Arifa Khan
Sales and trading assistant
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About
Dedicated, hard-working professional with experience within the retail and customer service sectors. Strong people skills, able to use own initiative as well as work within a team. Excellent working knowledge of retail environments. Able to carry out a wide range of tasks. Excellent attention to detail.
Experience
Sales and trading assistant - Dunelm - Valley Park store
(2025-09 - 2026-03)
- Unloaded and organised deliveries
- Maintained store displays
- Ordering items for customers
- Worked on tills
Sales Assistant - Sainsbury's - Wallington Express Store
(2019-04 - 2025-06)
- Worked on tills
- Handled cash and credit card transactions
- Responsible for stock facing up and rotation
- Dealt with customer queries
- Dealt with deliveries and stockroom
Sales Assistant - IKEA - Croydon
(2022-03 - 2023-05)
- Organized displays
- Priced items
- Put away deliveries
Sales Assistant - Mothercare - Sutton
(2019-07 - 2019-03)
- Till trained & Confident
- Handled stock rotation and facing up
Midday supervisor - Green Wrythe Primary School - Carshalton
(2016-01 - 2018-09)
- Supervised children during lunch break
- Found games and friends for children at the 'Lonely wall'
- Participated with children in their activities
- Operated the queuing system for packed lunch and school dinners
- Tidied the lunch hall with other members of staff
Volunteer Classroom Assistant - Avenue Primary School - Sutton
(2017-11 - 2018-01)
Midday supervisor - Green Wrythe Primary School - Carshalton
(2010-02 - 2011-01)
- Supervised children during lunch break
- Found games and friends for children at the 'Lonely wall'
- Participated with children in their activities
- Operating the queuing system for packed lunch and school dinners
- Tidied the lunch hall with other members of staff
Assistant - Buffer Bear Nursery - Sutton
(2009-11 - 2010-02)
- Helped children with various creative activities
- Set up activities and games
- Monitored children's H&S at all times whilst on shift
- Assisted children at lunch time
- Assisted & worked closely with senior assistants & supervisors
Sales Assistant - Marks and Spencer - Sutton
(2003-07 - 2004-01)
- Worked on tills handing cash and credit card transactions
- Supervised fitting rooms
- Assisted customers
- Tidied displays
- Rotated stock
- Obtained a Retail Placement Certificate
Receptionist - Medical Surgery - Carshalton
(2003-07 - 2004-01)
Temporary position
- Booked appointments for patients
- Guided new patients through the application process
- Made appointments over the phone
- Signed off deliveries
- Filed patient records
Education
Karachi High School (1983 - 1993)
Equivalent Grade GCSE's - English
Equivalent Grade GCSE's - Mathematics
Equivalent Grade GCSE's - Science
Equivalent Grade GCSE's - R.E
Equivalent Grade GCSE's - Urdu
