Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Training And Development
References
Sales Achievements
Skill Summary
Certification
Affiliations
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Heidi Marshall

CESSNOCK,New South Wales

Summary

Dynamic professional with a proven track record in client relationship management and strategic planning, exemplified during my tenure at OPEN COLLEGES where I exceeded sales targets by 110%. Skilled in negotiation and team leadership, I excel in driving continuous improvement and achieving exceptional results through effective communication and relationship building.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Course and Careers Advisor

Kirana Colleges
03.2024 - Current
  • Meeting daily minimum expectations of 100 calls/3 hours talk time
  • Providing specialist knowledge on career outcomes
  • Account Management using Hubspot
  • Detailed communication and record keeping
  • Administration tasks
  • Achieving sales targets

Coach- Casual

F45 Cessnock
12.2022 - Current
  • Leading Group Training Sessions
  • Personalized Coaching & Guidance
  • Creating an Inclusive and Positive Environment
  • Encourage team spirit and camaraderie within the group classes
  • Demonstrating and Explaining Exercises
  • Ensuring Member Safety and Health
  • Providing Feedback and Motivation
  • Promoting and Retaining Members
  • Collaborating with the Team
  • Organising social events

Course and Careers Advisor

Academy Xi
03.2022 - 03.2023
  • Course Careers Advisor for Boot Camp Style training specialising in Design and Tech
  • Self-Managed (work from home 5 days a week)
  • Providing specialist knowledge on career outcomes
  • Account Management
  • Detailed communication and record keeping
  • Administration tasks

Senior Enrolment Consultant

OPEN COLLEGES
03.2017 - 03.2022
  • Company Overview: Australia’s largest online Registered Training Organisation
  • Senior Sales Professional in Australia’s largest online Registered Training Organisation
  • Achieving Sales Target on a month by month basis
  • Self-Managed (work from home 5 days a week)
  • Meeting daily minimum expectations of 100 calls/3 hours talk time
  • Providing specialist knowledge on career outcomes
  • Account Management
  • Detailed communication and record keeping
  • Administration tasks
  • Australia’s largest online Registered Training Organisation
  • 2IC for 1 year

Course and Careers Advisor

ALERTFORCE
08.2016 - 02.2017
  • Meeting sales Targets
  • Self-Managed (Worked from home 5 days a week)
  • Detailed communication and record keeping
  • Built relationships with other RTOs
  • VET FEE help
  • Customer service and providing information to students helping them achieve their goals
  • Administration tasks

Course and Careers Advisor

OPEN COLLEGES
11.2013 - 08.2016
  • Achieving 110% of Sales Target on a month by month basis
  • Customer service and providing information to students helping them achieve their goals
  • Administration tasks
  • Account Management
  • Detailed communication and record keeping
  • Obtained a work from home position due to high sales achievements
  • Maintained a work from home position for 1.5 years
  • Contact inbound leads to discuss the reasons why they have enquired
  • Discuss course outcomes, paint the dream, discuss advantages of studying with the College, handle any objections, close the sale
  • Follow ups

Course Advisor / Team Leader

Icon Business Group
07.2010 - 10.2013
  • Company Overview: Courses Direct
  • Meeting and exceeding weekly sales targets and call sheets
  • Customer service and providing information students helping them achieve their goals
  • Administration tasks
  • Organising financial assistance for students eg
  • Weekly payments plans for students
  • Handling cancellations, unhappy students and finding solutions
  • Managing and training a team of four
  • Courses Direct

International Travel Consultant /2IC

FLIGHT CENTRE/STUDENT FLIGHTS
04.2007 - 07.2010
  • Handling + making customer calls/ noting accounts
  • Discuss clients’ requirements and provide advice on worldwide destinations, tours, accommodation and flight
  • Plan, prepare and cost itineraries for clients
  • Liaise with agents, accommodation owners, airlines and other transport providers
  • Issue tickets, accommodation vouchers and all other relevant documentation
  • Confirm bookings and notify clients of luggage, insurance, medical, passport, visa and currency requirements
  • Process clients’ visa applications
  • Train new staff members
  • Resolving customer disputes
  • Monitoring new employees phone calls
  • Achieving individual, team and site targets
  • Recording team statistics/ accounts and actions totals daily
  • Negotiate + set up payment arrangements
  • Negotiate payment arrangements and possible settlements
  • Update and record correctly customer contact information
  • Build a rapport with clients

Bakery Manager

BAKERS DELIGHT
03.2002 - 04.2007
  • Customer Service
  • Cash Handling
  • Opening/Closing registers
  • Rosters
  • Staff Recruitment
  • Duty delegations
  • Store Budgets
  • Customer Complaints

Education

High School Diploma -

Whitebridge High
Whitebridge, NSW
01-2003

Skills

  • Negotiation
  • Customer Service
  • Communication Skills
  • Client Service
  • Training Facilitation
  • Program Development
  • Assessment
  • Strategic Planning
  • Relationship Building
  • Team Leadership
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Sales Training
  • Presentation Skills
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Client relationship management
  • Group facilitation
  • Time management
  • Relationship building
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Goal setting
  • Training and mentoring
  • Product knowledge

Training And Development

  • Personnel Management
  • Instructional Skills
  • Motivation
  • NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Dealing with Difficult Customers
  • Phone Handling Techniques
  • Certified Travel Consultant (CTC)
  • 3.5 years experience in retail travel consulting
  • Friendly, outgoing and responsive personality
  • Enthusiastic, conscientious and hardworking
  • Team player
  • Ability to work from home unsupervised whilst maintaining and achieving sales targets

References

  • Renee Schofield, Area Manager Bakers Delight, 0431 597 087
  • Tammii Suprano, Team Leader, 0408393501
  • Manish Castelino, International Manager ICON Business Group, 0413 835 842
  • Brendan Torrazzi, AlertForce Director/Founder, 0405 176 778
  • Miles Tilly, Open Colleges Team Leader, 0434857709

Sales Achievements

  • Top novice for 3 separate months in Flight Centre Blast area
  • Awarded Million Dollar consultant for Flight Centre
  • Being promoted within 10 months to Team Leader
  • Constantly meeting and exceeding own targets and work goals
  • Awarded ‘Team Member of the Month’ on three occasions
  • Awarded “Top Sales Achiever” in 2 separate months, also 2 second place in two quarters in a financial year

Skill Summary

  • Extremely target driven and naturally comfortable negotiating with customers.
  • A self-starter who is able to proactively pursue profitable growth opportunities to facilitate the achievement of set targets, customer service levels and KPI’s.
  • Outstanding communication skills and able to liaise and mix well with a broad cross section of individuals and teams.
  • Excellent client service credentials, delivering a service that is dedicated, constant and outstanding.
  • Over 5 years’ experience within a customer service/sales environment. Majority of employment has been in phone contact centres.
  • Ability to facilitate training. Not only prepare and develop different training, but also responsible for presenting to teams.
  • Successful in achieving corporate objectives, through the delivery of both long and short term strategic plans and by developing and nurturing strong working relationships within the industry.
  • Demonstrated ability in leading and developing specialised teams, ensuring an environment of continuous improvement and creating opportunities for growth.
  • Dedicated to promoting excellence in customer service in order to achieve performance benchmarks.
  • Highly developed written and oral communications skills. Experienced in preparing and presenting sales and operational training programs to a broad range of audiences.

Certification

  • Certificate III in Travel.
  • Certificate III in Fitness.

Affiliations

  • Gym enthusiast
  • Running
  • Reading
  • Beach

Timeline

Course and Careers Advisor

Kirana Colleges
03.2024 - Current

Coach- Casual

F45 Cessnock
12.2022 - Current

Course and Careers Advisor

Academy Xi
03.2022 - 03.2023

Senior Enrolment Consultant

OPEN COLLEGES
03.2017 - 03.2022

Course and Careers Advisor

ALERTFORCE
08.2016 - 02.2017

Course and Careers Advisor

OPEN COLLEGES
11.2013 - 08.2016

Course Advisor / Team Leader

Icon Business Group
07.2010 - 10.2013

International Travel Consultant /2IC

FLIGHT CENTRE/STUDENT FLIGHTS
04.2007 - 07.2010

Bakery Manager

BAKERS DELIGHT
03.2002 - 04.2007

High School Diploma -

Whitebridge High
Heidi Marshall