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Steve Silvera

Kingston

Summary

To seek and maintain full-time or part-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. As a professional I am creative and innovative and looking ahead to work in challenging environment and strive for excellence

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sales Representative

Bell Canda & Puulse Marketing
10.2023 - Current
  • Expanded customer base through cold calling, networking, and relationship building.
  • Generated additional sales opportunities with upselling and cross-selling techniques.
  • Conducted demonstrations to educate customers on features, benefits, and competitive advantages.
  • Negotiated terms to secure long-term customers and favorable pricing for clients.
  • Provided comprehensive training on product offerings to new team members.
  • Developed and maintained comprehensive understanding of products, services and competitors to enhance sales.

Meat Department Manager

Verona Foodland
09.2018 - 10.2023
  • Lead, delegated, and directed a team of butchers, meat cutters, and clerks to increase sales goals and margins
  • Ordered, received, inspected, produced, packaged, and priced all fresh counters items for retail sale
  • Produced schedules, day to day task lists and sanitization procedure lists
  • Analyzed product margins, pricing, product return and product disposal percentages while adjusting and setting all prices and margins to meet customer satisfaction and increase sales while lowering waste
  • Boosted sales through strategic merchandising of meat products, creating eye-catching displays and promotions.
  • Trained and developed new employees in products, selling techniques, and company procedures
  • Increased department efficiency by implementing new inventory management systems and procedures.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by ensuring the highest quality and freshest meat products were available.

LCBO Manager

Liquor Control Board of Ontario LCBO
09.2018 - 05.2021
  • Maintained, organized, and presented merchandise to drive sales
  • Engaged customers with friendly, superior service to improve their buying experience and elevate company profile
  • Maintained up to date knowledge and information in accordance to promotions, dietary ingredients, new products and releases, and price changes
  • Maintained, ordered and recorded inventory, cash, empty returns, all forms of POS, payments and refunds
  • Consistently passed and scored above 90% in all forms of LCBO employee testing and mandatory training over several years.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.

Stone Mason

Turvy Construction
03.2011 - 10.2018
  • Accurately prepare job sites for daily work by removing debris and setting up materials and tools
  • Brick and stone work
  • Mortar preparation
  • Quality control
  • Excellent plan comprehension
  • Demolish and/or repair existing brick structures
  • Install support materials including flashing, fireproofing, and sealants
  • Unloaded tools and equipment at jobsite
  • Read blueprints and job specifications to plan and complete
  • Complete simple and complex brick and stone work for interior and exterior foundations and walls
  • Design structures with expansion and control joints
  • Make all structures and walls and straight and accurate
  • Include decorative or patterned designs in some projects.

Store Manager

Stone Mills Family Market
12.2013 - 08.2018
  • Manned and worked sales floor, proactively and reactively assisting customers with questions, concerns and item purchases
  • Consistently upsold product to increase store revenue and customer satisfaction
  • Maintained up to date product knowledge and information on upcoming products releases and modifications
  • Assisted and guided customers through purchases based on personal interest, promotions and benefits, and sale prices items
  • Analyzed and properly processed product returns while assisting customers with alternative products and options to meet their needs
  • Worked alongside company representatives to promote sales by enhancing product presentation and advertising collateral.

Education

Associate of Arts - General

St. Lawerence Collgee
Kingston, ON
06.2004

High School Diploma -

C.D.C.I. West
Cobourg, ON
06.2003

Skills

  • Food Safety (10 years)
  • Computer Literacy
  • Time Management
  • Customer service (10 years)
  • Leadership
  • Management Skills (10 years)
  • Negotiation
  • Sales (10 years)
  • Retail Merchandising
  • Inventory Management
  • Team Supervision
  • Adaptability
  • Client Service

Certification


  • Blood Pathogen certificate
  • Food Safety & Handling
  • WHMIS Certification

Timeline

Sales Representative

Bell Canda & Puulse Marketing
10.2023 - Current

Meat Department Manager

Verona Foodland
09.2018 - 10.2023

LCBO Manager

Liquor Control Board of Ontario LCBO
09.2018 - 05.2021

Store Manager

Stone Mills Family Market
12.2013 - 08.2018

Stone Mason

Turvy Construction
03.2011 - 10.2018

Associate of Arts - General

St. Lawerence Collgee

High School Diploma -

C.D.C.I. West


  • Blood Pathogen certificate
  • Food Safety & Handling
  • WHMIS Certification
Steve Silvera