Precious Chikukwa
@preciouschikukwa
17+yrs Operations/CX experience leader scaling teams, revenue across banking, retail,FMCG leadership roles. Served Singapore, South affluent clients.
What I'm looking for
Operations and customer experience leader with 17+ years scaling teams and revenue across banking, retail, and FMCG leadership roles. As Operations Manager overseeing 9 branches and a 50-person team at Teecherz Home & Office, grew revenue more than 300% and lifted customer satisfaction to 80% within 12 pandemic-disrupted months, while retaining 100% of staff and launching a digital sales platform that tripled revenue and was named runner-up for Zimbabwe's Website of the Year. Deliberately stepped into global financial services next — relocating to pursue an MBA at Nexford University and joining the International Wealth and Premier Banking (IWPB) operation of a global bank to master enterprise-scale compliance, CX, and affluent client relationship management. Now delivers 85%+ quality and compliance scores managing escalations and digital onboarding for affluent, globally mobile private banking clients across Singapore and Southeast Asia. Targeting senior client relationship, customer experience, or operations leadership roles in banking,retail and financial services, bringing a proven record of double-digit growth, retention, and awardwinning execution to organizations ready to scale.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Maintain 85%+ quality and compliance scoring while resolving complex escalations and multi-currency digital onboarding issues for affluent, globally mobile private banking clients across Singapore and Southeast Asia. Partner with relationship managers and product specialists to investigate root causes and convert CX analytics into friction-point fixes.
Resolved high-stakes client complaints and complex technical/account escalations for international clients while maintaining 95%+ compliance and accuracy review scores. Coordinated with technical and QA teams to investigate and resolve high-profile escalations, earning internal promotion to Advisor II.
Operations Manager
Teecherz Home & Office
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 1 month)
Owned end-to-end customer experience and issue resolution across 9 branches, diagnosing and fixing recurring service breakdowns with branch teams. Lifted customer satisfaction to ~80% and grew regional revenue 100%+, and launched the group’s first e-commerce platform from the ground up.
Group Customer Services & BD
Teechers Home & Office
Mar 2020 - Aug 2020 (5 months)
Owned profit-and-loss and cost-center budgets while expanding the group’s export business through new sourcing and marketing strategies. Cut cost-to-serve by 30% and improved service delivery by using customer feedback as the internal Voice of the Customer to drive root-cause improvements presented to the Board.
Customer Services / Business Dev Manager
Teecherz Home & Office
Mar 2020 - Aug 2020 (5 months)
Acted as the internal Voice of the Customer by identifying root-cause service issues and presenting data-driven recommendations to the board. Improved CSAT, NPS, and First Call Resolution through targeted fixes based on customer feedback.
Operations, Admin & Marketing
Spar Braeside Express
Dec 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 2 months)
Pioneered Zimbabwe’s first combined supermarket, food court, and manufacturing operation and owned SOP compliance and financial performance across departments. Delivered 40%+ gross profit through disciplined stock/overhead control, drove SLA/KPI adherence, and built a standards-compliant model that later enabled multiple site expansions.
Assistant Branch Manager
Spar (Groombridge)
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 5 months)
Managed daily store operations for a 114-person workforce and maintained 40%+ gross profit through disciplined inventory, overhead, and cash management. Ensured international brand-standard compliance (health/hygiene and SOPs) and owned petty cash integrity and GRV/invoice verification while producing weekly and monthly trading reports.
Branch Manager (Foodworld)
Foodworld Camspeke/Express
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017 (1 year 4 months)
Ran daily operations and promotional strategy for a retail supermarket branch, delivering best-branch performance for two consecutive quarters. Selected, trained, and evaluated staff, resolved customer complaints, and designed sales promotions and micro-marketing campaigns to hit profitability targets.
Sales Coordinator
Avon (Cape Town)
Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years)
Rebuilt income from zero after relocating by building a direct-sales client base of 30+ active clients through consistent prospecting and relationship management. As Sales Coordinator, coached a team of 3 representatives and earned promotion from Freelance Sales Representative based on performance and leadership.
Assistant Branch Manager
Spar Rusape
Jan 2009 - Jan 2014 (5 years)
Led KPI improvement initiatives that lifted customer satisfaction by 90+% in six months and created a manager training program that reduced onboarding time by 25%. Cut labor costs by 30% without reducing service levels, reduced workplace incidents by 30%, and grew foot traffic and sales conversion by 80%+ through merchandising improvements and showroom site planning.
Assistant Branch Manager
Migdale Holdings (Spar)
Jan 2006 - Jan 2009 (3 years)
Supported site-wide operations across retail, fuel station, and dining using SMART-goal planning, keeping inventory shrinkage below 1% while cutting operational costs by 20%. Produced weekly and monthly trading reports used by senior management to track performance and reinforce financial discipline.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Nexford University
Master of Business Administration, Business Administration
Activities and societies: Completed in-house e-learning and Credly-verified certifications; ongoing mentorship engagement with industry mentor Gemma Leigh Roberts focused on leadership and client-experience practice.
Completed an MBA at Nexford University in January 2026 through up to 6,000 hours of in-house e-learning and Credly-verified professional certifications covering customer care excellence, investment & wealth management, and banking fundamentals.
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