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Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Interests
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VALARY AKINYI

CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND BACK OFFICE SPECIALIST.
NAIROBI

Summary

Enthusiastic customer support and back office specialist with over 2 years of experience dedicated to providing quality care for ultimate customer satisfaction. Proven ability to establish and maintain excellent communication and relationships with clients. Dedicated to identifying clients needs and delivering effective solutions to all problems. Excellent time management skills combined with superior knowledge of the customer service industry. Proficient in various customer relationship management tools such as Zendesk, intercom, help scout, shopify, shipstation, freshdesk, WMS among others.

Overview

4
years of professional experience
8
years of post-secondary education
1
Language

Work History

INFLUX
MELBOURRNE,AUSTRALIA

CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND BACK OFFICE SPECIALIST.
03.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
  • Provided support with daily administrative tasks with responsibilities such as implementing and optimising procedures,maintaining calenders, scheduling appointments and collaborating with other departments.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
  • Used company troubleshooting resolution tree to evaluate technical problems and find appropriate solutions.
  • Helped customers to quickly onboard to our platforms and provided support they needed during onboarding.
  • Responded to customer requests for products, services and company information.
  • Answered product and service questions, suggesting other offerings to attract potential customers.
  • Processed customer adjustments to maintain financial accounts.
  • Updated account information to maintain customer records.
  • Clarified customer issues and determined root cause of problems to resolve product or service complaints.
  • Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
  • Handled over 50 calls per shift and over 60 chats per shift signing up new customers, retrieving customer data, presenting relevant product information and cancelling services.
  • Improved sales abilities and product knowledge on continuous basis to provide optimal service and achieve quotas.
  • Worked well in a team with other departments in the company to better the customer's experience to provide support and guidance.
  • Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.

SHINERS TOURS AND TRAVELS.
NAIROBI

CLIENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST
02.2019 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • Used consultative sales techniques to understand customer needs and recommend relevant products and services.
  • Liaised with sales, marketing and management teams to develop solutions and accomplish shared objectives.
  • Calculated correct order totals, updated accounts and maintained detailed records for inventory management.
  • Reached out to customers after completed sales to suggest additional service or product purchases.
  • Logged call information and solutions provided into internal database.
  • Delivered exceptional customer service to every customer by leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services and creating welcoming, positive experiences.

CARE INTERNATIONAL
NAIROBI

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST INTERN
05.2018 - 10.2018

Job overview

  • Selected publication pieces that most effectively represented company mission and objectives.
  • Used GoToConnect to create eloquent, visually appealing content for internal communications.
  • Planned and executed effective internal communications and engagements campaigns to educate employees about humanitarian initiatives.
  • Sought feedback from employees through surveys and questionnaires.

Education

DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY
NAIROBI,KENYA

Bachelor of Arts from INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY
09.2017 - 11.2021

University Overview

I graduated with a second class upper honors

  • Professional development completed in international relations.
  • Awarded second class upper honours.

KISUMU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
KISUMU,KENYA

High School Diploma
01.2013 - 12.2016

Skills

    Fast learner, Leadership, Customer service, Ability to work in a team, Time management, Interpersonal, Communication skills, Problem solving

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved a positive improvement of the company CSAT by completing chats with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Affiliations

  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • Association for Computing Machinery

Interests

Payroll and product design

Timeline

CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND BACK OFFICE SPECIALIST.

INFLUX
03.2020 - Current

CLIENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST

SHINERS TOURS AND TRAVELS.
02.2019 - 12.2019

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST INTERN

CARE INTERNATIONAL
05.2018 - 10.2018

DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts from INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY
09.2017 - 11.2021

KISUMU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

High School Diploma
01.2013 - 12.2016
VALARY AKINYICUSTOMER SUPPORT AND BACK OFFICE SPECIALIST.