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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Saheralyn Vivar Valencia

Surrey,BC

Summary

Responsible Food and Beverage employee with over 11 years in the restaurant industry. Dedicated to completing fast-paced work and properly handling food and drinks. Service-driven team player good at connecting with people resulting in repeat customers.

Motivated Service Worker with exceptional social skills, communication abilities and customer service background offering proven skills maintaining clean restaurants and promoting customer satisfaction through exceptional service. Pursues every opportunity to support team members and proactively address issues.

Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Client Support Specialist

ADP
06.2022 - 12.2023
  • Delivered exceptional guest experiences through attentive and proactive service and quick response to issues.
  • Answer calls and respond to emails, handle customer inquiries telephonically.
  • Collecting daily, weekly and monthly employee timesheets.
  • Calculating employee benefits and deductions.


Server, Store Supervisor

Budgetearian Brewers
09.2020 - 02.2022
  • Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
  • Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills and handle complimentary items.
  • Explained menu items and suggested appropriate options for food allergy concerns.
  • Bussed and reset tables to keep dining room and work areas clean.
  • Upsold high-profit items such as appetizers and mixed drinks to enhance sales numbers.
  • Carried out complete opening, closing and shift change duties to keep restaurant working efficiently and teams ready to meet customer needs.

Customer Account Associate

VXI Global Holdings
05.2018 - 08.2020
  • Correspond with customers to resolve billing issues and queries.
  • Research required information using available resources, manage and resolve customer complaints by troubleshooting.
  • Evaluate, analyze and verify dates of service and billed amounts.
  • Process orders, forms and applications, identify and escalate priority issues.
  • Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.

Customer Account Associate

RMS Collect Philippines Inc.
07.2017 - 03.2018
  • Answer calls and respond to emails, handle customer inquiries telephonically
  • Research required information using available resources, manage and resolve customer complaints by troubleshooting.
  • Provide customers with product and service information, enter new customer information into system
  • Process orders, forms and applications, identify and escalate priority issues.
  • Route calls to appropriate resource

Customer Service Representative

Dubai International Airport
05.2015 - 06.2017
  • Providing a welcome service to our business passengers at Check in,

And at other customer service touch points and to assist in smoothing the customer journey through the airport.

  • Assist Business customers during flight irregularities, coordinating communication with affected passengers to ensure passenger experience remains positive.
  • Providing customer recognition to our frequent fliers through individual contact on each Journey through the airport.
  • Secures information by completing data base backups.

Restaurant Supervisor

TGI Fridays
10.2010 - 12.2013
  • Takes and serves food and beverage order according to prescribed standards of service.
  • Responsible for running the shift, staff breaks, schedule.
  • Act as Front of the House In-Charge in the absence of the Front of the House Manager
  • Responsible for ensuring smooth operation of the 2nd highest sales among all T.G.I.Friday’s Restaurants in the Middle East through effective leading the people in the right direction as per brand standards.
  • Training In-Charge in accordance to T.G.I.Friday’s Culture
  • Experienced in handling guest complaints

Food and Beverage Attendant

Americana Kuwait Food Company
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Greeted guests, promoted specials and took orders.
  • Assisted customers in choosing menu items by providing food complementing information.
  • Operated manual and electric appliances to peel, slice and trim food.
    Met sales targets by encouraging customers to buy extra food items such as drinks, desserts and sides.
  • Performed serving, cleaning and stocking to high standards and provided excellent customer satisfaction.
  • Checked on dining areas frequently to clean up spills, wipe down tables and restock stations.
  • Kept drawer balanced by accurately processing cash, credit and debit payments.
  • Provided dining service for patrons at this exclusive, fine dining restaurant.

Cashier

Matrix Entertainment Inc.
10.2006 - 03.2007
  • Uses the Point-of-Sale System in all payment transaction.
  • Receives phone-in orders of dining guest.
  • Generates shift close or end day report for the cash register & Credit card machine ensuring no outstanding balance against total cash sales & credit card sales, respectively.
  • Answers phone calls directed to customer Service and transfers external phone calls to the designated section/ person.

Food Server

Country Waffles
09.2004 - 10.2006
  • Handles Cash and Credit Payments, Account for all payments like security deposit, and Full payments for functions and events.
  • Takes and serves food and beverage order according to prescribed standards of service.
  • Oversees the set-up and delivery of service as well as the clearing of outlets and function rooms.

Food Server

Bargo Sports Bar And Restaurant
04.2002 - 10.2003
  • Greeted guests, promoted specials and took orders.
  • Assisted customers in choosing menu items by providing food complementing information.
  • Organized freezers, refrigerators and storage rooms by receiving, recording and moving food and beverage supplies and products.
  • Kept kitchen, counter and dining areas cleaned and sanitized.
  • Performed serving, cleaning and stocking to high standards and provided excellent customer satisfaction.
  • Checked on dining areas frequently to clean up spills, wipe down tables and restock stations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Custom Administration

PMI Colleges
Quezon City, Philippines
03.2001

High School Diploma -

Novaliches High School
Quezon City, Philippines
03.2000

Skills

  • Beverage Making and Delivery
  • Menu Memorization
  • Timely Food Delivery
  • Persuasive Approach
  • Staff Leadership
  • Problem Detection and Resolution
  • Room Inventory
  • Financial Transactions
  • Cocktail Knowledge
  • Billing and Payment Processing
  • Cash Register Operations
  • Suggestive Selling
  • Guest Experiences
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Order Accuracy
  • Effective Customer Communication
  • Independence and Initiative
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Customer Retention
  • Attentive to Detail

Accomplishments

    Youngest team member to become supervisor in TGIFriday's Restaurant in the Middle East.

    Nominated multiple times for employee of the month with one of those times securing the title.

Certification

  • Customer Relations Training, May 8-9 2001
  • Office Applications Advance, March 14 – April 22, 2006
  • Gender Issues in Hospitality, July2010
  • Airport Service Boot Camp, August 17-18,2015
  • First Aide Training, July 28, 2016
  • Airport Service Flair Programmed, August 11, 2016

Timeline

Client Support Specialist

ADP
06.2022 - 12.2023

Server, Store Supervisor

Budgetearian Brewers
09.2020 - 02.2022

Customer Account Associate

VXI Global Holdings
05.2018 - 08.2020

Customer Account Associate

RMS Collect Philippines Inc.
07.2017 - 03.2018

Customer Service Representative

Dubai International Airport
05.2015 - 06.2017

Restaurant Supervisor

TGI Fridays
10.2010 - 12.2013

Food and Beverage Attendant

Americana Kuwait Food Company
01.2008 - 01.2010

Cashier

Matrix Entertainment Inc.
10.2006 - 03.2007

Food Server

Country Waffles
09.2004 - 10.2006

Food Server

Bargo Sports Bar And Restaurant
04.2002 - 10.2003

Bachelor of Science - Custom Administration

PMI Colleges

High School Diploma -

Novaliches High School
Saheralyn Vivar Valencia