Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Zenera J. Dawkins-Booker

Zenera J. Dawkins-Booker

Associate Teacher
Houston,TX

Summary

Customer driven and passionate individual bringing top-notch skills in articulation, active listening, and analytical problem-solving skills, enhance customer experiences by employing service-oriented behaviors, understanding customer desires, and providing customized solutions to build loyalty.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Spark Driver

DDI (Delivery Driver, Inc)-Walmart
02.2022 - Current
  • Pick up prepackaged orders from Walmart stores.
  • Improved customer satisfaction by ensuring timely and accurate deliveries of products.

Associate Teacher

Pasadena ISD
03.2018 - Current
  • Maintained day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives.

Customer Service Ambassador

Macy's Credit and Customer Service
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Close sales, upsell, and assist with checkout.
  • Investigated and resolved accounting, service and delivery concerns.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by efficiently addressing and resolving concerns in a timely manner.
  • Researched and corrected customer concerns to promote company loyalty.
  • Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
  • Contributed to sales growth by upselling products and services based on individual customer requirements.
  • Recommended, selected and helped locate and obtain out-of-stock product based on customer requests.

Customer Service Representative

Conduit Global-LogistiCare (Randstad USA)
06.2020 - 11.2020
  • Providing superior customer service to members and families by making transportation reservations,
  • Efficiently and accurately entered all customer service requests into LogistiCare's data management system,
  • Performed all gatekeeping functions related to trip authorization, documenting, and resolving complaints and issues.

Associate Teacher

Houston ISD
03.2017 - 01.2018
  • Earn the confidence of several teachers in the district to return as a substitute in their classrooms.
  • Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
  • Supported students in developing social skills through pre-structured activities and positive reinforcement techniques.

Also worked in this district 10/2007-10/2009

Preload Package Handler

UPS
11.2016 - 01.2017
  • Continual lifting, loading packages that typically weigh 25-35 lbs., possibly up to 70 lbs on to the conveyor belt.
  • Arrange totes from large packages, small packages, and envelopes.
  • Loaded items on to truck.
  • Unloaded items from truck to sort on conveyor belt based on information on adhesive label.

Customer Service Representative

Houston Community Newspapers & Media
09.2015 - 10.2016
  • Juggle and conserve time and money by consolidating my job & the receptionist's job while the receptionist or supervisor is at lunch or absent
  • Attract new customers as well as retained existing customers.
  • Greet walk-in customers & Assist with payments, Answer the phones, Record complaints about newspaper, Dispatch complaints.
  • Investigated and resolved customer inquiries and complaints quickly.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by promptly addressing concerns and providing accurate information.

Overnight Cashier/Overnight Stocker

Walmart
03.2014 - 06.2015
  • Successfully complete duties outside my job description such as bringing in carts from the outside and restocking and zoning shelves outside of my area
  • Improve customers' shopping experience by providing customer service interactions
  • Upholding the store's zeal while sustaining customer loyalty.

Funeral Director/Embalmer Provisional Licensee

Frazier-Mitchell Funeral Service
12.2010 - 02.2012
  • Relieved grieving families' anxieties about making funeral arrangements
  • Answer and transfer incoming calls, Assisted with several clerical duties, Process credit card payments,
  • Gather information of the deceased, Assist in creating lasting impressions.
  • Improved client satisfaction by providing compassionate and personalized funeral services.

Education

AAS - Funeral Directing/Embalming Provisional Licensee

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, Houston, TX

BS - Interdisciplinary Studies

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Skills

  • Internet, Troubleshooting, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Lotus Notes, Adobe Acrobat, Google Docs, Google Chrome, Salesforce (CRM), E-Billing, Amazon Workspace, Microsoft Teams, WebEx Teams, Training, Avaya One-X Agent, CX100, LogistiCare, Storefront, , Skype, and Dropbox, Sorting and Distributing Mail, Utilize a parcel/envelope moistener & sealer, scales, and meters
  • Billing, Cash Register, Order Processor, Telephone Skills, Data Documentation, Data Entry, Record keeping, Answer phones w/ 100% Courtesy, Attention to Detail, Dispatching complaints, Retention calls, Cold calling, Making payments, Problem solving skills, Assess and fulfil customer's needs, Researching, and Delivering Appropriate Information, In-Person Sales
  • Loading and unloading trucks, Freight Labeling, Team Collaboration, Label Reading
  • Customer Transactions, Cash Handling, Product Scanning, Merchandise Restocking, Cash Drawer Balancing, Basic Math Competence, Till Counting, Cash Register Operation,

Timeline

Spark Driver - DDI (Delivery Driver, Inc)-Walmart
02.2022 - Current
Customer Service Ambassador - Macy's Credit and Customer Service
01.2021 - 08.2021
Customer Service Representative - Conduit Global-LogistiCare (Randstad USA)
06.2020 - 11.2020
Associate Teacher - Pasadena ISD
03.2018 - Current
Associate Teacher - Houston ISD
03.2017 - 01.2018
Preload Package Handler - UPS
11.2016 - 01.2017
Customer Service Representative - Houston Community Newspapers & Media
09.2015 - 10.2016
Overnight Cashier/Overnight Stocker - Walmart
03.2014 - 06.2015
Funeral Director/Embalmer Provisional Licensee - Frazier-Mitchell Funeral Service
12.2010 - 02.2012
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service - AAS, Funeral Directing/Embalming Provisional Licensee
University of Houston - BS, Interdisciplinary Studies
Zenera J. Dawkins-BookerAssociate Teacher