Tamsin Jane de Nocker

I'm a down to earth, genuine individual.  I'm resourceful and adjust easily, challenges I enjoy, I'm analytical and goal orientated. I work best under pressure, individually or within a team. Working in a team I'm a motivator.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder and manufacturer of Bambino activity boards.

January 2021 - Present

• Self-designer of cognitive stimulating activity boards for babies, toddlers and young kids.
• Carefully constructing the boards in a tasteful and quality product.
• Elements attached are all to encourage, interaction, concentration, development of motor abilities, sensory development and problem solving.
• Management of stock and organisation.
• Monitor financial aspects.
• Customise designs.

Temporary experience as a stock controller at a 5-star Game lodge and Villa.

May 15 – May 22/2023

• Area of location Welgevonden Game Reserve.
• Daily stock takes of lodges beverages, inclusive and exclusive drinks, ensuring that lodge inclusive drinks are timeously executed to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Providing housekeeping stock and maintaining adequate stock levels.
• Ensuring guides beverage orders are readily available at all times.
• Daily interaction with Front of House manager that all beverages required are correct and balanced.
• Twice weekly complete stock takes of the lodge.
• Inputting stock records using Semper system as well as use of Excel.
• Systems worked on Semper, Microsoft, Excel, Word.

Founder and manufacturer of Bambino activity boards.

January 2021 - Present

• Self designer of cognitive stimulating activity boards for babies, toddlers and young kids.
• Carefully constructing the boards in a tasteful and quality product.
• Elements attached are all to encourage, interaction, concentration, development of motor abilities, sensory development and problem solving.

Supervisor and designer Bots Bags and Crafts-Botswana/South Africa

January 2017 - 2020

• Designer of bags and crafts, solely to emphasis South African and Botswana, using quality fabrics and unique designs.
• Supporting local businesses to support start-up companies within Gauteng and Botswana.
• Managing cold calling on clients within Botswana and South Africa.
• Managing all financial aspects pertaining to the business.
• Taking an individual approach to client’s design demands and implementation of such to ensure clients are content with a quality product.
• Motivation for designs and practicality of products produced, come from the natural Fauna and Flora that Botswana and South Africa offers, traditional ShweShwe or German print, the fabric of choice that is chosen by the Batswana and South Africans is integrated in the design process as well as quality leathers.
• Successful and continuous growth of business Facebook page – Bots Bags and Crafts- Botswana/South Africa.

Supervisor Invisible Protection (Pty) Ltd.

December 2012 – 2016

• Professional liaising’s with the Botswana Ministry of Health pertaining to the chemical clearance of MozzWear as well as obtaining cosmetic clearance for Cirrus Healthcare SA haircare products.
• Botswana representative of Cirrus Healthcare products, having successfully launched products into the market having done detailing to pharmacies.
• Business liaising’s with Botswana’s medical warehouses, Delta Pharmaceuticals as well as Medswana to establish the successful stocking of said pharmaceutical products.
• Continuous marketing to ensure end user awareness of products stocked successfully in pharmacies.
• Ensuring products are well displayed within pharmacies as set out by pharmaceutical company’s standards to maximise brand awareness.
• Emphasising streamlined logistics to ensure continuous product availability to end user.

Invisible Protection (Pty) Ltd. – Palapye, Botswana

December 2012 Established

• Established my own company by securing an exclusive contract to market and distribute MozzWear (Anti-Mosquito and biting insect) product into the Botswana market.
• Introduced MozzWear and recently PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) into the market through launchings, promotions and utilized comprehensive product knowledge and enthusiastic personality to gain rapport with buyers and key decision makers.
• Analyzed customer needs in hospitality and industrial industries.
• Established a customer base on own accord through cold calling, which is still maintained due to excellent service and follow-ups.
• Constantly analyzing the Botswana market to introduce innovative and beneficial products across board.
• Manage all areas of the business pertaining to tax returns, importing and distribution of stock, financials, sales and marketing, administration.
• Have achieved Tax clearance certificate through careful managing of company finances, this has enabled my company to tender for government tenders.
• Company has grown with consistent influx of profit on a monthly basis.

TEFL English teacher

August 2011 – December 2011

Bridge TEFL Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

• Experience with teaching intermediate to advanced, incorporating all four skills and systems, preparing lessons and presenting them to individuals or groups relating to business and regular conversation English.
• Business topics taught were related to presentations, meetings, corporate environments, cultural differences in the work force, international travel, current events and trends relating to technology, news, politics and the global impact they have on today’s society.

TEFL English teacher

April 2011 – July 2011

Island TEFL Koh Samui – Thailand

• Teaching English as a foreign language from basic to intermediate ability, involving the planning of lessons and presenting them to individuals and groups, encouraging the usage of the language applicable to their jobs, travel, social and general aspects required to improve their English language proficiency.

Cellular shop supervisor

February 2010 – March 2011

Nashua Mobile Johannesburg – Gauteng

• Development of procedures to ensure effective management of staff and security of stock.
• Growth and maintenance of stock.
• Marketing and promotion of store.
• Ordering and processing of stock and accessories.
• Maintaining and ensuring proper turnaround times for stock and deals.
• Processing deals and packing stock.
• Maintaining and building relationships with clients and internal staff.
• Ensuring financial aspects of shop are accurate and well maintained.
• Maintaining cell shop insurance levels and procedures met.
• Stock takes and rotation.

Corporate sales coordinator

August 2008 – January 2010

Nashua Mobile Johannesburg – Gauteng

• Assisted sales team and management in all clerical and correspondence activities.
• Handle customer enquiries and purchase orders without delay.
• Coordinated sales and production related activities.
• Performed excellent sales support and administrative responsibilities. 
• Recognizing potential customers to support sales team’s customer and product demand targets as set out by management.
• Ensuring the customer has a complete understanding of the product, pros and cons, and making sure the customer realizes the uses of the product.

National travel sales coordinator

July 2007 – July 2008

Avis rent-a-car Johannesburg – Gauteng

• Accurate and timely issue of travel consortium contract agreements.
• Close communication with National travel manager and Key account executives.
• Arrangement and co-ordination of social events for sales team and clients.
• Arranging staff and customer rentals, staff flights, restaurant reservations and hotel accommodations.
• Encouraged good relations with our customers and team.
• Provided an efficient working environment.
• Maintained key relationships within the organisation at a senior level.
• Was good at solving problems independently and with management. Enthusiastically worked extra hours to ensure company business objectives were met.

Rental sales agent

January 2006 – July 2007

Avis rent-a-car Johannesburg – Gauteng

• Dealt politely and assertively with customer rentals.
• Excellent at dealing with customer complaints and queries, ensuring resolution in a professional and timorously manner.
• Paid good attention to detail and honesty with balancing and security of day end finances.
• Always went the extra mile to maintain customer loyalty.
• Applying sales techniques in order to persuade and attract more customers to utilize company service options.

Applied my excellent administrative skills to document store rentals and sales.

EDUCATION

Wildlife Campus, 2023, Endorsed through Wilderness Safaris.

Game Lodge management. Aggregate 86.7%

National Association of Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives, 2012.

Kuwait, Washington, DC

Pharmacology/Pharmaceutical sales training program.

Bachelor of Science, 2010.

University of Johannesburg

Biochemistry and Psychology

Bridge TEFL Rio de Janeiro Certificate 2011

Teaching English as a foreign language.

TEFL Certification, 2011.

Island TEFL Koh Samui Thailand and Bridge TEFL Rio de Janeiro

Teaching English as a foreign language

Customer service and MS Excel training

Avis rent-a-car