Receptionist Administrator
Fain And Smathers Verterinary Clinic
01.2007 - 06.2012
- Answered incoming calls, directing clients to individuals addressing specific needs.
- Greeted incoming visitors and customers professionally and provided friendly, knowledgeable assistance.
- Kept reception area clean and neat to give visitors positive first impression.
- Handled complaints and questions, and re-directed calls to other team members.
- Answered questions and addressed, resolved, or escalated issues to management personnel to satisfy customers.
- Acted as first point of contact and set appointments for prospective clients.
- Took delivery of packages and documents, applying appropriate internal policies relating to chain of possession.
- Oversaw office equipment maintenance to support continuous and uninterrupted operations.
- Promoted maintenance of professional and courteous customer interactions across reception personnel.
- Scheduled initial and return appointments for [Type] clients, adhering to internal policies while accommodating individual customer needs.
- Utilized [Software] to retrieve and deliver [Type] messages.
- Fulfilled customer requests such as [Type] and [Type].
- Resolved issues through active listening and open-ended questioning, escalating major problems to manager.
- Delegated tasks to administrative support staff to organize and improve office efficiency.
- Provided backup to front desk to step in to assist with various tasks whenever employee was absent or at lunch.
- Oversaw appointment scheduling and itinerary coordination for both clients and personnel.
- Improved office operations by automating client correspondence, record tracking and data communications.
- Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits, and recordkeeping.
- Improved customer satisfaction scores through application of superior conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
- Monitored front areas so that questions could be promptly addressed.
- Managed supervisor itinerary and appointments and streamlined scheduling procedures.
- Hired, managed, developed and trained staff, established and monitored goals, conducted performance reviews and administered salaries for staff.
- Kept high average of performance evaluations.
- Coordinated individual duties after careful evaluation of each employee's skill level and knowledge.
- Implemented project management techniques to overcome obstacles and increase team productivity.
- Interceded between employees during arguments and diffused tense situations.
- Built highly-efficient administrative team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
- Trained team members on new hotel services and products to support promotional efforts.