Zakaria Alkhalifa, customer service representative

Zakaria Alkhalifa

customer service representative

Abudhabi chamber of commerce

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, college of buisiness studies --banking and export
Experience
25 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 3 Months

customer service representative at Abudhabi chamber of commerce
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2000 to November 2017

 Spearheaded complete customer service including regular meetings with clients, client need assessment, provided information in chamber services, addressed customers queries and complaints.
 Successfully daily customer service related tasks with adherence to set SLA involving issuance of the membership certificate along with renewal, editing and cancellation of the same.
 Issued certificate of origin, attested various commercial documents and issued letters as per customer’s request.
 Responsible for fee collection for various chamber related services and ensuring timely deposit of the same in the bank.
 Handled daily cash related transactions along with control over petty cash.
 Ensured that the Chamber’s customer database is properly entered and kept in a way that whenever any information is needed in the future, it can be easily accessed
 Assured customer care service standard of the company is strictly adhered to by every customer service personnel
 Responded to inquiries and queries from customers and provide a thorough and speedy resolve.
 Handled complicated and unresolved issues from less experienced personnel
 Delivered appropriate and relevant information, and when not in the position to, refers customer(s) to appropriate department. Developed strategies and plans for customer support.
 Participated in implementation or improvement of initiatives associated with customer service
 Established standards for best customer support practices
 Offered advice on the incorporation of technology in current and planned customer support strategies of the organization
 Investigated and responded to every inquiry and complaints from customer regarding Chamber provided services.
 Ensured satisfaction of customer needs to the best possible way.
 Championed the customer service department entailing assessing and managing the customer service team to continually improve processes and outcomes.
 Managed all customer service processes becoming more proactive and engaging customers in better manner.
 Interfaced with the Senior Management for execution of various process improvement initiatives & to optimize resource utilization for improving operational efficiency.
 Generated & presented various status reports for senior management & other stakeholders for effective decision making.
 Functioned with various support teams to identify and resolve critical or escalated issues with the potential business impact reported by customers for enhancing overall customer satisfaction levels.
Achievements

• Participate in horizontal expansion process by following up the establishment of new branches.
• Participate in the process of strategic development through co-operation with different teams and carrying out the tasks assigned at each stage.
• Participate in the rooting of the quality system through adopting and applying best practices.
• Achieving the project of excellence in customer service, which aims to communicate with all customers in order to explain chamber services, take suggestions and update data.

Accountant at Pioneer electrical contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 1997 to February 1999

a) Preparing of accounts entries and posting to general ledger
b) Control over cash and bank accounts
c) Managed petty cash
d) Preparing of payroll sheets

Banker at Tadamon Bank
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • July 1992 to July 1997

a) check daily transactions for verification and rectification of errors in financial data
b) follow up the bank’s account with central bank and made bank reconciliation statement
c) control over suspend accounts (like debtors, creditors, reserved amounts) and follow up for settlement
d) collect cheques for clearance and made settlement with other other banks

Accountant at Nile Animal Food Factory
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • July 1991 to June 1992

a) Preparing of accounts entries and posting to general ledger
b) Control over cash and bank accounts
c) Managed petty cash
d) controlling of stock and sales

Education

Bachelor's degree, college of buisiness studies --banking and export
  • at sudan university for science and technology
  • February 1991

i study following subjects: accounting business business law monetary economic elements of banking law relating to banking practice of banking export practice export law export marketing finance of international trade investment management statistics economics economic geography English language

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Stock Control
Bookkeeping
Bank Reconciliation
ICDL, internet ,outlook express
hard worker,have ability to plan ,organize and make priorty
course in secrets of personal strength
seminar : how to present an effective suggestions
course in : How to achieve excellency in customer services
course : How to recieve ,answer and finished calls Leve
defining session about ISO
qualifications of ideal communications
workshop in smart objectives

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

dac easy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1999
introduction to computer -operation -windows (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1997
computer hard ware (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2000
EXCEL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1999
OUT LOOK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2001
ICDL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2008
strength secrets (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2001
customer service (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2003
customer service (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2008
praise (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
praise (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 1997
praise (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1992
certificate of good conduct (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 1998
courses (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
bank training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1989
account experience (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1992
Bank experience (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 1997
university degree equivalence (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2000
bachelor of commerce (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 1991
bachelor of commerce (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 1991
bachelor of commerce (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 1991

Hobbies

  • Walking
    am very interested in walking
  • Reading
    am interesting in reading in all aspects ,but mainly historical scientific and poems books