Maria Escudero

Comprehensive Store Management:

Successfully led two locations, ensuring operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Daily operational oversight, efficient staff scheduling, and detailed reporting using tools like Qbox.
• Sales analysis, product strategy implementation to enhance product diversity and offerings.
• Continuous improvement of store display, cleanliness, and overall appearance to enhance customer experience.
• Employee support, operational problem-solving, and collaboration for efficient store operations.

Training and Contribution:

• Conducted training sessions for staff in another city, focusing on visual merchandising techniques for consistent presentation across the chain.

Significant Achievements:

• Notable improvement in store cleanliness and aesthetics, resulting in an inviting environment for customers.
• Reorganized storage, optimizing space and product accessibility, facilitating daily operations.
• Raised presentation standards at the Edmonton store through focused training in visual merchandising and efficient operations.

Teaching and Guiding Fifth-Grade Students in Social Sciences with a focus on critical Social Responsibility to Improve our world.

Responsibilities:

• Planning daily group classes, taking into account individual needs.
• Evaluation of individual and group academic performance.
• Development of educational strategies and workshops within the school project framework.
• Management of school topics and resources to enhance pedagogy in the educational classroom through Social Sciences.

Achievements:

• Learning in various social themes integrating history, geography, and sociology.
• Management of educational workshops on the topics covered.
• Emotional connection with the students worked with.
• Active participation of all students in the course.

Organizing, Coordinating, and Managing Human Resources Office Responsibilities at the Santiago de Cali Council

Responsibilities:

• Leading and creating a comprehensive database of municipal council employees to enhance direct communication and relationships.
• Managing and coordinating employee social activities, incorporating important days and family inclusion to enhance corporate relations.
• Organizing educational and recreational activities for children of all ages.
• Promoting activities to improve employee health, including sports days, partnerships with health promotion entities, and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
• Implementing group strengthening activities and teamwork initiatives to improve the corporate work environment.

Achievements:

• Significantly improving employee relations and communication from the human resources department.
• Notable enhancement of the workplace environment within the organization.
• Successful completion of the database and characterization of over 200 employees.
• Reduction of stress and sedentary lifestyle among organization employees.

Development of the educational workshop "The Gift from the Earth" at the Andoke Butterfly Sanctuary, utilizing knowledge from Social Sciences and play as the primary pedagogical tool.

Objective: Designing an educational workshop to raise awareness about the conservation of endangered natural resources.

Responsibilities:

• Train and guide the sanctuary staff in implementing the educational workshop with various groups of children and youth.
• Provide the sanctuary with a physical and digital document outlining the work conducted.

Experience as a volunteer and support to my mother, who was a Foster Mother at the Colombian Family Welfare Institute and welcomed over 35 children of various ages who were victims of intrafamily - sexual, physical, and psychological violence into our family over 10 years.

Responsibilities:

• Providing comprehensive care and support to children who are victims of violence.
• Offering emotional and educational support based on my knowledge in Social Sciences and social work.
• Accompanying and monitoring the progress of children in the foster home.
• Assisting children with medical appointments and school meetings.

Achievements:

• Establishing meaningful connections with the children welcomed into the foster home through love and empathy.
• Positively transforming the lives of children through affection and respect.
• Contributing to ensuring that infants return in improved physical and mental health conditions to their adoptive families or families in process.