Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Keyskills and competencies acquired
Other past-experience
References
Languages
Interests
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GRACE NJAMBI MACHUA

Kikuyu

Summary

Experienced customer-oriented sales administrator with a strong background in handling customer requests, providing quotations, stock availability, and delivery date information. Skilled in resolving customer disputes and efficiently processing sales orders and contracts. Recognized for exceptional organizational abilities, successfully creating and implementing new methods to streamline inventory management and shipping processes.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Sales Administrator Associate

Aza Finance
01.2024 - Current
  • Lead with customer-centric approach by setting high standards for client support and customer (Compliance, Legal, Payments, Product)
  • Support and improve the customer transaction journey acting within defined SLAs
  • Help identify and fix inefficiencies in current workflows and processes
  • Adhere to the SOPs and compliance standards set internally
  • Act as an effective liaison between AZA and the clients in the Transaction Journey, facilitating any
  • Proactively anticipate client requirements and requests ahead of time
  • React quickly to client queries relating to transactions to ensure there is a smooth client transaction process and identify any questions / problems
  • Support the Sales & Account Management team by collaborating with internal stakeholders relevant workflows and processes
  • Display a high level of emotional intelligence and step into a leadership role when required.

Sales Administrator Associate

Aza Finance
01.2022 - Current
  • Lead with customer-centric approach by setting high standards for client support and customer (Compliance, Legal, Payments, Product)
  • Support and improve the customer transaction journey acting within defined SLAs
  • Help identify and fix inefficiencies in current workflows and processes
  • Adhere to the SOPs and compliance standards set internally
  • Act as an effective liaison between AZA and the clients in the Transaction Journey, facilitating any
  • Proactively anticipate client requirements and requests ahead of time
  • React quickly to client queries relating to transactions to ensure there is a smooth client transaction process and identify any questions / problems
  • Support the Sales & Account Management team by collaborating with internal stakeholders relevant workflows and processes
  • Display a high level of emotional intelligence and step into a leadership role when required.

Agent Banker

Co-operative Bank of Kenya
01.2019 - 07.2021
  • Performing relationship management functions of co-op Kwa Jirani agent at Kikuyu branch
  • Conducting regular visits to agents' premises to ensure the business is running
  • Recruiting agents and merchants and ensuring growth in deposits through agents
  • Migrating customers to alternative banking channels
  • Solving all claims and disagreements that might arise
  • Reviewing regulatory compliance by ensuring agent tariff, agent number, and terms and conditions are displayed at the agent's location
  • Conducting performance discussion with agents and merchants, based on the current number of transactions agents and merchants are doing, how to grow the transaction and opportunity identification within the agent/merchant ecosystem
  • Engaging agents on training and experience and filling of any training gap that may occur
  • Cross-selling insurance cover to agents
  • Ensuring all agents mapped under my branch are transacting daily
  • Training on current fraud methodologies and threats
  • Training on new product menus and POS functionalities.

Intern

Juhudi Kilimo Micro-Finance
07.2017 - 09.2017
  • Assisted the business development officers in daily follow-up on clients from inception to completion of final payment
  • Assisted in daily feedback to supervisor
  • Assisted in issuing loans and products
  • Assisted in business growth through sourcing of new clients
  • Filed loan forms, client entry forms, and keeping records.
  • Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
  • Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to business systems or procedures.

Education

Bachelor in Agribusiness Management and Trade -

Pwani University

Computer Packages - Basic Computer Skills

Nazarath Centre

Kenya Certificate of Secondary School - undefined

Moi Girls High School

Google Cybersecurity - Cyber Security

GOOGLE
ONLINE
07.2024

Skills

  • Technical knowledge
  • Observation
  • Presentation
  • Logical reasoning
  • Detail Oriented
  • Customer Service
  • Customer Complaint Resolution
  • Attention to Detail
  • Courteous and Professional
  • Team Collaboration
  • Information Security
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Multitasking Abilities

Keyskills and competencies acquired

  • Banking skills: Well-versed in handling banking procedures for example; customer service, retail management, digital banking, business banking and personal banking with the capacity to sell financial products.
  • Credit Management: Capable of performing constant and effective client vetting, ensuring effective and timely debt collection hence healthy cash, maintaining accurate records of all debt collection activity, and achieving cash.
  • Relationship Management: Competent in working with clients to help them make the right decisions with their accounts and explaining the financial services on offer to them.
  • Compliance Management: Excellent in reviewing regulatory compliance by ensuring agent tariff, agent number, and terms and conditions are displayed at the agent's location.
  • Customer Service: Well-versed in ensuring customers' inquiries and concerns relating to credit issues are promptly addressed and their complete satisfaction is guaranteed.
  • Planning and organization: Refined planning and organizational skills that balance work, team support, and ad-hoc responsibilities in a timely and professional manner.
  • Flexibility: Capacity to fit into most environments, maintain calm under pressure, and can adapt well to changes in the workplace.
  • Analytical Skills: Recognizes areas of weaknesses requiring improvements and makes recommendations to the management for consideration, approval, and implementation.
  • ICT Competence: Good command of Microsoft Office tools, the internet, and emails.

Other past-experience

  • Volunteer: Mary Rice Center; 2015 - Assisted and helped the children in their learning activities and came up with fun games to ensure the children stayed entertained.
  • Librarian: Musa Gitau -Atlanta library; 2014 - Provided customer service for library users, kept budget to repair, replace or get new reading materials, catalogued new inventory and updated database accordingly, ordered new inventory, and provided suggestions to library users about new books to try.

References

  • Pwani University, Dean of students, P.O Box 95-80108, +254 786727899
  • Juhudi Kilimo Limited, Limuru branch, Milly Muhoro, +254 727075422
  • Rev. Musa Gitau, P.O Box 491-00902, Kikuyu, +254 720805108

Languages

English
Native language

Interests

machine learning


Timeline

Senior Sales Administrator Associate

Aza Finance
01.2024 - Current

Sales Administrator Associate

Aza Finance
01.2022 - Current

Agent Banker

Co-operative Bank of Kenya
01.2019 - 07.2021

Intern

Juhudi Kilimo Micro-Finance
07.2017 - 09.2017

Bachelor in Agribusiness Management and Trade -

Pwani University

Computer Packages - Basic Computer Skills

Nazarath Centre

Kenya Certificate of Secondary School - undefined

Moi Girls High School

Google Cybersecurity - Cyber Security

GOOGLE
GRACE NJAMBI MACHUA