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Renton, Washington, United States

As a Senior Relationship Banker, continued providing exceptional account handling and banking services to GCU members while also taking on leadership and team management dutiesOversaw individual sales tracking and employee KPIsEffectively managed and trained subordinates to streamline branch operations while raising them to a similar level of service excellence

Renton, Washington, United States

As a Relationship Banker, continued to provide service excellence to members while taking on additional responsibilities in my teamAdvocated for members to back-office counterparts while fully leveraging banking products to provide a case-by-case approach to maximize earnings, savings and convenienceMaintained a book of business and engaged in networking and community outreach to grow branch membershipBegan leading the branch in monthly sales by exemplifying service excellence

Renton, Washington, United States

As a Universal Banker, forged lasting relationships with local GCU members to serve banking needs including loans, accounts, personal lines insurance products and investment servicesInterfaced with back-office counterparts to resolve member issues and guarantee a high level of service excellenceProvided financial counselling to tailor product-supported solutions for member success

Renton, Washington, United States

Founded a small D2C e-retail business to import cosmetic Argan oil from North AfricaUsed my professional network abroad to forge relationships with suppliers committed to sustainable harvesting, equitable labor standards, and certified organic productsOvercame immense supply chain-related challenges despite the global pandemic’s impact to shipping and materials procurementCreated the Just Argan by Saha® brand from scratch, including a website, e-retail listings and a variety of self-produced advertisement distributed through social mediaAs a managing member, gradually improved and scaled up business operations including administration, procurement, inventory management, financial analysis, accounting, marketing, and sales operations

Renton, Washington, United States

Promoted from Import Documentation Specialist in July of 2019Handled the smooth flow of inbound LTL and LCL ocean imports from Asian base ports to destinations across the continental USCoordinated with VOCCs, seaports, CBP/CBSA agents, rail yards and truck operators to successfully route shipments while complying with rapidly-changing import requirementsCommunicated with clients and counterparts to mitigate deviations and find solutions to ensure on-time completion

Renton, Washington, United States

Managed ocean import documentation for shipments arriving from Asian base ports across China, Korea, South-East Asia and IndiaBalanced accounts receivable and payable while reconciling billing errors and ensuring rate sheet complianceApplied adequate pressure to overseas counterparts, carriers and brokers in order to ensure a smooth flow of operationsFielded inquiries and requests from customers while focusing on professionalism and client satisfaction

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

Promoted from Sales and Marketing Agent in July of 2017Handled client/distributor portfolios from the European, North American and Middle Eastern markets in the framework of international vegetable and foodstuff exportsManaged both air freight and FCL operations by overseeing the orchard-to-vessel supply chainCreated MS Excel and VBA-based CRM solutions from scratch to scale up existing sales operationsParticipated in financial audits, forecasting and data analysis to help shape business and market strategy

Rabat, Morocco

Supported the sales team by creating specialized marketing material for Moroccan-grown vegetables and food productsSuccessfully penetrated the competitive Middle-Eastern market, with a focus on Qatar and BahrainHelped create multiple business partnerships with Gulf-area distributors by assisting in contract creation, signing, and translation

Redmond, Wa

Worked to improve Bing Maps and other Microsoft projects by auditing business and place listingsCoordinated with team-members to verify the validity of automatically-generated business information

Diplôme D'Études Collégiales (Collegial Degree), World And Contemporary Studies

Diplôme D'Études Collégiales (Collegial Degree), World And Contemporary Studies