LATACHA MAY GERHARDT

PROFILE

I am ** years old and very dynamic, trustworthy and hardworking. I am an honest person and always give my best doesn’t matter in what position I am in.

I am always willing to learn new things and would like to be a successful Lawyer/Conveyancer.

I am currently busy with my National Diploma in Paralegal at Damelin.

My address is Windsong 8, 1125 Paul Street, Moreleta Park, Pretoria East, 0181

CONTACT

PHONE:

062-***-****

EMAIL:

adfp3h@r.postjobfree.com

Hobbies

Running

CrossFit

EDUCATION

Hercules High School

1996-2000

Subjects:

Home Economics

Afrikaans

English

Biology

Accounting

Typing (55 words per minute with 98% accuracy)

Tshwane University of Technology

National Diploma: Office Management and Technology

2001-2003

Subjects:

Business Administration

Information Administration and Technology

Communication and Telephone Etiquette

Personnel Management

Legal Practice.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Regius Resourcing Pty Ltd in Faerie Glen

Personal Assistant – Temporary position – Was just standing in for someone that is on maternity leave

15 January 2020 – 30 April 2020

Arranging of domestic and international flights for directors and other personnel.

Arranging accommodation for directors and other personnel.

Typing of company documents and organograms

Attending to general office work, replacing of printer cartridges/toners, filing, typing, scanning etc.

Applying for Visa’s for the director as well as other personnel.

Proofread documents.

Salary was R15 000.00

Deli Spices Midrand

Receptionist / Telesales / Office Assistant / Marketing coordinator

Reason for leaving: I started studying for my Paralegal Diploma and helped my children at school.

14 November 2016 – 28 February 2019

At first I was a telesaler, where I had accounts like most of the Spar’s, Checker’s and Pick n Pay’s. I did cold calling..

After 1 year I was offered to be the receptionist, where I took over the switchboard, and I was responsible for the cash n carry shop where we sell products over the counter like casings, bandsaw blades, spices, coatings etc.

I also became responsible to help customers over the counter as well as enquiries over the phone regarding products, spec sheets of the products, available stock, expiry dates and ordering of certain stock and giving updates to customers when the stock will arrive.

I went into the field to visit 80% of the Checkers in the areas of Pretoria East, Centurion and the West Rand and went into the kitchens where they made the ready to eat/buy meals and the butchery to see what products do they have of Deli Spices, and discuss the new products

Me and one of the sales representatives would often went to the kitchens to give and actually made the food.

We also went to Spar in Brits to make the most of our Boerewors and braaiwors range and cooked it and promote it the whole day to get more sales so we also did some marketing as well. We had give aways and promotions etc. The manager and kitchen staff of the store enjoyed it as much as we did and they invited and welcomed us back every time.

When I was more in the office as a Receptionist, sales lady in the cash n carry shop, office administrator, secretary, I sold a lot of products in my cash n carry shop to all the people that hunt in the hunting season from April – August.

I worked for about 3 sales representatives. I had to phone their customers to get orders, put the order through the system on Syspro, if the product is not available or have expired I had to phone them back to inform them about the situation as well as informing my direct customers.

I was responsible for the marketing material that came from our head office in Cape Town. If new marketing material arrived I had to make sure all the 9 sales representatives had to have the exact marketing material to give to their customers on promotion.

I also was responsible for our server room, if new printers or anything IT (Information Technology) arrived from our Head Office in Cape Town, I had to make sure the server room was available for them to install or to store.

I was responsible for small expo’s that was held at our premises. I had to order food, drinks, snacks, coffee and tea for the management team when they came from Head Office to have an expo at our offices, and I was responsible for the training facilities, if the staff of Spar and Checkers came for training on our products, I had to make the sure the facilities are clean, the trainees had manuals, stationary, snacks and coffee and tea and even lunch, I had to print certificates when they finished their training after 2/3 days.

I processed the tax invoices as well as quotations on Syspro 7.

Processes of sales order for customers to collect at our cash n carry shop.

Managing stock take at our cash n carry shop.

Managing the switch board incoming and outgoing calls and general office administration work, ordering the groceries and stationery for the office on a monthly basis.

Lionheart Chemical Enterprises (Now Brenntag) in Boksburg

Internal Sales / dispatching and warehousing

10 March 2014 – 28 October 2016

Reason for leaving: I relocated to Pretoria.

I was appointed as an Internal Sales lady, where I was at first responsible for the invoicing of our other branches in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban. They send their orders to us at Head Office and I had to process them and make sure the stock goes out to the customers on the correct date, and also made sure what the expiry dates on the products was so that we can send it out on the correct date. The correct delivery dates was very important because otherwise the customer will not have stock and that made a huge difference in processing of the product.

Process tax invoices sales orders, quotations as well as credit notes on Pastel.

Then I was responsible for local customers confinement stock like Albany, Sunbake, Enterprise, Escort, Seemanns, Vaal, Nestle, local butcheries, etc. and also had to make sure that the Sales representative ordered the stock in time for the customer to get the stock in time.

I was responsible for a huge account like Mubex Pty Ltd in Mauritius that used Calcium Sulphate and Calcium Chloride to make Flying Fish Beer.

Also one of the biggest customers was SAB (the made the beer like Castle, etc). I had to check with the Sales Representative to order calcium sulphate and lactic acid to deliver to them in time for production.

I had walked in customers that bought logs and plaster (the type of plaster that was used to make basins and cornices and ceramic products). They wanted a specific grade of plaster for a specific product and also I supplied logs for local butcheries for smoking of their food products.

Liaise with clients regarding products and pricing.

Working together with the sales managers to make sure there is enough stock for customers and to make sure the correct invoices go out.

Check the expiry dates on the products, liaising with the sales representatives and customers regarding availability of the products.

I also had to make sure that the correct invoice and paperwork as well as a Certificate of Analysis (COA) went out together with the correct invoice to the customer for signature and acceptance.

Sotheby’s International Realty Stellenbosch

Personal Assistant to Platinum Estate Agent

Reason for leaving: Relocated to Gauteng

6 February 2013 – 28 February 2014

Listing of properties on Property Control and Property 24.

Diarize daily tasks of the agent.

Responsible for the marketing material, distributing and development.

General office work, ordering of stationary, making appointments with customers to view the houses.

Preparing contracts for customers to sign, did show houses over weekends.

Tempest Car Hire Stellenbosch

Administration Assistant

Reason for leaving: Branch closed down.

21 November 2012 – January 2013

Make bookings of cars for customers.

Deliver and collect cars from customers

Was responsible for the administration of the contracts and the filing.

Qualify customers through company rental requirement guidelines.

Check rental parameters with customers to guarantee understanding rates and service charges.

Ensure accuracy of return dates and time on rental agreement.

Did a vehicle check on return of the vehicle like a spot check.

Attend to calls to support customers promptly and effectively.

Meyer Incorporated in Centurion

Receptionist & Conveyance Secretary

Reason for leaving: Temporary position and relocated to Cape Town

4 October 2011 – end January 2012

Responsible for the switch board.

Deliveries of the registered title deeds from the Deeds Office to the relevant banks.

Ordering of stationary.

Arranging lodgment of deeds for registration in the Deeds Office.

Was responsible for customer queries.

General office duties, making coffee for the director, clean up his office.

Prepare documents for lodgment & registration.

Velilo Tinto & Associates in Pretoria East

Reason for leaving: Went on maternity leave

Conveyancing Secretary

1 October 2010 – 25 May 2011

Managing and drafting of Absa Cancellation.

Liaising with bank, transfer and bond attorneys to lodge and register the documents in the Deeds Office.

I was working on the Law System for Absa Cancellations.

Draft consents and the necessary regulation application to proceed with the cancellation of the bond.

Onerisk in Silverton

Call Centre Correspondent

April 2010 – August 2010

Reason for leaving: Temporary position

Consulting with clients about their City of Tshwane accounts.

Follow up on client’s payments.

Drafting of spread sheet on Excel.

Typing of reports of clients.

Data capturing of client’s information in the system.

Ehlers Fakude Incorporated in Lynnwood

Legal / Conveyancing Secretary as well as Receptionist

2 July 2007 – March 2010

Reason for leaving: Better career opportunities

Drafting and typing of Deeds of Estates and the supporting documents.

Arrange with other attorney firms for lodgment and registration of the deeds in the Deeds Office.

Managing the switch board.

Was responsible for the director’s diary.

Ordering of the stationary.

Consulting with Absa Bank regarding the estates and as well as the family members of the estates to register the transfers successfully in the Deeds Office.

Request clearance figures from several Municipalities for the issuing of the clearance certificate and issue transfer duty from SARS.

Gildenhuys Lessing Malatji Inc in Groenkloof

Legal and Conveyancing Secretary

December 2005 – June 2007

Reason for leaving: Better career opportunity at Ehlers Fakude

Drafting of transfer deeds, servitudes, bonds and cancellations to arrange lodgment with other attorneys for registration in the Deeds Office.

Did deed searches, request clearance certificates from the Municipalities, issue transfer duty receipts from SARS.

Van der Merwe & du Toit Inc in Brooklyn

Legal & Conveyance Secretary

February 2004 – November 2005

Reason for leaving: Better career opportunity

Drafting of transfer deeds from correspondence it other provinces where there were no Deeds Office.

Request clearance figures at Municipalities and issue transfer duty receipts from SARS.

Malan & Nortje Inc in Brooklyn

Temporary Litigation Secretary

10 May 2002 – January 2004

Reason for leaving: student position

Switchboard duties

Typing of litigation court documents

Typing from Dictaphone

General office administration work.

SKILLS

REFERENCES:

CONTACT PERSON

COMPANY

CONTACT NUMBER

Franco Jordaan

Financial Director Regius Resources

084*******

Conroy King

National Sales Manager

011*******

Eden Botha

Financial Manager at Deli Spices

011*******

Isabel Soares

HR manager and bookkeeper at Lionheart Chemicals / Brenntag

011******* / 021*******

Marelise Visagie

Platinum Agent at Sothebys Stellenbosch

072******* / 021*******

Delano de Witt

Manager at Tempest Car Hire

084******* – not sure if it’s still working

Gustav Meyer

Director at Meyer Inc

012******* – not sure if it is still working

Gideon Tessner

Head of Deeds Department at Velilo Tinto

012******* / 086*******

Mr H Hefer

Director at Ehlers FAkude Inc

012*******

Mr Markraaff

Director at Gildenhuys Lessing Malatji

012*******

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