Curriculum Vitae of Meliscend (Cindy) CABRAL
I am a well spoken, bi-lingual person that can communicate well on all levels. With my children at school -going age, and the tourism industry at a halt, I have decided to enter the formal work environment again. Being skilled in many areas including bookkeeping, administration, sales and even the recruitment industry, I am able to fill a variety of positions. I reside in the Garden Route and am married with children.
Interests
Running,hiking, "up-cycling" old furniture
Contact
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EXPERIENCE
Apieskloof Country Cottages
Owner Manager 2013 - present
Management of guest cottages. Reservations, guest relations, invoicing, management of staff, receiving payments, bookkeeping, liaison with marketing platforms, quality control, inventory. Apieskloof Boerdery
Bookkeeper / Admin 2009-2013
Attending to all administrative functions as well as bookkeeping functions - processing transactions on pastel, creditors, debtors, invoicing, financial statements, payments, bank statements, correspondence, company errands, posting.
Mondi Packaging
Key Accounts Manager 2003 – 2009
Managing key accounts. Division : polystyrene products. Duties included: Maintaining client relations, sales of new products, administration of sales figures, handling of correspondence, stock management at distributors, annual budgets, pursuing new customers. Presentations at sales meetings. Areas included Gauteng, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein.
Newsa Pack
Sales and Admin 2000 - 2003
Sales and administration in the packaging industry. Was head-hunted by a supplier (Mondi-packaging) Denny Mushrooms
Debtors Clerk 1998 - 2000
Debtors functions - following up on payments, handling hand overs, analysing of bank statements, correspondence, credit checks.
Career Creations
Junior Consultant 1995 - 1998
Started as assistant with duties: answering of telephone, screening of cv's, setting up interviews, corresponding and liaising with client as well as candidate and typing of cv's, company errands. Promoted to junior consultant with duties: receiving recruitment instructions from clients, placing advertisements for available positions, screening of cv's, liaising and interviewing candidates, checking of references, forwarding and setting up of interviews with clients, placement invoices and following up on payments. Visiting clients and new candidates at the new workplace. Corresponding with unsuccessful candidates. EDUCATION
RAU Johannesburg 1993 – 1995
Law degree – completed 2 years, but could not study further due to personal reasons Vorentoe High School, Johannesburg 1998 - 1992
Matriculated with exemption and distinction in accounting