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Janine Gillis is a seasoned Human Resources professional with 20+ years of experience in operations management, event coordination, and team leadership. She has worked with prominent companies such as Caseware Africa, Deloitte and Touche, SAP Southern Africa, and SAP. Janine holds a Matric from Sandown High School and has honed her skills in administration, training, and conflict resolution.

Experience

    • South Africa
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Operations Assistant
      • Mar 2008 - Present

    • Office Co-ordinator
      • Mar 2004 - Present

      Travel for 50 people- South Africa and AfricaSupervising Receptionist as well as 4 Cleaning StaffMaintenance of 2 BuildingsCQS Experience ( Internal events)

    • Office Manager
      • Mar 2004 - Present

      Date of employment April 2004-Currnet Duties TravelLocal and InternationalPreparation of the entire itinerarySubsistence allowancesReconciliation of credit cards upon returnVisa'sAirport transfersVehicle hireForexNew vendor sourcingMotivation of new technologies to stream line processesBuilding managementAll day-today repair and maintenance issuesSpecific once offs i.e. sandblasting of windowsSourcing of office furnitureCleaning and general aesthetics related to the buildingSourcing of suppliers and relevant quotesManaging of the Receptionist and Cleaning StaffDay-to-day issues pertaining to the four staffPerformance appraisalsLeaveDisciplinary actionsManaging of temporary staff which may be employed from time to timeEmploying new staff on an ad-hoc basis for these positionsEvent management Monthly staff functionsYearly Budgets and Year PlannerDifferent themes every month for staff incentive functionsVendor sourcing for each eventSeamless execution of functionsTeambuildingControl of every aspect from start to finishRunning of ""CQS Staff Experience" which is a retention effort on part of company to retain A Player Staff and supplies events and gifts to staff as a part of the HR process.Staff Year End FunctionsWellness days for staffTraining Management Caseware:Booking and managing of venues National Scheduling of courseBooking of clients on course as well as confirming all bookings and venues

    • Position Receptionist
      • Jun 1999 - Apr 2003

      Duties Greeting, announcing, handling and directing all clientsBooking boardroomsGeneral reception duties for 160 people in the buildingArranging national and international travelResponsible for the placement of international callsGeneral overview of all maintenance and security of the buildingOrdering stationery, corporate gifts and flowersArranging refreshments and lunches for the Director's meetingsTraining on new and temporary employees

    • Systems Applications Product Function
      • Feb 1998 - Jun 1999

      Reason for Leaving It was impossible to be the co-ordinator and receptionist at the same time Duties

    • Industry Recruitment
      • Jun 1999 - Jun 2000

      Position Frontline reception temping in Corporate; Reason for Leaving Duties Reception duties Core Competencies Windows 97 MS Word MS Excel MS Powerpoint MS Outlook

  • SAP
    • Woodmead
    • Event co-ordinator
      • Mar 1997 - Jul 1999
      • Woodmead

    • co-ordinator/Receptionist
      • Nov 1997 - Feb 1998

      Reason for Leaving Duties Co-ordinating delegates for courses on SAP applicationsBooking of training rooms and distribution of course material for +/- 300 delegates per daySupervision of the canteen catering for the delegatesOrdering and maintenance of all functions and supplies related to the canteenSupervision of the canteen staffManaging of events and functions for office functions and team buildingLiaison with caterers and Décor consultants for the themes and design of functionsResponsible for security and personnel accessFront line reception dutiesManagement of all building facilities and close interaction of all contractorsTrain and develop new employeesWorked closely with IT people regarding upgrades

Education

  • Institution
  • 1979 - 1983
    Sandown High School
    Matric, English,Art, Buiness Economics, Geography and Afrikaans
  • Sandown High School Matric

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