A highly motivated individual with extensive customer service experience. My strong communication skills and assertiveness are my distinguished strengths which have evolved throughout my career. I'm seeking a new challenge with a higher level of responsibility.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Administrator
Cubitts Home Extensions And Granny Flats
09.2022 - 02.2024
Preparing and sending contracts for residential clients through HIA for Granny Flats, Primary Dwellings, Dual Occupancies, Extensions, Demolitions & Renovations
Liaising with clients to obtain accurate information regarding bank details for their Contract
Preparing Variations of Contracts and Deductions (credits) for all departments to send to the client
Variation control – minimised the amount of pending variations. When I started at Cubitts, over 500 unsigned variations were distributed to clients. With control, monitoring and automatic reminders set up on Adobe (then DocuSign), I was able to get all pending variations signed & the pending count to 10-15 by the end of each week.
Introduction of DocuSign – Training teams how to set up and use DocuSign
NCC Project Sept 2023 – 36 contracts signed prior to the end of September
Specifications – interpret relevant documents to create a specification for handover to construction. Documents such as Tenders, Title Searches, Soil reports, Bushfire reports, Architectural drawings, Stormwater plans, Structural plans, SPANTEC plans, BASIX certificate, Colour/Selections Document, Electrical Plans and Kitchen Plans.
Exporting and interpreting reporting figures for the Management Team through Salesforce & HubSpot
Third Party Insurance Management – uploading documentation in Nexvia, following up with Subcontractors to obtain accurate and up to date documentation such as White Cards, Licenses
Send Induction Letters/Documentation to new Sub contractors
Company vehicle Inspections
Cover Front of House on Saturdays, answering calls, taking new leads for Sales Team and welcoming walk ins
Visit clients home to have Contracts Signed
Send Tenders to clients for Sales Team
Provide up-to-date Statement of Account from the Accounts Department
Send Cancellation Letters to Clients of behalf of Director
Understanding and learning Constructive to finalise Specifications (Constructive introduced to Cubitts Early Feb 2024)
CLIENT CARE ASSOCIATE/ADMIN ASSISTANT
DECOR SYSTEMS
02.2020 - 03.2022
Answering incoming calls, responding to daily emails, greeting clients & setting up the boardroom for presentations, meetings & team huddles
Assisting with accounts by sending invoices/statements to clients & arranging follow up emails/calls for outstanding accounts/invoices
Assisting with the marketing team by contacting clients after major projects are completed & obtaining professional photographs or arranging a photographer to visit site
Liaising with all types of clients such as accounts, subcontractors, interior designers, architects & builders
Arrange freight with third party logistics/transport companies & advising our clients of lead times, delivery dates & getting all necessary information for the site to accept deliveries
Day to day duties such as general housekeeping, ordering stationary, cleaning products & arranging catering for presentations/meetings
Guiding clients by being the first point of contact for each step in our process, from accounts, to CAD drawings to production & then dispatch.
LIGHT SPECIALIST/SHOWROOM ASSISTANT
SPECIAL LIGHTS
10.2019 - 02.2020
Handle all retail sales & assist with Specification/Tenders - supporting BDM
Open & Close showroom Tuesday to Saturday - Managing Saturdays
Maintaining the showroom & keeping all relevant product specification tags up to date
Handling all phone, email & website enquiries
Assisting with Wholesaler phone, email & website enquiries
Creating content for social media, blogs & website editing
Weekly pipeline meetings with Directors to forecast budgets for each month
Organising local & international deliveries
Ordering & maintaining stock levels
Stock take
Site visits
Daily Sales report & balance sheet
Follow up on quotes on a weekly basis
Design advice for aesthetic & functional purposes - working with retail clients & their technical drawings for accurate selection of pendants, downlights & limitations of voltages & required IP rated environments.
NSW ACCOUNT MANAGER/BDM SUPPORT
STEELCASE AUSTRALIA
01.2019 - 10.2019
Look after over sixty existing accounts managing their day-to-day enquiries, quotes & end of project enquiries
Email enquiries, phone enquiries & showroom walk ins
Presentations & meetings with corporate businesses such as Telstra, Alliance Bernstein, EY, Amazon, eBay, Lockheed Martin etc
Before construction & design companies were appointed
To build morale between Designers, End Users & Building/Construction companies
External meetings & showroom tours were hosted
Work closely on Tender's & create presentations with product from our portfolio & layout options, finishes etc
Site visits & measurements for accurate quoting & customised furniture requests
Liaise with the Project Manager & Third-party Logistics team to offer a service of a smooth delivery process
Assisted with the organisation of Steelcase's product launch/pop events
Work closely with the quoting team to produce high volume FF&E Schedules/Tenders
Entertain interior designers & Architects in the showroom or in a public venue
Highly proficient with CRM (Salesforce) Daily updates on wins, losses, meetings, presentations, etc
Used on a global scale so GAM's & APAC Directors could use connections to build the opportunities & leads created from the face-to-face connections with the interior designers, end-users & building/construction companies
Deliver samples to clients - fabric samples, task chairs, loose furniture etc.
OFFICE ALL ROUNDER/MARKETING
FANULI FURNITURE
10.2016 - 12.2017
Handling inbound, outbound calls, email enquiries, process daily banking
Liaise with Logistics Manager - organising delivery of goods/furniture
Social Media - Posting on all social media sites including Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest
Liaising with local magazines such as Vogue Living, Belle Magazine, Home Beautiful, The Robb Report for advertisements and editorials
Create and publish blogs on the website for weekly subscribers
Organisation of International supplier's accommodation
Filing and managing Sales Orders, Tax invoices and Delivery dockets for the accounts department
Assist with Accounts for collections of payments from our clients
Arrange delivery for clients.
CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER/SETTLEMENTS
VOLKSWAGEN FINANCE
08.2015 - 08.2016
Monitoring Inbound and outbound calls
Handling customer complaints & disputes of diesel emissions in a sincere & caring matter
Third party authorisation documentation, amortization schedules & copies of customer contracts be manually processed
Hardship applications & refinancing options
Liaise with fraud and risk departments, monitoring applications for any breaches against legislative policy: including any Anti Money Laundering, Counter Terrorism Financing, Fraud and all other regulations as governed by ASIC, APRA and AUSTRAC
Effectively process settlement documentation for personal and business loans for motor vehicles or balloon refinancing.
SETTLEMENTS/VETTING ANALYST
CAPITAL FINANCE
05.2012 - 08.2014
Prompt, professional and courteous customer service in all interactions with internal and external clients
Meeting KPI's, daily targets and weekly targets
Co-developed and wrote the 'One Best Way' process for the settlements support team
Data entry, online banking, complete regular compliance training to meet the needs of regulations and national standards
Train new staff and assist with interviews
Monitor and respond to email enquiries from internal/external stakeholders
Prepare and produce daily reports for management and assist with daily huddle.