DONNABEL CANTILA-JIM, Recruitment Consultant

DONNABEL CANTILA-JIM

Recruitment Consultant

Iris Executives

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication
Experience
11 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months

Recruitment Consultant at Iris Executives
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2015 to April 2015

 Identify business opportunities on the market by prospecting and cold-calling prospective clients.
 Networking with existing candidates to reach out to required talents on the market.
 Approach clients with a unique profile to identify job opportunities within the organization.
 Advise and prepare shortlisted candidates for their interviews with prospective clients.
 Manage relationships with existing clients by understanding and delivering on their vacancies in order to identify the best shortlist possible.
 Arrange meetings with prospective clients to present recruitment solutions and ensure that an agreement is signed.
 Update clients on the market trends, provide extensive interview notes on each short listed candidate.
 Conduct headhunting exercises through social media and job portals.
 Interview and shortlist ideal candidates.

Business Account Officer at TSYS International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2010 to August 2014

 Responsible for managing the client life-cycle, starting with client on-boarding to client servicing, ending with the renewal of the subscription.
 Handle accounts of TSYS’s tier-1 clients based out in UAE and Africa.
 Establish and maintain good relationship between company and existing clients.
 Build customer loyalty to ensure that client awards new business opportunity.
 Manage contracts with existing client base for software license agreement and variation orders.
 Formulate account management plan keeping in mind client’s need/demands in order to enhance overall clientele experience.
 Generate new business from existing clients, thereby achieving business targets.
 Manage complete sale cycle by analyzing clients’ business requirements, evaluating scope, designing sales proposals and validating variation orders as per company policies.
 Coordinate with delivery teams to ensure projects/assignments are completed as per schedule in order to achieve business volumes.
 Coordinate with relevant stakeholders in acquiring required costs, allocating resources and drafting of proposal for various projects.
 Provide business consultancy support to Project Managers and support segments to ensure the project delivery as per client expectations.
 Work with Accounts in triggering billing and tracking of outstanding payments.
 Maintain and updating project status, necessary escalations, resolving issues and ensuring projects are completed within allocated budget and time
 Prepare ad hoc and monthly reports such as sales pipeline, contracts status and service desk issues in spreadsheet format with graphical analysis.
 Maintain client database and manage client entries into the system on a regular basis.
 Assist Regional Marketing Manager in organizing and attending events such as conferences, seminars, receptions and exhibitions.

Associate Investment Consultant at BMG Group GmbH & Co. KG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to May 2010

 Liaising directly with the investors; provide sales presentations in absence of the Investment Consultant.
 Responsible for all customer-related concerns, classifying customers’ analyzed data and solving complaints whether via e-mail, over the telephone or through personal interaction.
 Prepare relevant reports and comparative analysis on certain topics, independently managing corporate correspondences.
 Handling of after-sales service for all our investors such as giving updates on the construction progress, payment processing and coordinating site visits.
 Maintain the entire clients’ database, payment follow-ups and secure all original contracts.

Sales Executive at Belhasa Projects LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2006 to February 2008

 Initiate and develop relationships with key decision makers in target organizations for business development.
 Identify new business opportunities by effectively communicating product lines to key multinational clients.
 Handle enquiries from different Consultants / Contractors / Clients, study their needs to come up with requisite quotations; attending meetings to discuss and close out the deal.
 Liaising directly with Clients for sales presentation and carry out continuous follow-up on the given quotation.
 Sending out correspondences, quotations and contract agreements.
 Coordination with various in-house departments i.e. Estimations, Designs and Project Management teams.

Customer Service Executive at VXI Global Solutions, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • February 2002 to January 2005

 Responsible in providing excellent customer service at all times.
 Act as a mentor in assisting a group of agents in their product offering.
 Attend to the customer’s concerns and queries, handling and resolving customer’s complaints.
 Tasked to meet every customer’s needs and responsible to turn every call into a sale.
 Assigned for both inbound and outbound calls.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication
  • at Far Eastern University
  • April 2001

Consistent University Scholar based on Academics Performance(1997- 2001) Top 10 Mass Communication Most Outstanding Students Awarded as Best Communicator in Speech Class Recognized as Top Student in Acting / Theatre Class University Year Book Associate Editor University Newspaper Writer Professional Civil Service Eligibility Exam Passer in 2002 (under Philippine Civil Service Commission)

Specialties & Skills

Drawing
MS Office tools
Account Management
Writing Newsletters
Public Speaking
Writing Feature and Literary pieces
Microsoft Office software & the Internet
Freehand drawing and painting
MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Paint
Souvenir Program/Newspaper/Magazine design and layout
Public Speaking & Speech Writing

Languages

English
Expert
Tagalog
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Memberships

Filipino Digerati Association (Dubai,UAE)
  • Volunteer/ Trainer
  • May 2008
Filipino Digerati Association (Dubai, UAE)
  • Chairperson for Online Editorial (Year 2010)
  • May 2008
Filipino Digerati Association (Dubai, UAE)
  • Chairperson for Program (2009)
  • May 2008
Toastmasters International
  • Charter Member, Club VP- PR, Area Asst Governor for Marketing
  • March 2011

Training and Certifications

MS Excel & MS Powerpoint certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008
Valid Until:
August 2008
Competent Leader certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
October 2012
Business Opportunity Presentation certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2006
Valid Until:
February 2006
Train the Trainer certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
January 2010
Customer Service Excellence certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2013
Valid Until:
June 2013

Hobbies

  • Attending TM Business Meeting, Coaching Members of the TM Club, Organizing Events
    Toastmasters International 2014 ANNUAL CONVENTION (Evaluation Contest) Division Contest Finalist (UAE) | Area Contest Champion (UAE) Interclub Debate Finalist - Division Contest (UAE) 2013 ANNUAL CONVENTION (Evaluation Contest) District Contest Finalist (GCC) | Division Contest Champion (UAE) 2008 to 2010 - Computer Club Volunteer Trainer | MS Excel & MS Powerpoint (2nd Honors)