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Catherine Anthony

ASSISTANT MANAGER, TRADE SERVICES
Puchong, Selangor D.E.

Summary

Experienced and dependable Trade Finance Professional successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager, Trade Processing Import Region

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
Wisma Amfirst, Kelana Jaya, Selangor D.E.
04.2022 - Current
  • Effectively manage all trade financing documents received from Trade Windows on daily basis in term of processing, ensuring that all essential tasks are completed on time and in compliance.
  • Oversee end-to-end daily transactions, ensuring accuracy and efficiency while adhering to Bank compliance
  • Assist Manager in establishing and enhancing critical control aspects of daily operations to ensure Bank compliance.
  • Support in routine/day-to-day issues related to Trade Window queries, investigations, and issue resolution.

Assistant Manager, Trade Services

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
SHAH ALAM
02.2016 - 04.2022
  • Processed and verified that all trade finance documentation received from clients on daily basis are processed in timely, accurate and compliant manner.
  • Provided comprehensive assistance, including operational, administrative and client services, as well as contact with relevant stakeholders.
  • Facilitated appropriate and timely routing of any process modifications in order to avoid noncompliance with agreed-upon procedures.
  • Ensured that manager's work-related responsibilities were accomplished in expeditious manner.
  • Assisted clients with trade financing product enquiries and concerns.

Country Administrator

TELSTRA MALAYSIA SDN BHD
KUALA LUMPUR
02.2015 - 01.2016
  • Managed administrative support to Regional Sales Director for Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
  • Supported and managed inventory orders, office supplies, and travel arrangements for sales team.
  • Assisted with office integration project.
  • Assisted Regional Human Resources, Finance, and Legal departments as and when required.
  • Provided sales support on pre and post sales project support to sales directors, pre sales, pricing specialist and project manager.
  • Provided exceptional support to Head of Growth Markets, Asia, Country Director and in-country sales team in sales operations related includes maintaining client databases and sales reporting.
  • Coordinated in-country team meetings, training sessions and related corporate developments.
  • Salesforce experience includes building up leads, creating accounts, inputting, tracking, and closing opportunities, as well as developing several customized reports.
  • Served as primary point of contact between sales team and marketing department
  • Provided marketing support for any marketing event in Malaysia and assisted marketing department in promotional activities and campaigns.
  • Well managed marketing material inventory
  • Planned and organized team events such as joyful celebration, monthly birthday celebration and company team building.

Business Administrator

3D NETWORK SDN BHD
PETALING JAYA
11.2013 - 01.2015

Reporting support

  • Compiled and prepared effective sales reports based on salesforce input.
  • Sales booking reporting on weekly basis
  • Sales forecast reporting by project on weekly basis
  • Individual sales revenue and sales by product on monthly basis

Marketing support

  • Organized successfully partners luncheon in 2014
  • Organized team events eg. monthly birthday celebration, festive celebration and successful team building 2014 in Langkawi.
  • Assisted in creating electronic direct mailer in term of communication to partners

Administrative support

  • Managed travel arrangement for team
  • Well supported on office upkeep.
  • Managed minutes during sales meeting

Senior Executive – Sales & Service Channel Service Support

MAXIS BERHAD
KUALA LUMPUR
07.2011 - 03.2012
  • Managed new projects and marketing programs including developed and rolled out processes with complete operation
  • Ensured in delivering company's services and focused solutions aligned with client contracts, requirements, expectations and business drivers
  • Trained and coached staffs to ensure smooth adoption of new products, services and programs
  • Ensured effective utilization of company standard processes and tools for successful delivery of projects with complete operation including concise and precise Method and Procedure on projects
  • Performed user acceptance testing with focus of documenting details and executing test cases and also assisted in test plan development and creation.
  • Managed SMS broadcast activities

Senior Executive, Business Operation/ Sales Support

MAXIS BERHAD
KUALA LUMPUR
06.2007 - 06.2011
  • Responsible for and ongoing successful delivery of customers' requests and enquiries in order to ensure ongoing compliance of all operational activities
  • Coordinated with account managers in promoting products and services to identified and prospective corporate clients
  • Established, maintained and ensured good business relationships with corporate customers and peer account managers included site visit to customer's office
  • Trained and coached peers to ensure smooth adoption of Business Operations
  • Contributed resources to pre-sales and sales activities for department platforms
  • Supported launches of new projects in department to enlightened and valued corporate clients

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Rewarded Spot Award in August 2010
  • Star Performer in 3rd Quarter 2010
  • Customer Service, Maxis Centre - Cheras

Customer Service Consultant

MAXIS BERHAD
CHERAS
12.1999 - 06.2007
  • Coached a team of 5 customer service consultants
  • Fostered an environment in which Customers enjoy high levels of service and oversee front-end operations to ensure efficient transactions included managed the office inventory
  • Interfaced daily with dealers and customers in inquiries, complaints, billing queries, payment and service request
  • Established, maintained and ensured good business relationships with customers and relevant support teams
  • Ensured the active coaching peer colleagues to enhance the smooth adoption of new programs and operation system in the center
  • Served as a trainer and mentor to peer colleagues
  • Responsible for successful delivery of the customers' requests, enquiries, complaints and dealer sales submission in order to ensure the compliance of all operational activities included Branch collections
  • Contributed in resources to pre-sales and sales activities for the department platforms.

Selected Achievements:

  • Won “Star Awards” in May 2001, October and November 2003, April and July 2004 and January 2006
  • Achievement was based on accuracy, customer service and number of customers served
  • Achieved team award 1st prize Ask and Win contest for need based selling from

Education

MBA - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ASIA E-UNIVERSITY
Kuala Lumpur
05.2013 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Communication - Corporate Communication

Universiti Putra Malaysia
UPM, Selangor D.E
05.1999 - 02.2003

Advance Certificate - The Chartered Institute of Marketing

Regent School of Economics (Stamford College)
Kuala Lumpur
01.1996 - 06.1996

Skills

    Compliance adherence

Knowledgeable in UCP600, ISBP, URR725 and ISP98

Customer service oriented

Customer service management

Proficiency in Microsoft programs such as Ms Word, Ms Excel, and PowerPoint

Good written and oral expression in English and Bahasa Melayu

Good command of the Hokkien language

Timeline

Assistant Manager, Trade Processing Import Region

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
04.2022 - Current

Assistant Manager, Trade Services

AMBANK (M) BERHAD
02.2016 - 04.2022

Country Administrator

TELSTRA MALAYSIA SDN BHD
02.2015 - 01.2016

Business Administrator

3D NETWORK SDN BHD
11.2013 - 01.2015

MBA - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ASIA E-UNIVERSITY
05.2013 - 01.2018

Senior Executive – Sales & Service Channel Service Support

MAXIS BERHAD
07.2011 - 03.2012

Senior Executive, Business Operation/ Sales Support

MAXIS BERHAD
06.2007 - 06.2011

Customer Service Consultant

MAXIS BERHAD
12.1999 - 06.2007

Bachelor of Communication - Corporate Communication

Universiti Putra Malaysia
05.1999 - 02.2003

Advance Certificate - The Chartered Institute of Marketing

Regent School of Economics (Stamford College)
01.1996 - 06.1996
Catherine AnthonyASSISTANT MANAGER, TRADE SERVICES