Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
Timeline
OperationsManager
Wahib Safadi

Wahib Safadi

London,ontario

Summary

Enthusiastic Sales and Customer Service professional with expertise in communication and negotiating. Driven to provide superior quality customer service. Innovative in leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services as well as creating solutions for customers to drive loyalty, retention and revenue. Highly adept at training, managing, coaching and mentoring sales and customer service associates with talent for interacting with staff at all levels of organization and public.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Nicelab
03.2023 - Current

Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.

  • Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practices.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
  • Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
  • Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers to obtain best pricing and terms
  • Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits
  • Negotiated price and service with customers and vendors to decrease expenses and increase profit
  • Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills
  • Supervised creation of exciting merchandise displays to catch attention of store customers.
  • Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
  • Collaborated with internal team members to resolve customer concerns and deliver enhanced customer experiences.

Wholesale Sales Representative

Wanusport S.a
02.2020 - 02.2023
  • Provided superior service to customers by quickly responding to requests, suggestions and concerns.
  • Consulted with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and provide ongoing support.
  • Handled administrative aspects of sales by completing customer contracts and warranties, maintaining store inventory and accepting and processing customer payments.
  • Coached customers' staff and demonstrated product use and maintenance.
  • Used ICG to maintain company database with essential account and sales information.
  • Maintained customer promotional logs for product advertising campaigns.
  • Reconciled billing discrepancies with regulatory agencies and finance department.
  • Provided superior service to customers by quickly responding to requests, suggestions and concerns

Administrative Assistant

Almacenes Las Americas
01.2005 - 01.2020
  • Looking all improvments by helping in visual and logistic of stores, making happy place for work, doing logistic for several stores in city
  • Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
  • Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
  • Sorted and distributed office invoices to deliver merchandise.
  • Monitored supervisor's work calendar and scheduled appointments, meetings and travel
  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors
  • Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipient
  • Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels
  • Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance and sales data
  • Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams
  • Sorted and distributed office mail and recorded incoming shipments for corporate records
  • Drafted correspondence and other documents for CEO and department heads in company's voice
  • Processed customer orders accurately and within agreed timeframes to meet service standards
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers for office supplies, equipment and services
  • Managed department budgets and generated financial reports for management review
  • Coordinated and scheduled meetings and conference calls to optimize scheduling of senior staff
  • Assisted development and implementation of new administrative procedures
  • Facilitated timely delivery of special projects to meet organizational and departmental objectives
  • Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail
  • Completed forms, reports, logs and records to quickly handle all documentation for human resources
  • Built and maintained excellent customer relationships through timely response to inquiries and going above and beyond to accommodate unusual requests
  • Liaised between clients and vendors and maintained effective lines of communication
  • Supported company leaders by managing budgets, scheduling appointments and organizing itinerary
  • Performed research to collect and record industry data
  • Opened and properly distributed incoming mail to promote quicker response to client inquiries
  • Established administrative work procedures to track staff's daily tasks
  • Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks
  • Continually sought methods for improving daily operations, communications with clients, recordkeeping and data entry for increased efficiency
  • Identified and recommended changes to existing processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and quality service
  • Created and maintained detailed administrative processes and procedures to drive efficiency and accuracy
  • Increased office participation in special events by creating newsletter with detailed calendars and other office updates
  • Organized logistics and materials for each meeting and took detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity
  • Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities, and communicate instructions
  • Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis
  • Surpassed team goals by partnering with colleagues to implement best practices and protocols
  • Monitored supervisor's work calendar and scheduled appointments, meetings, and travel

Education

High School Diploma -

Colombia Árabe
Colombia
07.2005

Skills

  • Sales Strategy Development
  • Client Needs Assessment
  • Technical Management
  • Brand Representation
  • Work flow planning
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Cost reduction strategies
  • Project development and life cycle

Accomplishments

  • Saved the company by aggressively negotiating with suppliers.
  • Increased company market share by 60% in just 8 months.
  • Supervised team of 30 staff members.

Languages

Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
A1
English
Advanced
C1
Portuguese
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Operations Manager

Nicelab
03.2023 - Current

Wholesale Sales Representative

Wanusport S.a
02.2020 - 02.2023

Administrative Assistant

Almacenes Las Americas
01.2005 - 01.2020

High School Diploma -

Colombia Árabe
Wahib Safadi