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Joy Mcdermott

Paraparaumu,WGN

Summary

Dynamic professional with a proven track record in customer service and time management, honed across roles at Hola Mexican Cantina and New Zealand Police. Excelled in staff training and development, and adept at leveraging attention to detail for operational excellence. Achieved significant improvements in customer satisfaction and operational efficiency through effective relationship building and utilization of digital communication tools.

Experienced with operational management, staff supervision, and customer service excellence. Utilizes strong interpersonal skills and strategic thinking to ensure smooth daily operations. Track record of effective problem-solving and maintaining high standards in dynamic settings.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Duty Manager

Hola Mexican Cantina
07.2024 - Current
  • Responded to customer concerns by providing friendly, knowledgeable support, and maintaining composure and professionalism.


  • Mentored and supported junior staff members to apply best practices and follow procedures.
  • Maintained professional demeanour by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
  • Adapted management styles to suit varying personnel and evolving customer demands.

Duty Manager

Repco Kapiti
07.2024 - Current


  • Ensured sufficient inventory by sourcing parts from various platforms.
  • Trained new employees on product knowledge, company policies, and effective sales techniques.
  • Organized storage areas with products from new deliveries.
  • Responded to questions and facilitated order placements both in-store and over the phone.
  • Carried out frequent audits to maintain up-to-date inventory records.
  • Ensuring that health and safety are at the forefront for all staff
  • key holder
  • Cash handling and reconciling and banking duties
  • Delivered Fast accurate results for hard to locate parts under time constraints

Operations Assistant

New Zealand Couriers
05.2019 - 08.2019

Organized depot for several daily freight deliveries.


Execute numerous full scans daily to discover missing shipments.


Received and responded to enquires from all wlg depots and customers on fright and shipment query's under strict time constraints


communicated with multi owner operated drivers at the same time to coordinate a seamless service for us customers and team members


Provided face-to-face customer service at over-the-counter depot drop-off locations.

Digital Communications Assistant

New Zealand Police
11.2018 - 04.2019


  • Utilized specialized software to capture and process data.
  • comunacated with the public in response to their online enquires to confirm details to ensue the report was accurate.
  • worked with other sections to alleviate the pressure and process inactive warrants.




Skills

  • Customer service
  • Customer service focus
  • Time management
  • New employee training
  • Attention to detail
  • Written and oral communication
  • Relationship building
  • Staff training and development

Timeline

Duty Manager

Hola Mexican Cantina
07.2024 - Current

Duty Manager

Repco Kapiti
07.2024 - Current

Operations Assistant

New Zealand Couriers
05.2019 - 08.2019

Digital Communications Assistant

New Zealand Police
11.2018 - 04.2019
Joy Mcdermott