Professional Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
Volunteering

Stevie-Marie Higham

Hi-Q Components
Northcote Point,AUK
14
years of professional experience

Hard working business professional, currently working at a leading component supplier to many manufacturer’s and industries throughout New Zealand and the rest of the world. Wishing to bring my knowledge and skills to the aviation industry.

Work History

Sales Manager

6 Years 9 Months
Hi-Q Components | 01.2020 - Current
  • Emails - Managing the sales email, allocating jobs, handling orders and enquiries - Up to 200 emails a day.
  • Phone - Answering the phone and dealing with enquiries (resolving and finding the best solution to the customers application/prototype), orders, issues and general - Up to 30+ phone calls a day
  • Counter - Dealing with customers face to face at the trade counter where required.
  • Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution, and client satisfaction.
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with not only key customers but new customers and cash sale customers.
  • Tracking sales team performance and providing feedback for improvement.
  • Monitoring the daily/weekly, monthly and annual sales reports
  • Purchasing - Calculating pricing - LC, FOB and sell price, working out lead times on products and keeping customers up to date about delivery dates.
  • Marketing - Weekly newsletter/campaigns.
  • Website work - Updating the website, adding new products, catalogue pages and general maintenance.
  • Warehouse - Working in dispatch when staff members are away
  • Accounts - Assisting with account related jobs where required
  • General knowledge on everyone's roles and duties

Dance Teacher

6 Years 8 Months
Ucan2 Dance Studio | 01.2015 - 09.2021
  • Classes - Running group classes, kids and adults, travelling to schools, group classes including up to 40+ people
  • Private lessons - One on one lessons with beginners up to competitive couples,
  • Wedding Lessons -choreographing their wedding dance
  • Administration - General duties including booking lessons, taking payments, enquires
  • Cleaning - Ensuring the studio is kept clean

Marketing/General Assistant

4 Years 11 Months
Hi-Q Components | 01.2015 - 12.2019
  • Updating the catalogues on Indesign/Photoshop
  • Making amendments ad updating the website
  • Creating weekly newsletters
  • Answering the phone where required
  • Working in dispatch where required
  • Processing inwards goods where required

Personal Trainer

8 Months
Snap Fitness | 03.2017 - 11.2017
  • Group classes - Running group classes, creating specific training for the different classes including boxing, spin, cardio, weight
  • One-on-one - Designing specialised programs for each client to reach their goals
  • Monitoring there improvement with testing's
  • Assisting with their emotional health
  • General gym duties - Greeting members, cleaning

Childcare

8 Months
Jeannie Stewart | 03.2014 - 11.2014
  • Waking both kids up from school
  • Drop off to the bus
  • Collecting them from the bus
  • Dropping them off the after school activities
  • Any other running around that needs doing
  • Preparing meals for dinner
  • Baking
  • Making beds/changing sheets
  • Washing
  • General cleaning duties
  • Being there for the kids

Holiday Programme Leader

3 Months
Customs New Zealand | 07.2014 - 10.2014

Employed for a week during the school holidays to be a caregiver for 25 children

  • Making sure each child is marked off a list when arrive and making sure they are picked up by the listed parent or caregiver
  • Make sure each child is wearing a name tag
  • Play with the children
  • Taking the children on busses to activities, including swimming, mini golf, movies, tenpin bowling
  • Head counting every so often
  • Making sure each child eats at the meal breaks

Childcare - Nanny

1 Year 1 Month
Shayne Wong Woo | 02.2013 - 03.2014
  • Dropping off and collecting both kids from school
  • Helping with homework
  • Waking the kids up
  • Making breakfast
  • Making afternoon tea
  • General before and after school care
  • Having fun with the children

Assistant Manager

11 Months
Portmans | 03.2013 - 02.2014

Started off part time as a 3IC, then got offered a full time assistant manager role.

  • Banking
  • Rubbish
  • Closing and opening the store
  • Refund Reports
  • Step into the managers role when shes away
  • Reporting to the regional manager on sales
  • End of day email and paperwork on daily figures
  • Breif change - Window change, mannequin outfit change, decal
  • Training - Helping train new staff members

Achievements - Best performance in sales part time New Zealand

Education

Applied Diploma in Personal Training

New Zealand Institute of Heath And Fitness | Albany | 2017

Certificate - Human Resources - Level 7

New Zealand Institute of Management | Auckland | 2015

Certificate - Introduction To Early Childhood

Auckland University of Technology | Auckland, NZ | 2014

Certificate - Environment And Sustainability

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand | Lower Hutt, NZ | 2013

High School Diploma

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand | Lower Hutt, NZ | 2012

Skills

Team Working skills
Communication
Hard working
Calm under pressure
Active listening
Problem-solving
Time management
Compassionate

Accomplishments

  • PPL - Currently training
  • Hyrox NZ 2026
  • Auckland Half Marathon 2024
  • NZIFBB - All natural champs 2019
  • WDSF Superstars Championship - Singapore 2018
  • Caorle (Italy) dance training camp - 2016
  • Dance training in Italy (3 months) - 2016
  • Fundraised for Mental Health in 2015 by putting on a aerial/dance show
  • Dance training in America - 2013
  • Caorle (Italy) Dancing training camp - 2012
  • German open championship
  • Multiple New Zeland dancing national titles
  • Grade 7 flute
  • Caorle dance training camp - 2010

Timeline

Sales Manager

Hi-Q Components
01.2020 - CurrentRead More

Personal Trainer

Snap Fitness
03.2017 - 11.2017Read More

Dance Teacher

Ucan2 Dance Studio
01.2015 - 09.2021Read More

Marketing/General Assistant

Hi-Q Components
01.2015 - 12.2019Read More

Holiday Programme Leader

Customs New Zealand
07.2014 - 10.2014Read More

Childcare

Jeannie Stewart
03.2014 - 11.2014Read More

Assistant Manager

Portmans
03.2013 - 02.2014Read More

Childcare - Nanny

Shayne Wong Woo
02.2013 - 03.2014Read More

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

High School Diploma
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Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

Certificate from Environment And Sustainability
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Auckland University of Technology

Certificate from Introduction To Early Childhood
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New Zealand Institute of Management

Certificate from Human Resources - Level 7
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New Zealand Institute of Heath And Fitness

Applied Diploma in Personal Training
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Volunteering

  • Volunteer for IHC NZ "friendship programme". 2012-2020.
  • Starship hospital - Made and delivered 36 gift bags for the kids at starship hospital - 2020
Stevie-Marie Higham