BARBARA A. Kalu
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Douglasville, GA 30134 Email: *****************@*******.***
Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Administrative Management/Organizational Leadership, Clayton State University, 2013
Associate Degree, Marketing Management Program, Gwinnett Technical College, 2006
Certificate, Small Business Management, Gwinnett Technical College, 2006
Certificate, Accounting Specialist, Clayton College State University, Morrow, GA, 2000
Professional Experience
Highly skilled professional with over 25 years of office and customers service experience.
Positive attitude, detail-oriented, excellent researcher, documents processes, proactive, resourceful, and a critical thinker.
Amazon
5/2020 – Present
Fulfillment Associate
• Selecting, packing and shipping customer orders
• Deciphering work orders
• Locating stock and packing items for shipment
• Checking items are in good condition
• Locating merchandise in the storage areas
• Picking and packing the orders in a correct manner
• Front line fulfilling customers' orders within the Fulfillment Center
Walmart
3/2020 – 5/2020
OGP/eCommerce Personal Shopper
Process customers’ orders through live chat or telephone calls and log data in order entry system.
Present clients with prime product information assuring customer satisfaction
Ensure to track client request and assist in scheduling appointment
Support customers for replacement orders and substitute items
Develop personalized shopping experience for all customers through providing individualized attention along with prevailing knowledge of products and trends
Ensure to follow through on client commitments on time
Develop and maintain professional relations with customers to assure repeat business.
Stimulate feedback to improve further customized service.
Maintain flexibility, tact, patience, honesty, effective communication skills and ability to develop relations and trust with all customers.
Siemens Industry
11/2016 – 7/2019
Customer Support CAID Team Lead/Post Shipment
CAID Reconciliation (Customer Amount in Dispute)
Provided Customer Service daily to internal and external customers
Completed a wide range of office administrative duties in support of division units and managers
Tracked and organized workloads coming through email and other channels, reviewed over 50 customer requests and concerns daily
Ensured operating systems were operating efficiently and effectively in administrative responsibilities
Utilized Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other software program to prepare documents for correspondence and presentations
Monitored CAIDS log for unit productivity with PHILOS case creation for CAIDS
Utilized SAP to research and locate missing data needed to resolve customer issues
Maintained ownership of weekly CAIDS audit report and monthly aged CAIDS reporting
Investigated escalated CAIDS and provided recap to supervisor
Trained presentation on CORP RGA
Reviewed and researched orders through electronic means
Communicated with vendors (FedEx, Southeastern, etc..) to locate freight
Resolved customer issues with missing freight, damage shipment, and replacement of material
Verified shipment date and updated delivery in the appropriate computer systems
Filed claims with UPS for damage or missing material
Inventory mgmt. experience
Follow up calls, update information from customers
Researched pricing disconnects on invoices and all RGA issues related to customer purchase bank
Siemens Industry
09/2000-11/2016
Sr. Rebate and Pricing Analyst
CAID Reconciliation (Customer Account in Dispute) - Timely offsetting of rebates with the advanced deduction taken in SAP to resolved in a timely matter
Provided customer service daily to internal and external customers
Completed a wide range of office administrative duties in support of division units and managers
Tracked and organized workload coming through email and other channels, reviewed over 100 customer requests and concerns daily
Drive reconciliation between various systems and rebate issues related to Account Receivable
Ensured operating systems were operating efficiently and effectively in administrative responsibilities
Utilized Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other software program to prepare documents for correspondence and presentations
Continuous processing distributor rebate and sales tracking in a timely matter in SAP. Analyze sales deals and deal management reports in Vendavo to track customers purchasing pattern
Decreased number of deductions by 65% by automating processes for a major distributor
Audit credit request to ensure data entered is valid.
Processed improvement documentation and provided information to be distributed to customers Channel Partners, Customer Relationship Coordinators, Sales Executives/Account Managers and Product Managers to fully understand and implement product pricing, mass updates, formula pricing and rebates based on contractual agreements
Collaborated closely with the IT team on changes that may impact the customers or channel partners.
Maintain and assist in special assigned projects
Utilized SAP to research and locate missing data to resolve customer issues
Pricing Maintenance -input direct pricing into Zilliant and SAP for requests
Created, expired, revised and terminated agreements in Zilliant (DMA) deal management agreement related to rebates and sales deal.
Conducts deep dive analysis as it relates to pricing, rebates and deduction issues
Collaborated with the Master Data team to determine the root cause and resolved the material issues
Proficient in VLOOKUP and pivot tables
Analyze pricing data from industry standards, previous sales trends and competitors and report data to decision-makers
Identify marketing strategies to increase profits
Develop measurement tools to identify changing market trends
Identify appropriate sales and clearance prices to increase customer traffic
Siemens Energy & Automation
03/1997 – 09/2000
Production Line Group Leader
Supervised Murray production line (set-up of daily materials and inspection)
Team lead for Assembly line for Siemens and Murray products
Pulled blueprint for daily assembly line production workflow for requested orders
Assembled and rotated load center for QA inspection
Forklift certification
Identified and resolved issues that prevented timely delivery of product by working with management
Inform workers of management conditions of work, rules and regulations guiding the establishment to ensure that they adhere to company policies
Constantly inspect all work equipment to identify shortages and damages and relate findings to management for quick resolution to enable smooth flow of operations.
Step in to resolve conflicts that may arise between workers on site and exhibit good sense of judgment to ensure that parties involved are treated fairly without bias.
Work as the middleman between management and workers to facilitate good communication and airing of complaints from both parties and see to it that all issues are sorted out.
Check all outgoing stocks to ensure that they are in good condition and make sure that all documents are accurately signed for proper documentation.
Ensure that stock inventory is carried out in a timely manner and that it is in line with the stock balance to avoid mix up
Scottish Rite Children Hospital
04/2002-10/2003
Medical Records Coordinator
•Provided customer service daily to employees and staff with intern and external customers
•Completed a wide range of office administrative duties in support of department units and managers
•Tracked and organized workload coming through email and other department units
•Ensured operating systems were operating efficiently in administrative responsibilities
•Utilized Microsoft Word, Excel and other software program to prepare documents for correspondence
•Organize and manage patients' health information data.
•Ensure paperwork is properly filled out.
•Verify accuracy and accessibility of files.
•Ensure all files are secure.
•Maintain electronic health records databases.
•Analyze electronic data.
•Develop and maintain health information networks.
•Assign a code to each diagnosis and procedure by using classification systems software.
•Review patient records and pathology reports and assign codes for the diagnosis and treatment
Achievements
National Technical Honor Society -2004 – Gwinnett Technical College
Employee of the Quarter 2009 - Siemens
Skills
Public Speaking
Knowledge Base
Social Media – Twitter, Instagram
EDI
Marketing / Marketing Research
Microsoft Office products
Customer Experience
Business Process Improvement
Customer Relationship Management
Interpersonal skills
Communication
Time management
Collaboration
Organization
Negotiation
Product and service knowledge
Sales techniques
Computer Systems
SAP
Zilliant
Vendavo
WebFOCUS
COMPAS
Volunteering Experience
Ronald McDonald House Charities