Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Certifications
Licenses
SalesAssociate

Stephen Puderer

Rayville

Summary

I have experience in the food industry, cleaning, carpet/restoration, sales,and also in a shop environment. I fully understand and practice the safety precautions in those areas too.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sales Associate

Lowe's Home Improvement
08.2025 - Current
  • Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
  • Handled cash transactions efficiently while adhering to company cash handling policies, ensuring accuracy in all financial exchanges.
  • Built relationships with customers to encourage repeat business.
  • Managed returns, exchanges and refunds in accordance with store policy.
  • Prepared merchandise for sales floor by pricing or tagging.
  • Rotated stock and restocked shelves to maintain product availability and store appearance.
  • Helped customers locate products and checked store system for merchandise at other sites.

Restoration Technician

SERVPRO of Monroe/West Monroe
09.2024 - 04.2025
  • I worked with the servpro team to assess jobs, prepare for the job, and complete them. Most jobs included cutting drywall flood cuts, removing flooring, removing smoke affected insulation in attics, insulation from under mobile homes, and water extractions, I would always go above and beyond what is expected to ensure that the customer is happy.

Carpet Cleaner Technician

FT Renovations
05.2020 - 06.2024
  • I would clean, remove, patch, and repair carpet. I was on call for water extractions rotating 24/7. I also cleaned tile, air ducts, and dryer vents. We mostly dealt with apartments and I personally took care of hundreds of floods.

Carpet cleaner/Custodian

Sodexo
01.2017 - 04.2020
  • I would clean carpet, upholstery, wax floors, seal tile, vacuum, mop, take out trash, and anything in that field that needed to be done.

Team Member

chick-fil-a
09.2014 - 09.2016
  • I prepared chicken and other sides in the store.
  • Kept work areas clean, organized, and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.
  • I fried and grilled chicken.
  • I helped train new employees in my area.
  • I stocked the store and made sure everything went in the correct places.
  • I cleaned throughout the day and thoroughly cleaned the store after close.
  • Addressed and resolved customer complaints in polite and professional manner.

Overhead Crane Operator

Steel Fabricators Of Monroe
01.2012 - 02.2013
  • I operated a 3, 5, and 10 ton overhead crane.
  • I would move the steel into the shop and organize it by the job numbers.
  • I would place parts in the steel beams, stack them, and then move the stacks through the shop to the area for the fitters to assemble.
  • I operated a blast machine to prepare the steel to be painted.
  • Loaded steel beams onto flatbed trucks.

Education

High School -

RAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Rayville, LA
01.2009

Skills

  • Computer skills
  • Organizational skills
  • Fire Restoration
  • Mold Remediation
  • Restoration Industry Experience
  • Residential cleaning
  • Negotiation
  • Restoration
  • Food Industry
  • Direct sales
  • Water Damage Restoration
  • English
  • Inside sales
  • Time management
  • Computer literacy
  • Project management
  • Commercial Cleaning
  • Customer service
  • Communication skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Flexible schedule
  • Stocking and receiving
  • Upselling
  • Inventory tracking
  • Customer engagement

Certification

  • TCST December 2023 to January 2025 IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Clean up
  • WRT December 2023 to January 2025 IICRC Water Damage Restoration

Timeline

Sales Associate

Lowe's Home Improvement
08.2025 - Current

Restoration Technician

SERVPRO of Monroe/West Monroe
09.2024 - 04.2025

Carpet Cleaner Technician

FT Renovations
05.2020 - 06.2024

Carpet cleaner/Custodian

Sodexo
01.2017 - 04.2020

Team Member

chick-fil-a
09.2014 - 09.2016

Overhead Crane Operator

Steel Fabricators Of Monroe
01.2012 - 02.2013

High School -

RAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Certifications

  • IICRC Water Damage Restoration
  • Trauma & Crime Scene

Licenses

  • Louisiana(Resident) Property & Casualty Claim Adjuster. #1208553
  • Oklahoma(Non-Resident) Property & Casualty Claim Adjuster. #3003773423
  • Texas(Non-Resident) Property & Casualty Claim Adjuster. #3371152
Stephen Puderer