Delores Mitchell is seeking employment. She has over 30 years of experience in logistics and freight forwarding. She has worked as an invoicing clerk, branch estimator, and in production and stock control. Mitchell has excellent computer skills and training in Microsoft Office, customs procedures, and first aid. She has a matric certificate and various logistics certifications. References are provided from her current employer Rohlig Grindrod, where she has worked for over 15 years in seafreight operations.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Delores Sherea Mitchell
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME : Delores
SURNAME : Mitchell
HOME ADDRESS : 26 Larkspur Street
Lentegeur
Mitchell’s Plain
7785
TELEPHONE : (021) 374 8310
CELL: : 083 987 0206
IDENTITY NO. : 640930 0213 08 6
DATE OF BIRTH : 30 September 1964
SEX : Female
MARITAL STATUS : Single
DEPENDANTS
None
NATIONALITY : South Arican

2. HOME LANGUAGE : Afrikaans (Speak, Read, Write)
OTHER LANGUAGE : English (Speak, Read, Write)
DRIVERS LICENCE : Yes
HEALTH : Excellent
CRIMINAL DEFENCES : None
EDUCATIONAL/TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS
Last School Attended :Gelvandale Senior Secondary School/Dept of
Education Part-Time
Highest Grade passed : 12
Subjects passes: : English, Afrikaans, Ethnology,
Travel & Tourism, Geography, Religion Studies
Access Computer Training Centre : Lotus 123, Word Processing,
Word Perfect
New Horizons : Microsoft Exel, Microsoft Word
St John Ambulance
July 2002 : First Aid
Rohlig-Grindrod Training Dept.
May 2003 : Estimates

3. Business Presentation Skills : Dimensions of Professional Selling
June 2003
Personics Consulting
March/April 2005 : Exellence in Customer Service
GTT Training (Internal) : Exports, Imports, Groupages
June 2006
SDS Skills Development : SA Customs Clearing Part 1
November 2007
Shool of Shipping
September 2008 Dangerous Goods Course
PST Training
July 2013 MS Excel 2010 for Windows
Introduction & Intermediate
Trilliant Customer
Harvesting & Communication Time Management
6 November 2013
EmploymEnt history
Colonial Foods : Despatch clerk
1984 – 1992 Production of staff
Stock control
Cash up of daily sales
Reason for leaving : Company closed down

4. Rohlig Airfreight (PTY) Ltd : Invoicing clerk
1992 - 1997 Prepare and generate
Domestic, Import and Export invoices
Completion of Customs DA550 & F178
Splitting of docs for clients
Reason for leaving : Transfer to Seafreight Branch
Rohlig – Grindrod Seafreight (PTY) Ltd : Invoicing clerk
1997 - 2003 Prepare and generate
Import, Export and Groupages invoices
Payments and reconciliations of
Wharfage and Customs duty account
Proccessing of Journal entries.
Rohlig – Grindrod (PTY) Ltd : Branch Estimator
2003 - 2015 Plan the freight movement - Sea
Cost freight movements and prepare
Service estimates.
Recording and reporting on sales
Estimates.
Compliance with the requirements of
The quality management system.
Responsibilities
Preparing forwarding and clearing estimates for existing/new clients on a daily basis to
assist the sales & operational team in securing new accounts
Understanding the existing rate levels of potential new accounts and producing quotations
that will be competitive.

5. Have good knowledge of Imports and Exports procedures, excellent attention to detail,
can meet deadlines and take initiative.
Working with the pricing and product teams to put competitive rates in place for potential
new accounts.
Decide on the best routing option and mode of transport based on estimate requests.
Prepare the estimate in an accurate and timely manner.
Follow-up on the success of securing the business.
Provide and efficient service by obtaining and negotiating best possible rates for
ocean/road/air/rail to secure business as well as work with abnormal load and breakbulk
estimates an can perform the full estimator function up to handover to Operations.
Follow-up on clients.
Characteristics : Obliging, Helpful, Confident,
Peoples person,
Problem solving skills,
Do work without delay.
Eager to learn and want to progress
Hobbies : Outdoor life, Socializing,
Camping, Reading
Reference:
Export Manager:
Colleen Willemse
Cell: 082 398 1708
Seafreight Import Manager : Henri Holthuis
Telephone 021 0000500
Seafreight Import Manager : Michelle Duffy
Telephone 021 0000500

6. Seafreight Export Manager : Emile Engele
021 0000500

7. Seafreight Export Manager : Emile Engele
021 0000500