Lisa Nikolaou
Newmarket
Summary
I am a holistic nutritionist who graduated from The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. I would like to help others with my passion and knowledge. I Love educating others.
Compassionate Holistic Nutritionist recognized for high productivity and efficient task completion. Excel in creating personalized nutrition plans, understanding herbal remedies, and integrating mind-body wellness techniques. Possess strong interpersonal communication skills, empathy, and adaptability, ensuring excellence in client support and guidance in achieving health goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Holistic Nutritionist/ Buyer and Assistant to Manager
Tottenham Health Foods
Tottenham
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Opening the store
- Customer service
- Key holder
- Cash register counting
- Cashing out customers
- Order from UNFI and ONFC weekly
- Ordering grocery and supplements for the store.
- Sourcing new supplements/ grocery items for store and special orders
Holistic Nutritionist
Harmony Whole Foods
Orangeville
03.2020 - 03.2023
- Customer service; Greeting all customers. Assisting in customer's requests and directing them to the product they are seeking. Ensuring customer is satisfied with questions, products and information.
- Deciphering main health concern while educating and recommending products that will aid in the customer's ailment.
- Suggesting products and foods that the customer is deficient in.
- Education; Teaching customers about supplements, foods, herbs and teas. Explaining the benefits and overall health. Stirring customers in the right direction for their health needs.
Holistic Nutritionist
Orangeville Wellness Clinic
Orangeville
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Addressing clients main health concern.
- Assessing stress, sleep, medications and supplements.
- Dietary changes based on inflammation and allergies ect are addressed.
- Meal plans, exercise routine and suggestions for daily self care.
- Support along the journey with clients.
- Check up emails to clients for added support and encouragement.
- Removing allergens from the clients diet, personal care items ect.
- Supplements are suggested based on suspected deficiencies.
- Blood tests might be suggested to check iron and B-12 levels.
Holistic Nutritionist
Better Health Clinic
Orangeville
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Nutritional consults
- Selling supplements
- Ordering supplements and sourcing new supplements
- Answering any questions/ concerns
- Writing articles or recipes for the website Using mailchimp.
- Social media posts and gain followers
- Creating weight loss programs
- Dietary recommendations
Supplements Manager
Goodness Me! Natural Food Market
01.2016 - 10.2018
- Customer service; Greeting all customers. Assisting in customer's requests and directing them to the product they are seeking. Ensuring customer is satisfied with questions, products and information.
- Deciphering main health concern while educating and recommending products that will aid in the customer's ailment.
- Suggesting products and foods that the customer is deficient in.
- Education; Teaching customers about supplements, foods, herbs and teas. Explaining the benefits and overall health. Stirring customers in the right direction for their health needs.
- Managing and directing all staff members of supplements department. Ensuring daily tasks are being completed. Encouraging all staff members. Ensuring the department is running smoothly and efficiently in all aspects.
- Schedule educational seminars with brands for staff trainings.
- Cash register; Closing and opening the store. Counting and balancing the cash at the end of the day. Balancing safe & tills and counting the cash at the beginning of/or end the day. Working the front of the store and cashing people out with their purchase.
- Organizing breakfast & learns for staff to further educate the team.
- Hire team members for department.
- Organize and promote classes in-store.
- Key holder
Holistic Nutritionist
Healthy Planet
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Customer service; Greeting all customers. Assisting in customer's requests and directing them to the product they are seeking. Ensuring customer is satisfied with questions, products and information.
- Deciphering main health concern while educating and recommending products that will aid in the customer's ailment.
- Suggesting products and foods that the customer is deficient in.
- Education; Teaching customers about supplements, foods, herbs and teas. Explaining the benefits and overall health. Stirring customers in the right direction for their health needs.
- Answering phone; ensuring any questions, concerns of customers are answered to the satisfaction.
- Ordering products upon customer requests.
- Cash register; Closing and opening the store. Counting and balancing the cash at the end of the day. Balancing and counting the cash at the beginning of the day. Working the front of the store and cashing people out with their purchase.
- Filling store; counting and filling orders daily. Ensuring customer's requests are put aside. Filling shelves upon priority. Entering invoices for store transfers upon needed.
Natural Foods Clerk (Part-time)
Fortinos Quarry
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Customer service; assisting customer's with inquiries regarding health. Ensuring customers are educated in supplements, food and overall health and wellness.
- Answering phone; assisting cashiers with inquiries about price checks, sale items and general location of items in natural food and throughout the store.
- Filling department; Ensuring fullness and products are displayed attractively. Opening and closing the department. Maintaining customer service and filling product as needed. Rotation of all products by best before date.
- Receiving orders; organizing the backroom stock, and putting out products that are needed. Making it main priority to fill any holes on the shelves.
Education
RHN - Nutrition
The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition
Mississauga, ON10.2013
Skills
- Management
- Order fulfilment
- Training
- Diabetes
- Inventory Management
- Supervising Experience
- Nutrition
- Food Safety
- Scheduling
- Data entry
- Biology
- Operations
- Natural
- Team Building
- Retail sales
- Nutritional assessment
- Supplement education
- Meal planning
- Product sourcing
- Dietary recommendations
- Customer service
- Inventory management
- Cash handling
- Weight management
- Digestive health
- Supplement recommendations
- Nutrition education
- Sleep improvement strategies
- Diabetes management
Certification
Holistic Nutritionist designation, 10/01/13, Present
Additional Information
Completed educational seminars from Naturopathic doctors, CanPrev, Garden Of Life, Pasco, Botanica, Genestra, Mega Food, Natural Factors, Carina Organics, Thursday Plantation & Kosmea, Skin essence organics, Andalou, HerbaSante, Naka, Living Alchemy, Anne Marie Borlind
Timeline
Holistic Nutritionist/ Buyer and Assistant to Manager
Tottenham Health Foods
01.2023 - 09.2024
Holistic Nutritionist
Orangeville Wellness Clinic
04.2022 - 02.2023
Holistic Nutritionist
Better Health Clinic
11.2021 - 03.2022
Holistic Nutritionist
Harmony Whole Foods
03.2020 - 03.2023
Supplements Manager
Goodness Me! Natural Food Market
01.2016 - 10.2018
Holistic Nutritionist
Healthy Planet
01.2014 - 01.2016
Natural Foods Clerk (Part-time)
Fortinos Quarry
01.2013 - 01.2014
RHN - Nutrition
The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition