Curriculum Vitae
Anna Marie Lozano
Personal Statement
Honest, ambitious and hardworking. With 52 years in the working environment I am able to meet the necessary requirements to ensure work is delivered on time and without comeback. While I am too young to retire but too old to be employed, I am still convinced that I am able to be of service to society within the scope of business.
Personal Information
Name and Surname:
Anna Marie Lozano
Address:
30 Mykonos
Blakeney Ave
Mulbarton
2059
Tel:
Email address:
***********.******@*****.***
Nationality:
British (Permanent Resident in RSA)
Date of Birth:
11.10.1947
Gender:
Female
License:
I have a valid license with my own car.
Language Proficiency: English, German, Afrikaans and bit of Spanish
WORK EXPERIENCE
THE ETON GROUP (PTY) LTD - PA / ADMIN ASSISTANT - October 2011 to June 2017
Responsibilities:
Assisting Director with general office duties including correspondence, email responses, etc
Attending to phone calls and appointments
Compiling and collating tender documents
Ensuring tender documents are delivered timeously to reach destination by closing date
Preparation of meeting documents, typing of minutes etc.
Registration of company on various Governmental databases
EXECUTIVE PA IN VARIOUS JOBS – ESKOM - Date : Feb 1977 – Sept 2011
During my 35 years at Eskom I worked myself up from being a typist in the typing pool of Eskom’s Education Department to an Executive Secretary, working for the Chief Officer, Supply Chain Management.
While in the typing pool we were tasked to type training manuals to general office correspondence.
As I moved along in Eskom, I worked for various departments, typing project reports, minutes of meetings, general correspondence, etc. This also allowed me to get to know Eskom well and gave me a good background on how Eskom operated.
During the above period I took the early retirement at Eskom after 16 years and then came back to work as a contractor for 19 years.
EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL 1993 – 1998
As a temporary worker I also had the pleasure to do training of many underprivileged, young and aspiring black ladies who wanted to become private secretaries. I had the opportunity to set up a training school at Executive Personnel and trained the recruits on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and my daughter did the Excel. Their ability to enter into a work situation was so much better as they were proficient in using the tools given to them. In one year I placed 54 star pupils who all got placed with great success.
The training was 10 days, included the packages and also the typing speeds that were required by various companies to between 55 and 60 words a minute. I ensured that they were all able to obtain this typing speed before going on to be placed.
My final job as Executive Secretary to the Supply Chain Management – Chief Officer included:
Responsibilities:
Understanding the company and delivering on their vision.
Comprehensive emailing and scheduling of diary appointments
Booking venues/catering for meetings, breakaways, company functions
Typing of reports, minutes of meeting, general correspondence (electronically and otherwise)
Managing customer payments. Controlling the payments and cheque requisitions (investigating reasons for double payments)
Follow up calls to clients/suppliers to evaluate our service
Skills Acquired:
Working under pressure.
Quick problem solving.
Proficiency on payments system (Manual).
Building relationships with external suppliers.
Managing deadlines.
AFRICAN EAGLE LIFE – Date: Oct 1970 – Feb 1976
Worked at African Eagle Life in Namibia and transferred to Johannesburg in 1974.
Duties included:
Client Services
Taking in cash for premiums and banking on daily basis
Calculating premiums for new insurance policies
Typing of correspondence letters to clients, etc.
Left African Eagle Life to have a baby.
1966 – 1970 I worked for West Bank, doing pretty much the same as the above. Except that I had the switchboard as a separate function. I also worked for a wholesaler, taking orders for goods purchased and had to prepare the sales invoices and payment advices.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Date: Obtained Matric in 1965
NDA Secretarial Certification (Underwritten by Dept. of Labour)
Various other short courses such as Letter Writing and Finance for non-financial staff.
Sports: Hockey
Soccer