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Skills

  • Data-driven decision making
  • MS Office
  • Fraud detection and prevention
  • Customer satisfaction improvement
  • Inventory management
  • Route management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Data entry
  • Organization
  • Vendor relationship management

Work Experiences

  • Drove an electric pallet jack, a forklift, and a manlift in the warehouse.
  • Achieved a 35% reduction in fraudulent return claims.
  • Coached and mentored a team of 15 Junior Returns Specialists.
  • Achieved this in three years.
  • Worked with other team members to expedite returns and provide excellent customer service.
  • Supported inventory distribution decisions with documentation and calculations.
  • Return merchandise was distributed to appropriate store departments or palletized for liquidation.
  • Awarded Innovation Award for highest return services performance with over 17 resolved cases without negative escalations in the past year.
  • Prepared materials for shipment by packing, securing, labeling, and applying postage to them.
  • Managed incoming orders, organized deliveries, and transferred packages to other departments using procedure and method equipment.

Summaries

  • Overall morale and productivity are boosted by experience in policy development and staff management procedures.
  • Addressed pre-sale queries and provided product knowledge.
  • Achieved zero return claim discrepancies through effective auditing techniques.
  • Experienced in technical writing, recordkeeping, and interdepartmental coordination.
  • Returns Specialist is a multi-talented Returns Specialist who is consistently rewarded for planning and operational improvements.
  • Prioritizes process efficiency, detailed documentation, and organization.
  • Customer Returns Processor with experience working in initiative retailers' warehouse distribution centers.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the category business.
  • Achieved a 46% drop in return misconceptions.
  • Strengths in stakeholder engagement and project management backed up by Miscellaneous training.

Accomplishments

  • Provided real-time visibility of returned product status by creating an interactive returns dashboard, used by 13 departments.
  • Overhauled the vendor relationship management process for defective or damaged goods, decreasing return lead times by 13 days.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by improving defective refund approval decision-making processes based on data from return reports.
  • Monitored and tracked high-volume defective product return rates, identifying trends that contributed to quality control feedback for suppliers.
  • Contributed to product lifecycle management by providing return analytics, influencing design improvements that reduced future return rates by 38%.
  • Reduced overall return fraud by 28% by implementing stricter validation processes during customer returns.
  • Handled high-volume return processing of Jira, ensuring adherence to company and vendor policies with over 51% accuracy.
  • Trained and mentored new employees on returns processing procedures, improving onboarding efficiency and reducing errors by 21%.
  • Collaborated with the finance team to adjust for depreciation on returned goods, ensuring accurate financial accounting entries for returns worth $13.
  • Achieved CPA to enhance subject matter expertise in returns and reverse logistics processes, improving operational efficiency.

Affiliations

  • Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA)
  • Technical Support Management Association (TSMA)
  • Product Lifecycle Management Institute (PLMI)
  • American Management Association (AMA)
  • ERP Professionals Association
  • Continuous Improvement Professionals Network (CIPN)
  • Supplier Relationship Management Institute (SRMI)
  • Professional Association for Customer Relationship Experts (PACRE)
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
  • International Council of Nurses

Certifications

  • Effective Complaint Handling Certificate - Vantage
  • Inventory Management Professional (IMP) - program
  • Certified Operations Manager (COM) - Returns Focus - Beacon Labs
  • Certified Reverse Logistics Specialist (CRLS) - metric
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Six Sigma Process Improvement Certification - procedure
  • Certified E-Commerce Specialist for Returns and Fulfillment - method
  • Training and Development Specialist Certificate for Returns Teams - Lakeside Partners
  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • CompTIA Security+

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