Knowledgeable and dedicated customer service professional with extensive experience in tourism industry. Solid team player with outgoing, positive demeanor and proven skills in establishing rapport with clients. Motivated to maintain customer satisfaction and contribute to company success. Specialize in quality, speed and process optimization. Articulate, energetic and results-oriented with exemplary passion for developing relationships, cultivating partnerships and growing businesses.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Dive Center Manager/Boat Captain/Social Media Manager
Dive Instructor
07.2013 - 12.2024
i worked in different locations and different shops with similar responsability that includes
Welcoming and collection of customers request to ensure full satisfaction
Active listening to customers and propose products and activities in line with the expressed needs
Activation of events and partnerships for the brand's development and for customer loyalty
Leading people Underwater and secure people safety
Reception, control and storage of incoming goods
Use of sales techniques to improve individual and team performance
Proactively answer to email and phone calls in order to take new bookings
Accounting management
Orders for new goods and invoice management
Maintain excellent interpersonal skills with coworkers and management in order to ensure company profits and good functionality
Respect of the international/national laws regarding scuba and snorkeling activities and reporting breakage of standard to competent coworkers/management/ authorities
Set up of high safety protocols and to follow in order to guarantee customers safety
Management of accidents reports to local authorities and insurances
Keep information about the ever-changing standards, procedures and laws reguarding scuba diving activity
Create and edit offers, diving packages, projects for the diving center on social networks
Public relationship manager
Referent for contacts with other diving centers and schools
Built strong relationships with local businesses to promote diving-related tourism opportunities.
Demonstrated strong leadership skills by effectively managing groups of divers with varying skill levels, adapting instruction methods as needed to accommodate individual needs.
Sales assistant
BLF Group
10.2020 - 04.2021
Support commercial area in the development of strategies aimed at increasing customer loyalty
Welcoming and managing customers ensuring full satisfaction
Use and management of cash register for payments and records of daily receipt
Collaboration with the sales team to ensure a quick and efficient service
Reception, control and storage of incoming goods
Organization of merchandise display spaces and shop windows according to the specific layout criteria
Offer customers complementary products on promotion, encourage them to try and purchase
Use seals techniques to improve individual and team performance
Achievements of sales objectives established by store management
Management of complaints and grievances by applying the procedures established for returns or refunds
Application of sales procedures in order to increase the value of the average receipt
Sales assistant
Classic Group
11.2018 - 03.2019
Support commercial area in the development of strategies aimed at increasing customer loyalty
Welcoming and managing customers ensuring full satisfaction
Use and management of cash register for payments and records of daily receipt
Collaboration with the sales team to ensure a quick and efficient service
Reception, control and storage of incoming goods
Organization of merchandise display spaces and shop windows according to the specific layout criteria
Offer customers complementary products on promotion, encourage them to try and purchase
Use seals techniques to improve individual and team performance
Achievements of sales objectives established by store management
Management of complaints and grievances by applying the procedures established for returns or refunds
Application of sales procedures in order to increase the value of the average receipt
Customer service agent
DHL
11.2015 - 03.2016
Receiving calls from customers
Collection of customers requests in order book required service
Maintain excellent communication system with management area in order to ensure company profits and good functionality
Managment of complaints by applying the procedures established from the company
Marine biologist
Settemari T.O., Floriana Lagoon
04.2013 - 07.2013
Set up and respect guide lines of a university project
Facilitated partnerships between governmental agencies, educational institutions, NGOs, local communities to create integrated marine resource management plans addressing multiple stakeholder concerns.
Ensure safety and satisfaction of tourists involved in the project
Advanced knowledge on invasive species impacts by conducting targeted surveys assessing distribution patterns across different regions.
Developed educational materials and presentations to raise public awareness about threats facing marine environments and the importance of conservation efforts.
Evaluated the effectiveness of existing management strategies by analyzing long-term datasets related to species abundance, distribution patterns, and habitat quality.
Coordinated community-based monitoring programs, empowering local citizens to play an active role in conserving their marine resources.
Deal with numerous amount of people (capability of the resort was circa2000 people) doing public speeches in order to collects datas for the university project itself
Organize shipments of data samples
Proactively report statistical analysis to University of Bologna
Education
Master graduation - marine biology
University of Padua
10-2012
Skills
Communication
Decision-making
Schedule management
Relationship building
Customer relations
Proactivity
Team work
Customer service
Problem solving
Flexibility
Time management
Sales expertise
Attention to details
Microsoft Office
Email managing
nationality
Italian
Driving Licence
B
Languages
Italian: Native language
English C2
Arabic
Russian
Polish
Spanish
Timeline
Sales assistant
BLF Group
10.2020 - 04.2021
Sales assistant
Classic Group
11.2018 - 03.2019
Customer service agent
DHL
11.2015 - 03.2016
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