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Dionne Bamforth

Dionne Bamforth

Summary

Experienced and customer-centric professional with a strong background in service, claims, sales, and building lasting customer relationships. Skilled in effective communication through various channels, including verbal, written, and face-to-face interactions. Adept at understanding and addressing customer needs, providing exceptional service, and resolving issues to ensure customer satisfaction. Proven ability to build rapport and trust with customers, resulting in increased sales and repeat business. Experience across diverse industries, servicing customers at the best and worst times of their lives. I have travelled the world experiencing varied cultures, providing me with insight and the patience to actively listen and show empathy.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Care Officer - Service

NIB Health Funds
07.2024 - 02.2025

Customer Care - Customer Service Consultant

Hybrid Remote

(role included: Addressing complaints, logging feedback and callbacks, liaising with internal departments, quoting health cover policies, changing details, assisting with online services, using communications portals to send documents, links and information, using delegation to offer eligible discounts and tailored solutions, cancelling policies for customers moving overseas or POAs advising of the passing of a health fund member, handling high inbound and outbound call volumes and working to KPIs)

Customer Care Officer - Retention

NIB Health Funds
02.2020 - 07.2024

Customer service consultant - Retention Specialist

Commenced role in-office, then moved to working from home role

(Role included: Addressing and reducing customer complaints, providing personalized assistance to retain customers cancelling services, using available delegations to go above and beyond to provide individual tailored products, discounts and solutions, administration, managing high inbound and outbound high call volumes, working to KPIs)

Customer service retail consultant (fashion)

PETER ALEXANDER (The Just Group)
11.2016 - 02.2020
  • Commenced employment Charlestown store, transferred to Westfield Kotara Shopping Centre in February 2019
  • Part-time position

Trainee veterinary nurse

MEREWETHER VETERINARY HOSPITAL
05.2016 - 10.2018
  • Compulsory placement for Cert IV Vet Nursing
  • Worked every Monday from 8am to 4pm

Customer service retail consultant (fashion)

ZIERA SHOES
05.2013 - 10.2016
  • Part-time position.

Claims Assist Officer

AAMI (Suncorp group)
06.2004 - 02.2012
  • Commenced in a sales and customer relations role before being promoted to position of Claims Assist Officer.

Call Centre Operator/work contract co-ordinator

Transfield Response Centre
01.2001 - 10.2003
  • Full time hours temp, placed through Adecco
  • Allocator of jobs to contractors.

Call Centre Operator/customer relations

GMAC Financial Services
01.1990 - 01.2001
  • Maintaining and taking payments and enquiries on motor vehicle loans.

Education

CERTIFICATE III Business Administration (Medical) - Administration (Medical)

TAFE NSW
OTEN, Online
08-2019

CERTIFICATE IV - Veterinary Nursing 2015-2018 - Medical - Veterinary Nursing

OPEN COLLEGES
NSW Online And Intern Placement Merewether, NSW
01-2018

CERT I & II - Photography - Photography Foundations (completed)

TAFE NSW
Tighes Hill, NSW
01-1999

Manicuring Certificate - Health And Beauty

TAFE NSW
Hamilton Campus, NSW
01-1998

Bachelor of Social Science - Major: Sociology (1995-1997, Deferred)

University of Newcastle
Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW
12-1997

Open Foundation - Linguistics And Philosophy (completed)

University of Newcastle
Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW
01-1995

Mortuary Industry Statement of Attainment - Medical - Pathology: Mortuary (completed)

TAFE NSW
Ultimo Campus, Sydney NSW
01-1994

OH&S SOA - OH&S (general, With Focus: Hospital And Funerary)

TAFE NSW
Ultimo Campus, Sydney NSW
01-1994

High School Diploma -

Belmont High School, NSW
Belmont, NSW
01-1987

Skills

    Customer Service – Extensive experience in sales, claims, customer service call centres and face-to-face

    Extensive experience working in high call volume environments, customer complaints, first call resolution, working to schedule and KPIs

    Taking credit card payments and maintaining customer records/data (online systems and front facing), cash handling and banking

    Technology and Administration - Data entry, varied use of telephony, communication and office programs (including but not limited to: AWS, Salesforce, Workday, YakTrak, Workplace, Workplace Chat, Zoom, Microsoft Office, POS, Tyro, Protect, Outlook, ESS, E5, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Lotus, AS400, SAP, Healthline, KHub, some Sharepoint and some AI help assistance programs in most recent health insurance role), multi-line phone systems, wireless and handset connected headsets, frequent use of IVR, Tyro and POS systems

    Ordering, handling and displaying of stock/merchandise

    Work well in both team and solitary environments

Affiliations

  • Animal Justice Party (Member)
  • Animals Australia (Member)
  • Animal Free Science Advocacy, formerly HRA (Member)

Interests

Collector of Godzilla, Lion King, How to Train Your Dragon, Aristocats and Hello Kitty memorabilia, and Starbucks cards I love music, travel, Japanese and Korean culture, anime, manga/comics, art and fashion Animals and animal welfare are my passion I have a 17 year old and a 7 year old cat whom I adore, and care for 8 frogs

Non-smoker

No children

Timeline

Customer Care Officer - Service

NIB Health Funds
07.2024 - 02.2025

Customer Care Officer - Retention

NIB Health Funds
02.2020 - 07.2024

Customer service retail consultant (fashion)

PETER ALEXANDER (The Just Group)
11.2016 - 02.2020

Trainee veterinary nurse

MEREWETHER VETERINARY HOSPITAL
05.2016 - 10.2018

Customer service retail consultant (fashion)

ZIERA SHOES
05.2013 - 10.2016

Claims Assist Officer

AAMI (Suncorp group)
06.2004 - 02.2012

Call Centre Operator/work contract co-ordinator

Transfield Response Centre
01.2001 - 10.2003

Call Centre Operator/customer relations

GMAC Financial Services
01.1990 - 01.2001

CERTIFICATE III Business Administration (Medical) - Administration (Medical)

TAFE NSW

CERTIFICATE IV - Veterinary Nursing 2015-2018 - Medical - Veterinary Nursing

OPEN COLLEGES

CERT I & II - Photography - Photography Foundations (completed)

TAFE NSW

Manicuring Certificate - Health And Beauty

TAFE NSW

Bachelor of Social Science - Major: Sociology (1995-1997, Deferred)

University of Newcastle

Open Foundation - Linguistics And Philosophy (completed)

University of Newcastle

Mortuary Industry Statement of Attainment - Medical - Pathology: Mortuary (completed)

TAFE NSW

OH&S SOA - OH&S (general, With Focus: Hospital And Funerary)

TAFE NSW

High School Diploma -

Belmont High School, NSW
Dionne Bamforth