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RINJURI CHRISTINE MAKENA

Summary

Having worked with a number of startups over the years, Apex collections Africa a call center as a customer service debt recovery and Wasoko a FMCG company for over three years now as a field customer growth representative where I have gained, communication skills, time management, MS Office experience, and intermediary skills. Having had experience with customer service management for four years now, I'm committed to exceptional customer service delivery and driven by challenges, with the ability to independently plan and manage and sustain diverse customer/supplier relationships and also accustomed to high pressured positions which, makes best fit for this role. Currently, I am looking to grow my career in a customer service management role that will see me enhance efficiency and customer support within your organization.

Overview

2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Customer Growth Field Representative

WASOKO
2 2021 - 3 2024
  • As a field customer growth representative, my main roles and purpose were, sourcing clients, finding, evaluating and engaging new customers to generate orders in the allocated area
  • Customer Relationship Management- Building and maintaining good relationships with clients and prospects to ensure smooth running of the operations
  • Negotiations- Negotiated with the customers to agree on prices, delivery timings and quality of the product
  • Account Management- I was managing the customers' accounts, ensuring growth purchases
  • Reporting, preparing and submitting monthly sales reports to my supervisor
  • Intermediation-Liaising with the logistics and warehouse team, and technical team for smooth flow of operations
  • Generation of quotations and customer invoices on request.
  • others.

Managed and resolved customer complains,

Handled customer enquiries via calls and emails,

provided customers with product and service information by clearly explaining procedures, answering questions and providing information.

Identified and escalated priority issues where necessary and followed up on customer concerns.

Customer Service Debt Recovery Agent

APEX COLLECTIONS AFRICA LIMITED
04.2019 - 09.2019
  • Negotiation- responsible for negotiating with arrears account customer to maximize debt recovery and profitability
  • Communication - used effective communication and negotiation skills to ensure successful commitments to pay (Promises to Pay)
  • Customer service -handled a high influx of calls pertaining to reconciliation, collections of delinquents charged off and written off accounts
  • Quality Management -Ensured full understanding of products working and quality management
  • Understood, interpreted and applied laws rules, regulations, policies and procedures to collections
  • Relationship management - timely and effectively contacted and analyzed clients' financial situations and negotiated loan repayment arrangements
  • Risk management -prevented impending loss and increased profitability through negotiations and enforcements
  • Recording keeping and information Management -updated customers service database during and after each call
  • Ensured all debtors information held on record is up to date and accurate
  • Reporting - Prepared monthly collections reports.

Procurement Intern

NATIONAL HOSPITAL INSUARANCE FUND (NHIF)
- 05.2018
  • Processing suppliers' payments, preparing their payment vouchers and assisting the auditor in examinations of various internal control systems
  • Assisting in performing banking reconciliation
  • Assisting in preparation of monthly reports to general manager audit and compliance
  • Counter examining civil servant's inpatient and outpatient claims
  • Enforcing compliance with the NHIF act.

Education

Certified procurement and supply chain professional of Kenya (CPSP-K) part 1 -

Star college of management studies
01.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Commerce procurement and supply chain management - undefined

University of Nairobi
01.2015 - 04.2018

Certificate of proficiency in computer applications (MS Word, MS Excel MS Access, windows XP/Vista - undefined

01.2020 - 05.2017

Skills

Team working skills- Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships and relate well with colleagues in the workplace by offering my help when called to Can also manage a team towards achieving set objectives

Awards

  • 07/15/16, Certificate of participation in a sensitization on procurement professionalism, Ethics and Best Practice.
  • 09/27/16, Certification participation on Annual procurement and supply chain student's association conference
  • 07/01/21, Sokowatch certificate of appreciation for outstanding sales achievement
  • 08/05/22, Certificate of completion of selling strategies of sales professional course

References

  • WASOKO, Kenneth mugambi, Country sales operations manager, 0723443480, kennmugambi@gmail.com
  • WASOKO, Caroline Wamai, Sales Operations Manager, 0705967629, Caroline.wamae@wasoko.com
  • APEX COLLECTIONS AFRICA LIMITED, Simon kimaita, Accountant, +254701094112, simonkimaita@gmail.com

Interests

Volunteer work

Educational documentaries

Trends in technology

Timeline

Certificate of proficiency in computer applications (MS Word, MS Excel MS Access, windows XP/Vista - undefined

01.2020 - 05.2017

Customer Service Debt Recovery Agent

APEX COLLECTIONS AFRICA LIMITED
04.2019 - 09.2019

Certified procurement and supply chain professional of Kenya (CPSP-K) part 1 -

Star college of management studies
01.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Commerce procurement and supply chain management - undefined

University of Nairobi
01.2015 - 04.2018

Customer Growth Field Representative

WASOKO
2 2021 - 3 2024

Procurement Intern

NATIONAL HOSPITAL INSUARANCE FUND (NHIF)
- 05.2018
RINJURI CHRISTINE MAKENA