Thando Mhlana, Future Cruise Consultant

Thando Mhlana

Future Cruise Consultant

MSC Cruises

البلد
جنوب أفريقيا
التعليم
بكالوريوس, Public Management
الخبرات
13 years, 9 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :13 years, 9 أشهر

Future Cruise Consultant في MSC Cruises
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ سبتمبر 2016

* Promoting and selling future cruises to Guests on board.
* Managing all MSC Voyagers Club (loyalty programme) queries and promoting the programme to unsubscribed Guests.
* Liaising with all Heads of Departments to ensure that MSC Voyagers Club Guests' needs are met and exceeded.
* Marketing the Cruise Consultant desk on board - using flyers, information boards, presentations and TV.
* Using Fidelio Cruise and other online booking software.

Customer Experience Analyst في Experience Worx
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • مارس 2013 إلى ديسمبر 2015

* Analysing reports for our Mystery Customer/Guest Programme
* Training new Mystery Customers/Guests that join the programme
* Manning client helpdesk - Disputes resolution & queries
* Executive Assistant to CEO on consultations with clients
* Customer Experience Blueprinting - Research & development
* Training material development and presentation
* Field research - At times managing small teams of researchers
* Features Editor of company newsletter

Reason for leaving: Considering my age and career ambitions, I felt that it was time to follow my dreams and chase after my passion - learning and development, in preparation for a career as a Life Coach.

Transcriber في Top Billing TV show
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • يناير 2013 إلى يونيو 2014

* Transcribing Top Billing television show episodes as seen on SABC 3 channel

Reason for leaving: Working with glamorous television people was wonderful, but this was a freelance position, so there was no basic compensation. A few months after I started the job, I was offered full time employment which required a lot of my time, and I could not dedicate myself fully to both positions.

Junior Process Assistant في Sanlam Personal Finance
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 2010 إلى ديسمبر 2011

* Servicing client portfolios - Handling queries, disputes & policy alterations
* Member of “Diamond Team” - Elite service staff that offers administrative support to Sanlam’s Top 100 brokers

Reason for leaving: Calculating retirement annuities and stock-shares was not my talent. I enjoy talking to people and being out in the world. A desk job in a blue chip financial company did not agree with my personality.

Waiter (Part-time) في Mojito Cafe
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • يونيو 2010 إلى أكتوبر 2010

* Waiting on the restaurant's patrons

Reason for leaving: I was offered the position at the beginning of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, and I enjoyed this job more than any other work I had done before. This was a part-time position, however, so I was only paid in gratuity that I received from my customers - no basic salary. I could not develop a functional adult life with this position, so when I was offered a position at a blue chip financial company, I chose to explore that avenue instead.

Sales Consultant (Call Centre) في Planet Fitness Gymnasium
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 2009 إلى ديسمبر 2009

* Cold calling clients to sell gym memberships - mostly in Afrikaans

Reason for leaving: The job was very stressful and it showed no real career growth.

Personal Assistant (Temporary Contract) في FinWell Financial Services
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • يونيو 2008 إلى ديسمبر 2008

* Assistant to Managing Director - Managing diary and taking minutes
* Front Desk duties - Written (Microsoft Word & Outlook) and telephonic
* Logistics - making appointments and travel arrangements
* Running errands

Reason for leaving: This was a temporary contract. I was filling in for a lady that was on maternity leave.

Data Capturer (Temporary Contract) في University of Cape Town, Schools Development Unit
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • نوفمبر 2007 إلى ديسمبر 2007

* Marking primary school papers in mathematics and English
* Capturing scores for public record filing - Online system

Reason for leaving: This was a short-term position available for the duration of the project. Once the exam papers were marked and uploaded on the national database, the work was finished.

Office Assistant (Internship) في GQ Magazine
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أبريل 2007 إلى يوليو 2007

* Assistant to Pictures Editor, Features Editor, and Fashion Assistant
* Front Desk duties
* Research - Sourcing articles & images to be featured in magazine
* Copywriting and desktop publishing - Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
* Logistics - Arrangements for photo shoots and interviews
* Managing archives - Hardcopy and electronic - for GQ, Glamour, House & Garden magazines
* Running errands

Reason for leaving: I spent a lot of time out of the office, meeting new people and doing new things, and I enjoyed the work very much. My internship period ended and I had to return to school to complete my National Diploma.

Data Capturer (Temporary Contract) في University of Cape Town, Schools Development Unit
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • نوفمبر 2006 إلى ديسمبر 2006

* Marking primary school papers in mathematics and English
* Capturing scores for public record filing - Online system

Reason for leaving: This was a short-term position available for the duration of the project. Once the exam papers were marked and uploaded on the national database, the work was finished.

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, Public Management
  • في Cape Peninsula University of Technology
  • ديسمبر 2008

The aim of the course is to equip students with a normative and philosophical base for research and public sector vocation, to prepare them to assume management positions.

دبلوم, Public Management
  • في Cape Peninsula University of Technology
  • ديسمبر 2007

The course provides graduates with managerial and development skills for the public service, at local, provincial and national levels of government.

الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, High School
  • في Adelaide Gymnasium Technical Academic High School
  • ديسمبر 2004

* Exodus Leader – The school’s youth Christian group * Member of debate team * Member of swimming and cross-country teams * Member of Land Service – The school’s environmental conservation group

Specialties & Skills

Copywriting
Customer Experience Improvement
Customer Loyalty
Training
Mystery Shopping
Training Material Development
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Adobe InDesign
Telephone Etiquette
Presentation
Transcribing
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Outlook
Customer Experience Blueprinting
Consulting
Editing
Administrative Support
Proofreading
Scriptwriting
Business/Report Writing
Customer Relations
Fidelio

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
الأفركانية
متمرّس
الاسبانية
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