Paula Cowle
Palmerston North,MWT
Summary
- Highly motivated, reliable, and hard work woman who has worked as an Assistant Manager with Barkers menswear for 5 years.
- In the UK I worked for 10 years with the Merseyside Police in the Communications center, answering 999 calls and deploying police patrols.
- Analysing and recording data relevant to the business environment.
- Maintaining accurate financial and statistical records including daily sales reports, with high attention to detail.
- Able to manage customer and employee issues professionally, through effective problem solving and interpersonal skills.
- I am a committee member of the Manawatu Scottish pipe band association.
- I consider myself skilled at organizing and scheduling our team for the day/week ahead.
- Giving 100% customer service and advice to our customers.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Committee Member
Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band Association
Palmerston North, MWT
11.2025 - Current
- Collaborate with other members of the committee.
- Organise and support fundraising ideas and activities.
- Plan and organise band events.
- Mentor and support new committee members.
- Approve new budgets for new funding.
Assistant Sales Manager
Barkers Menswear
Palmerston North, MWT
03.2021 - Current
- Support the store manager in all aspects in the day-to-day running of the store.
- Opening and closing procedures.
- Supervising sales assistants and ensuring a high level of service is given and maintained.
- Staff training and mentoring.
- Assist with performance reviews, and any employee issues.
- Recording daily banking and petty cash.
- Plan and organise staff targets
- Regularly communicate with regional manager.
- Implement weekly visual merchandising.
- Scheduling and planning the work day.
- Authorizing staff pay and hours.
- Regularly responding to emails from both within the business and customers.
- Recording sales activity.
- Reporting weekly store performance and feedback to our regional management team.
- Can touch type. 60 words a minute, 100% accuracy. (A little rusty)
- We use Office365 in our day-to-day running of the store.
Communications Officer
Merseyside Police, UK
United Kingdom
06.1992 - 12.2001
- Answered 999 emergency calls and non emergency calls from the public.
- Priorities calls from high to low risk.
- Ability to use multiple complex systems to record calls, and record the relevant information required.
- Organising patrols and police officers. communicating with them in relation to the incidents they are attending.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Exceptional level of verbal and written communication.
- Ability to stay calm, patient, and professional in a stressful situation.
Education
High School Diploma -
Hillside High School
Liverpool, United Kingdom Skills
Employee scheduling
Team collaboration and mentoring
Event planning, organising and fundraising
Time management and prioritising
Attention to detail, and high accuracy in repetitive tasks, such as data entry, and proofreading to prevent operational errors
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Data recording and analysing
Customer engagement and problem solving
Mature, calm, and patient in stressful situations
Enjoy meeting new people and helping them in whatever way I can
Additional Information
Hobbies and interests are;
Reading (addiction)
Walking and training my dog (English Springer Spaniel)
Cross stitching.
Following my son as he plays bagpipes and competes around NZ.
Learning Spanish.
Want to learn chess and sign language.
Timeline
Committee Member
Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band Association
11.2025 - Current
Assistant Sales Manager
Barkers Menswear
03.2021 - Current
Communications Officer
Merseyside Police, UK
06.1992 - 12.2001
High School Diploma -
Hillside High School