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Kamrul Hussain

Experienced Retail & Customer Service Professional | 10+ Years at Boots UK | Passionate About Delivering Excellence
About

I have extensive retail experience at Boots UK, specialising in customer service, sales, and stock control in fast-paced environments. GPhC-accredited Pharmacy Advisor, skilled in resolving queries, adapting quickly, and consistently delivering exceptional service on dynamic shop floors within beauty and fragrance retail settings.

Previous Brands
Boots UK
Westminster City Council
Rice & Spice
Indian Spice
NatWest Bank
HAK Property Holdings Ltd
Work Experience
Guest Services Assistant
Jan ‘24 - Jul ‘26
HAK Property Holdings Ltd

• Manage daily guest reservations, bookings, check-ins and check-outs, ensuring a smooth and welcoming guest experience. • Provide excellent first-point-of-contact customer service, responding professionally to guest enquiries via telephone, email and messaging platforms. • Assist guests with booking enquiries, special requests, accommodation information and general customer support. • Handle guest complaints and resolve issues efficiently, maintaining high standards of customer satisfaction. • Coordinate with housekeeping and maintenance teams to ensure rooms are clean, prepared and ready for guest arrivals. • Maintain accurate guest records, reservation details and payment information using booking management systems. • Manage booking amendments, cancellations and guest requests while ensuring company policies are followed. • Use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook to manage administrative duties, schedules and daily communications. • Demonstrate excellent communication, multitasking and organisational skills while working in a busy hospitality environment. • Deliver a professional, friendly and helpful service to ensure guests enjoy a positive and comfortable stay.

Retail Operations Assistant
Nov ‘16 - Now
Boots UK

Deliver exceptional face-to-face customer service within a fast-paced retail environment, ensuring every customer receives a welcoming, professional and personalised shopping experience. Actively engage with customers to understand their needs, provide detailed product knowledge, recommend suitable products and services, and support purchasing decisions to maximise customer satisfaction and sales opportunities. Handle customer enquiries, complaints, returns and exchanges confidently and professionally, ensuring positive resolutions and building long-term customer loyalty. Support daily retail operations, including opening and closing procedures, till operations, cash handling, card transactions and accurate payment processing. Contribute towards achieving store sales targets and key performance indicators (KPIs) through proactive customer engagement, upselling and cross-selling. Maintain excellent visual merchandising standards, ensuring products are attractively displayed, correctly priced and replenished throughout the trading day. Assist with stock control, inventory management, deliveries, stockroom organisation and stock rotation to maintain product availability and operational efficiency. Support promotional campaigns, seasonal displays and in-store activities to enhance customer engagement and drive sales. Work collaboratively with colleagues and management to ensure smooth day-to-day store operations, particularly during busy trading periods. Assist with resolving operational challenges, prioritising workloads and maintaining high standards of store presentation, cleanliness and health and safety. Build positive customer relationships through excellent communication, active listening and a friendly, approachable manner. Demonstrate strong organisational skills, attention to detail, flexibility and teamwork while consistently delivering outstanding customer service and supporting overall store performance.

Administration Assistant
Aug ‘13 - May ‘15
Westminster City Council

Provided high-quality administrative and operational support to departmental teams within a fast-paced local authority environment, ensuring efficient day-to-day service delivery. Coordinated meetings and appointments, managed complex diaries, booked meeting rooms and arranged equipment and resources for internal and external stakeholders. Prepared professional agendas, recorded accurate meeting minutes and circulated documentation within required deadlines. Managed a high volume of telephone and email enquiries, responding professionally and efficiently while providing accurate information and resolving queries where possible. Maintained accurate electronic and paper-based filing systems, ensuring information was organised, accessible and handled in accordance with confidentiality requirements. Supported recruitment and selection processes, including candidate correspondence, interview scheduling and general recruitment administration. Prepared and maintained reports, spreadsheets, correspondence and administrative documentation using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook. Monitored office budgets, stationery levels and expenditure records, maintaining accurate financial information and using Excel to support effective budget management. Demonstrated excellent organisation, attention to detail and prioritisation skills while managing competing deadlines in a busy administrative environment.

Customer Service Assistant
Feb ‘11 - Dec ‘12
Rice & Spice

Customer Service Assistant
Aug ‘10 - Feb ‘11
Indian Spice

Trainee Assistant
May ‘06 - May ‘06
NatWest Bank

Retail Experience
Retail Category
High street
Premium
Luxury
Work Environment
Boutique
Department store
High street store
Product Category
Beauty & Fragrances
Responsibilities
Greeting
Complaint handling
Aftercare
Client Help
Client Advising
Transactions
Cash register
Returns & Exchanges
Online orders fulfilment
Packaging
Product setup
Product labelling
Inventory control
Delivery processing
Store Maintenance
Order preparation
Stock control
Stockroom management
Open/closing store
Health & safety
References
Habzy Bee
Direct manager - Manager, HAK Property Holdings Ltd
Jan 2024 - Jul 2026

I am delighted to provide a professional reference for Kamrul Hussain, who worked under my direct supervision as a Guest Services Assistant. Kamrul is an exceptionally professional, reliable and hardworking individual who consistently demonstrates a strong commitment to delivering outstanding customer service. He has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a welcoming personality and a natural ability to build positive relationships with customers and colleagues. Throughout his time working with us, Kamrul demonstrated excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and the ability to remain calm and efficient in fast-paced, demanding environments. He consistently approached his responsibilities with enthusiasm, initiative and a positive attitude. One of Kamrul's greatest strengths is his ability to make customers feel valued and respected while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and service. He is well-presented, approachable, adaptable and always willing to go above and beyond to ensure a positive customer experience. Kamrul is a dependable team player who also works confidently on his own initiative. I believe his professionalism, strong work ethic and customer-focused approach would make him a valuable addition to any team, particularly within premium retail, luxury brands, hospitality and guest services. I would highly recommend Kamrul without hesitation and would be more than happy to work with him again.

Languages
English - Native
Education & Training
Boots UK / Healthcare Academy
Unknown - ‘18
Pharmacy Advisor Programme
GPhC-accredited, equivalent to NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
City of Westminster College
‘09 - ‘10
BTEC IT
BTEC
City of Westminster College
‘08 - ‘09
BTEC Diploma in Travel & Tourism
BTEC Diploma
Quintin Kynaston Technology School
7 GCSEs including English and Mathematics
GCSE