Shahira Ragoonanan

Shahira Ragoonanan Soogrim Street, Chaguanas | T-Work Experience LOGISTICS MANAGER | KINTO logistics Limited | OCTOBER 2017 – NOVEMBER 2020 Establishment – creating the Company’s business plan, completing change of directors and address, registering the Company as an importer with Customs and Excise, creating the Company. Marketing – designing the company’s logo and marketing material, creating the company profile, event planning and branding. Pricing – sourcing, establishing and maintaining relationships with local and foreign freight forwarders to secure competitive freight rates, ensuring market rates are kept updated, creating sending and following up on quotations. Imports – contacting foreign suppliers and agents to coordinate shipments to Trinidad, tracking shipments and updating importers on cargo status, collecting, preparing/ creating and issuing shipping documentation, uploading waybills onto the online Customs Boarder Control System. Accounts Payables & Receivables –creating and issuing invoices, following up on outstanding payments, managing company’s expenses and income, payroll, preparation of annual cash flow statement and budget. Human Resources – creating employment contracts, job descriptions, developing performance assessment form and issuing job letters. Training – creating standard operating procedures for all functions within the Company, conducting training sessions. Human Resource Assistant | ramps logistics Limited | August 2016 – JULY 2017 Recruitment - screening applications, scheduling and conducting interviews, preparing employment contracts, conducting orientation, scheduling and conducting probationary assessments, preparing and issuing job confirmation letters. Leave Management – enforcing Company’s leave policy with regards to vacation, sick leave, personal leave and unauthorized absence Disciplinary Action – Scheduling and conducting disciplinary meetings; recording meeting minutes; preparing and issuing disciplinary letters Performance Management - Managing quarterly performance appraisals Insurance Plan - Managing the Company’s medical plan via submission of claims, enrolments, termination, distribution of reimbursement cheques. Training - Coordinating weekly training schedule, conducting training sessions, creating training reports and maintaining the training database. Marketing - creating job advertisements and social media posts, planning / executing Company events e.g. Ramps Logistics at TIC 2017 Data Entry Operator/ Administrative Assistant | Wonderful World Limited HEADQUARTERS | may 2016 – july 2016 (3 month contract) DATA ENTRY: Scanning merchandise and preparing worksheets to account for items being distributed to stores Correcting errors to ensure that items arrive in optimum condition administrative assistant (HR/ payroll/ reception): Payroll – tracking attendance and tardiness using MicroPay and communicating with branch managers on a daily basis. Recruitment - Screening applications and scheduling interviews, conducting reference checks, preparing employment contracts, creating new employee files and updating existing files with missing documents Reception – greeting and directing calls and visitors, initiating a digitization project to convert all employee files to softcopy, training new receptionist project support assistant | central bank of trinidad and tobago | july 2015 – january 2016 (6 month contract) Deconstructing , sorting and digitizing highly confidential documents Working with a group to create a database of all digitized material Training new employees optical assistant/ receptionist | specs express | june 2015 Scheduling and confirming appointments Conducting pre-tests on patients using auto-refractor and tonometer in preparation of eye exams Creating and updating customer records Preparing documents, lenses and frames to be sent to optical lab Completing insurance forms Repairing minor flaws in spectacle frames Academic Background b.a. visual arts | september 2012 - october 2015 | university of the west indies, st. augustine Class: Second-class Honours (Upper Division) CAPE A’ LEVELS | 2011 – 2012 | ST. JOSEPH’S CONVENT, PORT-OF-SPAIN Art and Design (Unit 1): 1Art and Design (Unit 2):1 Environmental Science (Unit 1): 2Environmental Science (Unit 2): 2 Communication Studies: 1Caribbean Studies: 3 Biology (Unit 1): 4Biology (Unit 2): 4 Cxc o’ LEVELS | 2010 | ST. JOSEPH’S CONVENT, PORT-OF-SPAIN Mathematics: 1Spanish: 2 English: 1Geography: 2 English Literature: 1Visual Art: 2 Biology: 1Chemistry: 3 Certification CERTIFICATE - SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT OCTOBER 2017 – JANUARY 2018 | sITAL COLLEGE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE - Intermediate computer literacy  July 2016 – august 2016 | school of business and computer science Skills & Abilities Computer Literacy - proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, MS Office, Micropay, PaperPort Ability to work efficiently with little or no supervision Ability to effectively manage time, through planning and organization, to complete tasks and meet deadlines Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Ability to function well as part of a group and as an individual Excellent at maintaining a high level of professionalism Good adaptation to new environments, individuals and circumstances References KASARA FRANKLIN | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Kinto Logistics Limited 99 John Street, Montrose, Chaguanas Mobile:- JAVED RAZACK | DIRECTOR – NEW VENTURES Ramps Logistics Limited #49 Railway Road, Cunupia Mobile:-