This role required me to be self-motivated, highly organised and to have excellent communication skills whilst needing to quickly learn the products and technical terminology using my own initiative. My daily routine included assisting the sales team with ordering, organising site surveys, delivery and installation of the bespoke goods ensuring product were delivered and fitted on time, in a professional manner. ensuring deliveries within the 8-10 week deadlines. Duties Included:• Arranging… Show more This role required me to be self-motivated, highly organised and to have excellent communication skills whilst needing to quickly learn the products and technical terminology using my own initiative. My daily routine included assisting the sales team with ordering, organising site surveys, delivery and installation of the bespoke goods ensuring product were delivered and fitted on time, in a professional manner. ensuring deliveries within the 8-10 week deadlines. Duties Included:• Arranging deliveries of goods to the warehouse and then on to the clients houses• Talking to clients regularly for updates on their orders and fitting dates • Working closely with the sales team to make sure that orders are signed off with the factories correctly• Working with third party logistics companies for quotes on deliveries • Getting quotes from suppliers for customer orders• Checking the margin on all files• Dealing with accounts to make sure that all projects were paid before completion• Checking off all deliveries to make sure that everything was received and for onward delivery • Holding weekly Skype meeting with our factories in Spain and Portugal to see where in the making process our clients orders were• Site visit to clients houses to make sure that the work completed by the fitters was to the high standard that the company aimed to adhere to• Dealing with any client complaints that they may have had with regards to finish or delivery deadlines• Organising the diary of the Manging Director / sales team / French polisher and head joiner• Creating working timelines for all clients on the status of their orders from the moment deposit was received Show less

My role was to ensure the smooth running of the office and any courses that were being held. Whilst in this job I had the privilege of rewriting two of the courses for the driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence.) These included Manual handling and Bridge Strikes which were classed as 2 modules towards the 35 hours of periodic training. This was all produced on Microsoft Power Point and verified by JAUPT, I also had the opportunity to deliver the new courses. Duties Included:… Show more My role was to ensure the smooth running of the office and any courses that were being held. Whilst in this job I had the privilege of rewriting two of the courses for the driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence.) These included Manual handling and Bridge Strikes which were classed as 2 modules towards the 35 hours of periodic training. This was all produced on Microsoft Power Point and verified by JAUPT, I also had the opportunity to deliver the new courses. Duties Included: • Updating training manuals with new course materials to keep up to the industry standard.• Bookkeeping on Sage50• Uploading information to the Government portals• Organising the student database• Assisting on Driver CPC courses Show less

I had to be driven and methodical proving that I could handle sales over the phone and face to face. My main responsibilities were to manage an ever-growing client data base filling vacancies with suitable and skilled candidates. Managing recruited candidate’s performance and troubleshooting to ensure that clients and contractors were satisfies. Duties included: • Interviewing drivers• Cold calling and sales calls• Planning candidates daily work• On call for any additional… Show more I had to be driven and methodical proving that I could handle sales over the phone and face to face. My main responsibilities were to manage an ever-growing client data base filling vacancies with suitable and skilled candidates. Managing recruited candidate’s performance and troubleshooting to ensure that clients and contractors were satisfies. Duties included: • Interviewing drivers• Cold calling and sales calls• Planning candidates daily work• On call for any additional booking / or to contact candidates • Collecting references for candidates – up to 5 years for Level D drivers• Researching into potential Clients• Data imputing • Attending client visits Show less

I started this role with no previous experience in the freight industry and was appointed as an operations clerk. I had to investigate and plan the most appropriate route for shipments taking in to account the perishable or hazardous nature of the goods, cost, transit times and security. Within a year of being with the company I was promoted to account manager for the Pets at Home contract, whilst still dealing with all the other stakeholder’s I had developed business with I was now in charge… Show more I started this role with no previous experience in the freight industry and was appointed as an operations clerk. I had to investigate and plan the most appropriate route for shipments taking in to account the perishable or hazardous nature of the goods, cost, transit times and security. Within a year of being with the company I was promoted to account manager for the Pets at Home contract, whilst still dealing with all the other stakeholder’s I had developed business with I was now in charge of over 140 stores in the south of England. Whilst in this position I implemented a new system workbook to upload the orders to, this would then automatically transfer all the information needed for different factories and our third-party courier company. This cut down the workload meaning that we only needed a part time member of staff to complete this job. During this time, I was also asked to become a senior operations coordinator due the knowledge I had gained within the ornamental fish industry since starting work for the company. Duties included:• Close working relationship with suppliers and customer within a supply chain.• Researching into potential suppliers to make sure that the Hard Corals and Live Rock in particular are ethically sourced, and that they all come with the correct documentation to clear customs. • Organising shipments and documentation for imports and exports• Producing monthly KPI’s for their records• Generating data to make sure that we are working to best possible practice to make sure DOAs are kept low.• Creating weekly uplifted stock lists / console list for customers• Cutting an AWB• Forecasting for next year’s budgets • To produce the monthly figures • Meticulously checking through charges and making sure that customers are invoiced correctly• Marry up purchase orders and get them ready for payment• Creating a CVED on Traces • Applying to CITES for an import permit Show less

I secured this position straight after I finished my degree as a shop assistant, at this early stage the internet side of the company was just starting, and we were only posting around 30 orders a day. Within the space of a year and a half the company had tripled and we moved into a warehouse to house the stock. I had the honour of becoming the photographer for the website, because of my background in design I was able to edit the images for the site and for any marketing that was being sent… Show more I secured this position straight after I finished my degree as a shop assistant, at this early stage the internet side of the company was just starting, and we were only posting around 30 orders a day. Within the space of a year and a half the company had tripled and we moved into a warehouse to house the stock. I had the honour of becoming the photographer for the website, because of my background in design I was able to edit the images for the site and for any marketing that was being sent out. I would also create the descriptions for the clothing making sure that I had the correct key words and meta tags to provide the company with the best opportunity of top ratings on Google. • Produce chosen images for online marketing• Have a vast knowledge of the business system• Liaise with clients on a daily basis• Researching Google analytics for sales• Understanding Meta tags and keywords for Google rankings Show less

• Greeting customers who enter the shop• Stock control and management• Assisting shoppers to find the goods and products they are looking for• Responsible for processing cash and card payments• Stocking shelves with merchandise• Answering queries from customers• Giving advice and guidance on product selection to customers• Responsible dealing with customer complaints• Receiving and storing the delivery of large amounts of stock• Keeping up to date with… Show more • Greeting customers who enter the shop• Stock control and management• Assisting shoppers to find the goods and products they are looking for• Responsible for processing cash and card payments• Stocking shelves with merchandise• Answering queries from customers• Giving advice and guidance on product selection to customers• Responsible dealing with customer complaints• Receiving and storing the delivery of large amounts of stock• Keeping up to date with special promotions and putting up displays Show less