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Palesa Plaatjies

Cape Town

Summary

Client services clerk - fixed contract Client services clerk - fixed contract

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4047
4047
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Client services clerk - fixed contract

Samwumed
Cape Town
12.2025 - Current
  • Maintain detailed records of customer interactions and transactions
  • Accurately update member/provider information on Nexus or relevant
  • Indexing of new or outstanding documents
  • Provide expert medical advice to clients regarding their health insurance queries and claims.
  • Conduct thorough analysis of medical information to support claims processing and decision-making.
  • Identify and escalate complex medical cases to the appropriate department for further review.
  • Collaborate with healthcare providers to resolve client issues and improve service delivery.
  • Maintain detailed records of customer interactions and transactions to ensure accurate and efficient claim processing.

Customer Service Representative

Capita
Cape Town
08.2024 - 11.2025

•Book engineer visits for customers.

  • Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.

•Offer customer service for home care products and services such as boilers and geysers.

•Advertise products through sales techniques.

•Perform boiler troubleshooting.

•Take payments for home care products.

  • Maintained detailed records of customer interactions, transactions and comments for future reference.

Senior Associate

WNS Global Services
Cape Town
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • Answering customer queries regarding customer utility bills namely gas and electricity
  • Explaining any questions they had regarding their bills being high or low
  • Advising customers about cost saving methods, the summary of their bills
  • Escalating bill errors, fixing, and taking responsibility for any bill's errors
  • Looking out for any vulnerabilities, financial issues, showing empathy and compassion

Telesales Agent

31SOLUTIONS call centre
Cape Town
01.2021 - 10.2021
  • Answer incoming customer calls regarding customer queries about their service provider
  • Assist customers with questions about their bill's statements
  • Advise customers about different deals they can take within this network provider
  • Upselling, escalating issues, taking in payments, and doing outbound sale calls

Education

Public Relatons Diploma -

Regent Business School
Cape Town, Western Cape

General studies -

Alexander Sinton High School
Cape Town, Western Cape

Skills

  • Conflict resolution
  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Team collaboration
  • Scanning and copying
  • Correspondence writing
  • Verbal and writing communication
  • Schedule and calendar management
  • Administrative tasks
  • Telephone etiquette

Good interpersonal skills

Computer literate

Listening effectively

Adaptable

Learning fast

References

  • Mr Arendse, 0651936396
  • Ayanda Skweyiya, 0680483369

Languages

  • Afrikaans
  • Xhosa
  • Tswana
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Xhosa
  • Tswana

Profile

Client services clerk - fixed contract, Samwumed, 12/2025, Present, Cape Town, Western Cape

Languages

Xhosa
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Afrikaans
Elementary
A2
Tswana
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Client services clerk - fixed contract

Samwumed
12.2025 - Current

Customer Service Representative

Capita
08.2024 - 11.2025

Senior Associate

WNS Global Services
05.2022 - 01.2023

Telesales Agent

31SOLUTIONS call centre
01.2021 - 10.2021

Public Relatons Diploma -

Regent Business School

General studies -

Alexander Sinton High School
Palesa Plaatjies