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Arlene Vaz, Invigilator

Arlene Vaz

Invigilator·British Council

Kuwait

Bachelor's degree, Business

Work experience

Total years of experience: 8 years, 2 months

Invigilator

May 2016 - September 2016

British Council

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

May 2016 - September 2016

-To make sure candidates are directed to their proper classes, etc.
-To make sure there is no malpractice during the exam.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Other

Admin

January 2016 - September 2016

KUFPEC

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2016 - September 2016

Using a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, etc., to produce correspondence and documents and to maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases.
• Booking rooms and conference facilities;
• Liaising with staff in other departments and with external contacts;
• Ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment;
• Sorting and distributing incoming post and organizing and sending outgoing post;
• Arranging travel and accommodation for staff or customers and other external
contacts;
• Organizing and storing paperwork, documents and computer-based information;
• Photocopying and printing various documents.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Administration

SHIPPING CO ORDINATOR

April 2013 - October 2015

MH ALSHAYA CO WLL

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

April 2013 - October 2015

Liaison with the merchandisers, buyers, suppliers, etc for ready goods.
• Attend various customer queries through email and phone.
• Coordination with port of loading for inbound bookings and updates.
• Coordination with DHL Express and DGF for inbound bookings and updates.
• Submission of daily reports.
• Day to day co‐ordination/correspondence with customers and other general office routine
• Ensuring workflow efficiencies.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Sales Coordinator / Customer Service

November 2011 - October 2012

Alghanim Barwil Shipping co.

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

November 2011 - October 2012

-Liaison with the operations, documentation and sales team.
-Provide support to sales team on freight rates and updates.
-Attend customer queries pertaining to origin booking status, ETA, ETD through port of loading.
-Coordination with port of loading for inbound bookings and updates.
-Sending rate requests to Liner principles, submission of quotes / booking no. to clients.
-Quotation filing on a monthly basis, maintaining the quotation registers for imports / exports.
-Updating customer database, sales reports and statistics on a weekly / monthly basis. Submission of reports to concerned regional offices.
-Request the trade for discounts on line demurrage.
-Provide assistance for equipment control and export documentation.

Company industry:
Shipping
Job role:
Sales

Customer Service Executive

July 2008 - June 2011

Maersk Shipping Company / Safmarine Container Lines

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2008 - June 2011

-Deliver on service commitments: ability to deliver cargo on time and in full, issue timely and accurate documents and invoices, handling customer inquiries efficiently, follow-up of containers shut-out in load ports and hub ports
-Reserve Container numbers for Dangerous/Reefer Cargo
-Monitor data quality measurements and address issues when required
-Closely cooperate with management in order to provide an excellent service to the customers
-Actively participate in Service Delivery Meetings, conference calls and WebEx
-Responsible for all Safmarine Service Delivery issues and identifying areas of improvement, assisting customers with the registration on Web, solving their queries related to Safmarine website
-Oversee Dangerous, Out of Gauge, Dry and Reefer Bookings
-Printing of the Original Bill of Lading for Export Customers
-Manage the Export/Import mail Queue on daily basis
-Co-ordinate with Over-Seas offices for export queries, rates, etc
-Quote customer rates based on Tariff and filing of rates to Europe, Africa based on local guide lines
-Co-ordinate with our ISS agents in Iraq, for Iraq import Bookings
-Printing/Amending/Attesting of all Customs/Port related documents
-Submission of all documents to Customs/Port authorities on timely basis
-Ensure no fines/penalty incurred on submitted documents
-Day to Day handling Customers at the counter
-Maintain and improve current performance
-Contribute to process improvement to benefit customer and company
-Ensuring the timely payment towards invoices by the customer
-Managing the unapplied cash, credit and reconciliation of customer accounts, disputes concerning open invoices, payment misapplication, etc
-Co-ordinate/Correspond with all overseas offices in relation to procedures, custom related issues and assisting on customer related queries
-Identify and recommend for process improvements
-Ensure work-flow efficiencies, customer service excellence and quality assurance

Company industry:
Call Centers & Customer Care Outsourcing
Job role:
Customer Service and Call Center

Administrative Assistant

October 2006 - March 2007

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC)

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

October 2006 - March 2007

-Create and maintain internal and external correspondence file
-Prepare faxes, letters and other courier material
-Typing of reports and documents, including word-processing, spreadsheets and
presentation materials
-Maintenance, ordering and distribution of stationery supplies
-Liaison with other KUFPEC departments (e.g. HR, Finance, etc.)
-Storage and maintenance of technical software product.
-Covering for other secretarial staff during their absence

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Administration

Administrative Assistant

June 2006 - September 2006

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

June 2006 - September 2006

-Handling Visa and residence formalities for all candidates hired from Overseas -Ensure clients received the travel expenses on time
-Co-ordinate with the clients to make the necessary arrangements for their stay
while in Kuwait
-Create and maintain internal and external correspondence files
-Prepare faxes, letters and typing general office routine work.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Education

Heriot Watt University

June 2006

June 2006

Bachelor's degree, Business

Kuwait

Skills

Administration
Expert
Administration
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Web Handling
Expert
Web Handling
Expert
Service Delivery
Expert
Service Delivery
Expert
Customer Experience Improvement
Expert
Customer Experience Improvement
Expert
Customer Experience Improvement
Expert
Customer Experience Improvement
Expert
Service Delivery
Expert
Service Delivery
Expert
Web Handling
Expert
Web Handling
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Administration
Expert
Administration
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • reading, writing, music, documentation filing, sports, traveling