Education
12.2021 - 01.2022
Prep / Line Cook
Boston's Restaurant and Sports Bar
05.2021 - 10.2021
Food Preparation Worker
Baggin's Gourmet Sandwiches
11.2019 - 08.2020
Sewing Machine Operator
Luna Co.
01.2018 - 04.2019
Prize Cabinet
Peter Piper Pizza
12.2015 - 04.2017