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Samuel Kolb

St. Petersburg,FL

Summary

I'm a dynamic professional with a proven track record at Trader Joe's and US Peace Corps. I excel in the customer service area and team leadership. Skilled in project management

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Mate / Crew Member

Trader Joe's Company
08.2004 - Current
  • Attended management training in Monrovia, CA
  • Building customer relationships on a daily basis through face to face interaction
  • Responsible for all store operations
  • Interviewed job candidates / Trained new hires
  • Coordinated donations to local groups / food assistance organizations
  • Scheduled 20+ crew members for daily assignments
  • Conducted crew member huddles to communicate action plans and important store information
  • Rotated as Section Leader through all major store departments
  • Responsible for crew development in each section I led
  • Responsible for ordering product for sections and demos
  • Maintained strict quality and inventory control
  • Increased sales through upselling, suggestions and recipe ideas



Rural Health Extension Volunteer

United States Peace Corps
01.2002 - 06.2004
  • Focused on community health education and nutrition
  • Taught nutrition education to incoming PC Volunteers
  • Collaborated with local elementary teachers and launched a dental hygiene campaign in 3 schools
  • Worked with school contacts and helped create a community garden that school children maintained
  • Held community workshops on nutrition, gardening, organic pesticides and alternative crops
  • Led a sanitation project by building a modern bathroom, model latrine, and a community funded sanitary latrine construction project
  • Worked with Paraguayan NGO's to provide low cost parasite medication to local communities and schools
  • Facilitated a brick oven (fogon) project with 40 community families, raising funds, and training locals in construction
  • Established a small tree nursery to demonstrate simplified agro-forestry practices in order to encourage reforestation of the area
  • Served as English/Spanish translator and helped coordinate medical and dental services for nearly 10,000 Paraguayan citizens during a ten-day joint medical training exercise with the United States Army and the Paraguayan Military

Education

Bachelor of Science - Food And Nutrition

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN
06-2001

Skills

  • Exceptional Customer Service
  • Team Leader & Trainer
  • Ordering and Inventory Management
  • Project Management

Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Mate / Crew Member

Trader Joe's Company
08.2004 - Current

Rural Health Extension Volunteer

United States Peace Corps
01.2002 - 06.2004

Bachelor of Science - Food And Nutrition

Minnesota State University, Mankato