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Amanda Bower

Brisbane,QLD

Summary

● 20 years + experience in Customer Service, Hospitality – 24 x 7 venues

● Have a hands on approach & leads by example in very fast-paced environments where no 2 days are the same

● Skilled in building & maintaining excellent relationships with vendors, senior members, team members & customers alike

● Excellent customer service skills

● A flexible professional who enjoys learning new skills & quickly adapts to organisation changes

● Respects & appreciates the sharing of knowledge and ideas by the team Leader & builder of customer-focused teams to improve the business to maximise sales growth ● Project organising, planning, engaging and execution

● A highly organised person able to quickly access needs & provide tools to resolve difficulties, enhance learning and improve performance

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Service Officer

Transurban Linkt
02.2023 - Current
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by efficiently addressing and resolving their inquiries and concerns.
  • Helped large volume of customers every day with positive attitude and focus on customer satisfaction.
  • Addressed customer complaints and mitigated dissatisfaction by employing timely and on-point solutions.
  • Maintained a high level of product knowledge to effectively assist customers with accurate information and recommendations.
  • Completed data entry to record call notes, suggestions and questions.
  • Customer Care support level 2 onshore Queensland, New South Wales and Melbourne.
  • Taking escalation calls from the offshore call centre
  • Identified and resolved discrepancies and errors in customer accounts.
  • Cross-trained and provided backup support for organizational leadership.

● Taking escalation calls from the offshore call centre

● Managing customer accounts both private and commercial

● Setting up new accounts and passes for the National Toll network

● Taking payments and investigation of payment disputes

● Monitoring the toll cameras over the gantry points and investigate disputes

● Email correspondence with customers

  • Responded proactively and positively to rapid change.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of product and service changes.
  • Developed highly empathetic client relationships and earned reputation for exceeding service standard goals.

Customer Services Officer

Smart Services QLD
07.2021 - 01.2023
  • Provided company information and policies to customers upon inquiry and answered questions via phone, email, or online chat.
  • Maintained detailed records of client interactions, ensuring accurate documentation for future reference.
  • Described product and service details to customers to provide information on benefits and advantages.
  • Explained online self-help options to customers to promote additional and after-hours support choices.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing timely and accurate information on products and services.
  • Developed expert product knowledge by attending training sessions and keeping up-to-date with company policies and procedures.
  • Supported colleagues during periods of high demand or staff shortages, displaying strong teamwork mentality.
  • Managed high call volumes while maintaining a calm demeanor and professional attitude under pressure.
  • Educated customers about billing, payment processing and support policies and procedures.
  • Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities aimed at enhancing skills pertinent to the role of Customer Services Officer.
  • Roll out of Vaccination bookings for QLD Health – making booking on behalf of the public at all health hubs in Queensland
  • Coronavirus hotline – Giving the public up to date information on all aspects of health directions to check in QLD apps
  • Registration of positive results – helping people to navigate the online forms and to submit them 
  • QLD border passes – Helping to apply for border passes during lockdown
  • SES – taking overflow calls for SES during extreme weather events
  • State Penalties Enforcement Register – helping with general information, setting up payment plans, taking payments and debt disputes.
  • Ensuring compliance with departmental policies, practices, and procedure

Customer Service Officer

Secure Parking
09.2012 - 06.2020
  • Helped large volume of customers every day with positive attitude and focus on customer satisfaction.
  • Responsible for the supervision and operational controls of Virgin Valet area
  • Enquires, Complaint Handling and Resolution of claims, refunds

● Meeting set deadlines for Dates & KPI’s

● Working on behalf of Secure Parking for Virgin as first point of contact with guests

  • Maintained a high level of product knowledge to effectively assist customers with accurate information and recommendations.

Point of Sale Supervisor & Car Park Supervisor

Star (Treasury Casino)
01.1994 - 03.1995

● The implementation & ongoing running of the complete Point of Sale system & training of 650 + staff

● Ongoing SOP training of Non-Gaming Staff (650 +) F & B, Casino & Hotel Guest Services, Hotel Front Office in register, cash and procedures

●Car Park – 700 bays from 2000 onwards

● Cashier reconciliation of Non-Gaming Cash $18.5m-variance below $1k for the year.

● Supervision of POS department (5 direct reports) server, terminals, programming, maintenance, procedures, stock control, loss prevention, casino standards, training and cashier variances Banquets & Special Events, and Room Service. Car Park staff and equipment, Projects, Audits and CCTV

●Investigations on employees in regard to possible thefts and breaches in procedures.

● Cash handling procedures, systems for floats, reconciliations, banking, change exchanges

● Audits of cashier’s daily work, Bimonthly audits on Permanent Float Safe Deposit Boxes follow up & revision training with team members.

● Daily Data entry of cashier's daily work crossed checked and audited back to the revenue audit team. ● Meeting set deadlines for Dates & KPI’s

Additional Information

Referees Mary Carr 0424867092

Amanda Pegg amandapegg@gmail.com 0434356044

Samara Swann sammyswann@hotmail.com 046895318

Timeline

Customer Service Officer

Transurban Linkt
02.2023 - Current

Customer Services Officer

Smart Services QLD
07.2021 - 01.2023

Customer Service Officer

Secure Parking
09.2012 - 06.2020

Point of Sale Supervisor & Car Park Supervisor

Star (Treasury Casino)
01.1994 - 03.1995
Amanda Bower