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Maria Franco

Customer Service Associate
Fort Worth,TX
Maria Franco

Summary

Offering proven expertise in maintaining cost-effective, financially sound property operations. Successful at multitasking every day to handle everything from customer service and capital improvements by developing an administrative leadership, toward company´s goals and business objectives.

Qualifications:

- Strong communications and problem- solving abilities.

- +7 years of experience in coordination, support and implementation of customer service and directed business related activities.

- Executive team leadership.

- Client/vendor relations.

Overview

9
years of professional experience

Work History

Tumi Stores Inc @ Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA

Associate Manager
2017.03 - 2020.06 (3 years & 3 months)

Job overview

Retail Company

  • Manages and coordinates daily activities of store and staff sales while ensuring all are engaged in promoting and selling products to ensure client satisfaction
  • Ensures each client receives outstanding client service; greets and acknowledges every client and develops new client relationships to increase sales and build brand loyalty
  • Ensure clients to receive superior after sales service
  • Performed a superior customer service to ensure satisfaction
  • Attains monthly sales goal and delivers increases in other KPI goals (conversion, UPT and DPT)
  • Assists Store Manager and Assistant Manager with training sales associates
  • Merchandises store as directed by visual guidelines and ensures that all stock is well maintained and in good condition

Alpri International Inc, Los Angeles, California

Customer Service Specialist (Remote)
2016.08 - 2020.04 (3 years & 8 months)

Job overview

Medical Sales Supplies Company (Mexico and USA)

  • Support sales representatives by providing them with the tools and information they require
  • Process sales orders and communicate shipping dates and order status to customers
  • Find out suppliers that offer medical supplies for specific contracts and brand equipments
  • Recommended products to customers and suggested other options if preferred product was unavailable
  • Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers in fast-paced environment
  • Compiled customer feedback and recommended service delivery improvements to management

Absten Diagnostik, Guadalajara, Mexico, Jalisco

Key Account Project Manager
2011.04 - 2016.07 (5 years & 3 months)

Job overview

Company of Distribution of medical equipment and medical supplies.

  • Management and coordination of every contract related with the key account associated with a public hospital
  • Satisfy project needs according with the hospital area where the medical equipment (or supply) is need it
  • Deliver every project on time according to the selected budget
  • Coordinate internal resources and suppliers for the correct execution of projects
  • Ensure resource availability
  • Report and escalate to Commercial Director as needed
  • Create and maintain clear and organized project documentation
  • Participate in public contests by catching new projects
  • Participate with Sales Department in the creation of strategies to get more clients and accomplish the annual sales quote in medical equipment and medical supplies
  • Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers and government positions (doctors and hospitals)
  • Work closely with internal departments to ensure delivery commitment dates are achieved
  • Event planner with the AA clients
  • Ensure the correct flow of information within the company to facilitate business operations
  • Manage sales and customer service for clients that constituted 25% of the total annual sales
  • Manage of the annual budget of the administrative area
  • Enforce the company´s administrative policies related with operational expenses
  • Assess administrative employees performance and provide coaching and guidance to ensure maximum efficiency
  • Worked with the General Director of the company to resolve project problems, improve operations and provide exceptional customer service

Education

Instituto Tecnológico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey. Guadalajara, Mexico

BBA from International Business
12.2007

University Overview

Assessed by WES as the U.S equivalent

Ecole Superieure Du Commerce Montpellier, France

Bachelor Honours in Science of Management from Business Administration
07.2006

University Overview

Skills

  • Process evaluations
  • Multi Tasking
  • Staff management
  • G Suite Management
  • Public relations
  • Microsoft Office
  • Sales
  • Customer service
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Skills
  • Employee training
  • Project management
  • KPI Evaluations
  • Analytical Skills
  • Accomplishments

    Accomplishments
    • Increased sales 20% over one year.
    • Supervised team of 15 staff members.
    • Collaborated with team of government projects in the development of public contests.

    Timeline

    Associate Manager
    Tumi Stores Inc @ Los Angeles International Airport
    2017.03 - 2020.06 (3 years & 3 months)
    Customer Service Specialist (Remote)
    Alpri International Inc
    2016.08 - 2020.04 (3 years & 8 months)
    Key Account Project Manager
    Absten Diagnostik
    2011.04 - 2016.07 (5 years & 3 months)
    Instituto Tecnológico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey.
    BBA from International Business
    Ecole Superieure Du Commerce
    Bachelor Honours in Science of Management from Business Administration
    Maria FrancoCustomer Service Associate