Seasoned Personal Assistant with 8 Years at Edcon Group proficient in Microso Office, Pastel & Advanced Administrave Funcons Eager to Bring Top-Tier Organizaonal, Analycal & Team Collaboraon Skills to Your Dynamic Team
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Personal Assistant
Edcon Group
01.2015 - 11.2020
Manage execuves diary by seng up meengs, checking conflicng meeng and communicang with all stakeholders
Plan for meengs by booking parking, meeng rooms via on board company system and share informaon with stakeholders in a mely manner
Prepare for meengs by seng up meeng rooms, ordering refreshments, preparing and distribung agendas to best facilitate a smooth meeng
Take meeng minutes or record meengs as needed, type minutes and distribute to the execuve and ulmately distribuon list within appropriate me frame
Assist the execuve with administrave funcons such as document preparaon, seng up presentaons, creang or maintaining worksheets and other related administrave funcons
Manage communicaon by answering and screening telephone calls and emails, making calls, manage voicemails and emails to support the execuve and division as far as possible
Make all travel arrangements, visas, hotel bookings, car rentals and foreign exchange arrangements when the execuve is traveling, staying within a pre prescribed budget while upholding company brand
Research travel desnaons by buying books and maps and conducng desktop research to prepare the execuve as best possible for any trips undertaken
Plan events (such as lunches for commitee members), send invites and follow up, make all necessary arrangements such as catering and set up, within a predetermined budget
Dra and send communicaons regarding events to ensure knowledge
Act as host at funcons by welcoming guests and assist the execuve to uphold the company brand
Communicate with internal events managers to set up and conduct events or source external event coordinators if necessary
Plan, arrange and coordinate gis, packs and events in line with business iniaves and budgets
Compare cost for all funcons and events by conducng a plan of itemized costs, get approval to stay within budget ensuring deliverables meet with company's cost efficiency
Use iniave to make decisions by analyzing the situaon and taking appropriate acon to minimize the impact on the execuves me and escalate to the execuve only when all avenues have been examined and appropriate to do so
Take responsibility for departmental accounts by following the client's accounng process from receiving a request for goods to, receiving invoice to loading invoices into accounng system for payment
Respond to requests of a personal nature such as lunches from execuve by execung requests to assist the execuve
Offer office support to the division by networking and liaising with facilies management ensuring a mely turn-around me
Treat staff welfare issues of the division sensively and with empathy and follow an appropriate course of acon such as ordering flowers
Consistently deal with all correspondence and communicaon with confidenality and in line with the company and execuves values maintaining integrity of execuve
Personal Assistant
Accenture Group
02.2012 - 01.2015
Provide administrave support by delivering service according to policies, procedures and melines, and controlling cost according to budgets
Improve client service by providing feedback and follow up on administrave issues (e.g
Travel requests, staonery orders, client informaon for events, reports, etc.)
Meet client needs through regular interacons to establish needs and follow through on instrucons/dues/tasks given
Parcipate in team meengs by sharing informaon / taking minutes and taking on ad hoc dues as required
Build and maintain relaonships with vendors and suppliers through formal and informal interacons and sharing of informaon
Monitor acvies by priorizing acvies, reviewing delivery against acon plans and targets and taking correcve acon to meet departmental targets
Plan ulizaon of resources by balancing available resources against required outputs
Deliver administrave services by adhering to policies and procedures
Migate risk by idenfying deviaons from plans and escalang according to policies and procedures
Resolve challenges in administraon by taking acon to prevent and / or eliminate such challenges
Keep abreast of legislaon and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsleers, websites and aending sessions
Understand and embrace the vision and demonstrate the values through interacon with team and stakeholders
Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of experse by idenfying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers
Ensure personal growth and enable effecveness in performance of roles and responsibilies by ensuring all learning acvies are completed, experience pracced and cerficaons obtained and/or maintained within specified me frames
Ensure informaon is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing knowledge with the team
Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformaon goals by parcipang in company building iniaves (e.g
Staff surveys etc.)
Parcipate and support corporate social responsibility iniaves for the achievement of key business Idenfy and recommend opportunies to enhance processes
Admin Clerk
South African Federation for Mental Health
01.2011 - 12.2012
Parcipate in team meengs Dra and send communicaons regarding events to ensure knowledge
Act as host at funcons by welcoming guests and assist the execuve to uphold the company brand
Communicate with internal events managers to set up and conduct events or source external event coordinators if necessary
Provide administrave support by delivering service according to policies, procedures and melines, and controlling cost according to budgets
Improve client service by providing feedback and follow up on administrave issues (e.g
Travel requests, staonery orders, client informaon for events, reports, etc.)
Meet client needs through regular interacons to establish needs and follow through on instrucons/dues/tasks by sharing informaon / taking minutes and taking on ad hoc dues as required
Education
Higher Certificate - Business Management
IQ Academy Business Management College
Certificate In Secretarial Studies And Office Admi -
Alison
Johannesburg
High school diploma - undefined
FUNDULWAZI HIGH SCHOOL
Johannesburg
Diploma - Business Administration
ALISON COLLEGE
Johannesburg
Skills
MICROSOFT OFFICE (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT)
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 02/20/89
Nationality: South African
Drivinglicense - Category
Code 8
References
Sohbat Jamuldien, Edcon Group, 076 105 9227
Aviwe Mojwena, Accenture Group, 076 337 1019
Joe Magabane, SAFMH, 072 8985 354
Timeline
Personal Assistant
Edcon Group
01.2015 - 11.2020
Personal Assistant
Accenture Group
02.2012 - 01.2015
Admin Clerk
South African Federation for Mental Health
01.2011 - 12.2012
High school diploma - undefined
FUNDULWAZI HIGH SCHOOL
Higher Certificate - Business Management
IQ Academy Business Management College
Certificate In Secretarial Studies And Office Admi -