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Resume of Ken Adair

Category Funeral Directors
Position Funeral Directors
City West Palm Beach
State FL
First name Ken
Last name Adair
Education 2002 - 2004 Miami-Dade College Miami, FL
Associates of Science in Funeral Services
1991 - 1998 Palm Beach Comm. College Lake Worth, FL
Associates of Arts
Skills
Experience 2006 – 2010 Royal Palm Funeral Home West Palm Beach, FL
Chapel Manager / Funeral Director in Charge
Responsible for the daily activities for a location averaging 300 calls per year, daily delivery of goods and services to at-need families, on the job training for all Funeral Staff, operations of the crematory, operations of the cemetery. Provide leadership in order to accomplish goals and objectives while working within company guidelines, Review and monitor all employees’ performance, recruit and hire new employees based on company standards. Select and purchase all necessary materials for operations within budgetary guidelines using approved vendors, prepare and manage all fiscal budgets in accordance with company procedures. Ensuring that our facility is compliance with all Local, State and Federal guidelines. Promote our organization to the community, thus increasing the number of funeral calls families that use our services. Meet with families, make funeral arrangements, up selling products and services in an effort to increase revenue averages, approve customer discounts within company guidelines. Performed embalming and cremation duties as needed.
2005 – 2006 Forest Hills Funeral Home Palm City, FL
Licensed Funeral Director / Embalmer
Direct, coordinate, arrange and supervise all aspects of a funeral service. Complete all required paperwork in a timely manner, order appropriate livery services and merchandise for funerals. Worked evenings and weekends. Available to take on-call duties. Represented the company in civic and professional organizations and activities. Performed embalming and cremation duties as needed. Assisted the Chapel Manager with additional responsibilities, such as payroll, inventory control, complaint resolutions in their absence.
2001 – 2005 Palms West Funeral Home Royal Palm Beach, FL
Licensed Funeral Director / Embalmer
Direct, coordinate, arrange and supervise all aspects of a funeral service. Complete all required paperwork in a timely manner, order appropriate livery services and merchandise for funerals. Worked evenings and weekends. Was available to take on-call duties. Represented the company in civic and professional organizations and activities. Performed embalming and cremation duties as needed. Maintained the company’s network and computers. Very knowledgeable in using Microsoft Office.
2002 – 2002 T.D.K. of Florida, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL
PBX Technician
Working as a sub-contractor for various telecommunications companies. Responsible for Move / Adds / Changes on Nortel Meridian and Norstar key systems. Can trouble shoot cabling issues and install new cabling. Work with customers to ensure that the services of their respective Telco companies are in order with their needs.
2001 - 2001 Trien & Associates, Inc. Hollywood, FL
Technical Consultant
Worked as a traveling field service technician in order to verify that all telephone lines and equipment were working within the specified guidelines established by the equipment manufacturer and suited for the customers needs. If not, I was tasked with repairing said lines and/or service. In addition, I placed telecom orders for customer, reviewed and monitored the placed order for correct billing information, and provided technical assistance in development of facilities and in training of staff members.
Email kadair@bellsouth.net
Phone 561-433-3884
Cellphone 561-313-7538
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