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Seònaid Middleton

Orpington

Summary

I am a confident and outgoing individual with both retail and hospitality experience. In my previous roles I have been able to quickly demonstrate my adaptability and work ethic being delegated with additional tasks and responsibilities. In particular I have strong customer relations skills and I have a demonstrable track record of resolving customer dissatisfaction in productive and amicable way. I am looking for positions where I can learn new skills and develop my existing ones. My availability is entirely flexible with the exception of overnight shifts .

Work history

Specialist

Apple Inc.
10.2023 - 11.2023

A customer service role that required sales skills and in-depth product knowledge.

  • Entrusted to make high value payments on a regular basis
  • Required to work in a complex team environment
  • Strong graded metrics based on customer satisfaction, a requirement for the role
  • Represented the brand and ensured customer loyalty and raport was both created and maintained
  • Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.

Customer Assistant

Marks and Spencer
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • A hybrid position that unfortunately had to be made temporary due to budget cuts
  • Assisted in efficiently managing daily operations of a high-traffic food hall, ensuring smooth customer flow, timely service, and excellent guest satisfaction
  • Effectively resolved customer inquiries, concerns, and complaints, maintaining a high level of professionalism and ensuring customer loyalty and repeat business
  • Completed full training for customer service and operations and online training for hospitality
  • Managed goods within the warehouse and assisted the coordination of replenishing shop floor stock

Pharmacy Assistant

Paydens Ltd
07.2022 - 11.2022
  • This is a job that entails a mixture of customer service, shop floor maintenance as well as needing a reasonable knowledge of both prescription and over the counter drugs
  • Communication skills are essential as well as the ability to calmly and effectively deal with verbally abusive customers
  • Kept pharmacy counter and related areas clean, neat and organized in line with
  • NHS standards
  • Counted and labeled prescriptions with correct item and quantity
  • Communicated instructions to patients or caregivers about proper use and storage of drugs
  • Greeted customers and responded to questions with friendly, knowledgeable assistance
  • Trained new pharmacy staff on computer system and drug management protocols
  • Answered customer phone calls to address questions and provide assistance with prescriptions
  • Assisted pharmacy staff with preparing medications and filling orders


Education

Music (B) Biology (C), Maths (5) English (5) Biology (8) Chemistry (6) German (5)

Skills

  • Dealing with customer inquiries in both person, by phone and online
  • Amicably resolving customer dissatisfaction
  • Dealing with customer correspondence
  • Dealing with incidents of shoplifting
  • Clerical and Administration
  • Various filing and retrieval
  • High levels of responsibility in handling restricted medicines under supervision
  • Designated key-holder in charge of opening and closing premises
  • Following government mandated rules and protocols
  • Correspondence with suppliers and customers
  • Cash handling, banking and valuables handling
  • Hospitality
  • Food service including order taking
  • Bartending with some experience in cocktails
  • Cash handling and managing card services
  • General waiting duties
  • Sales proficiency
  • Inventory control
  • Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
  • Product knowledge
  • Adherence to high customer service standards
  • Quick problem solver
  • Prescription ordering
  • Payment processing
  • Supply management

Languages

Scottish Gaelic
Native
Japanese
Upper intermediate
Seònaid Middleton