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Matthew Hanley

Whitley Bay,Tyne and Wear

Summary

After completing my Masters Degree (Occupational & Organisational Psychology 2:1) in December 2023, I took some time out to travel around Europe and Japan and worked at Costco Gateshead to help fund my travel. As I look for a permanent role, I have taken a 12 month temporary position with Procter and Gamble in the Master Data team of their Customer Services Operation.


Working towards my degree and masters enabled me to develop skills in IT, problem solving, statistical analysis (using SPSS), along with leading project teams, and presenting to large groups . Other roles have shown me what makes great customer service. My current position with P&G has given me invaluable practical experiences such as working in a team to deliver against hard deadlines, working autonomously per their hybrid working model and it has further developed my IT skills in applications such as Excel, SAP, KNIME & PEGA. I enjoy work where I can use my analytical skills to solve problems to deliver good customer service. I work well with people.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Customer Services Operations Support Analyst

Procter and Gamble
Newcastle upon Tyne
11.2024 - Current

Key responsibilities include:- (i) maintenance of daily billing reports ensuring timely creation and reconciliation of credit and debit notes; (ii) management of pricing contract amendments to enable UK customers to order products; (iii) management of customer claims for over and under charging together with invoicing as needed; (iv) analysis and resolution of price claim discounts errors to support financial accuracy and enhance customer satisfaction.

Member Services Assistant

Costco
Gateshead
02.2024 - 11.2025

Key responsibilities included a variety of tasks from stock management, customer service and working behind the scenes in the warehouse. I worked across teams flowing to the work as needed.

Store Assistant

JD Sports
Metro Centre, Gateshead
09.2022 - 01.2023

Responsibilities included customer service, stockroom and digital check out.

Shop assistant

Gills Fish & Chips Takeaway
Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
07.2021 - 09.2022

Responsibilities included service customers, handling cash, working as part of a team covering roles as needed and training new team members.

Volunteer Store Assistant

Scope Disability and Charity Shop
Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
09.2020 - 07.2021

Responsibilities included greeting customers, operating the till, handling cash, solving customer problems, managing stock and shop display. I was also responsible for ensuring COVID guidelines were adhered to.

Work Experience Placement

Utility Wise
Newcastle upon Tyne
07.2017 - 07.2017

Placement was split between HR and IT. Within IT I was assigned routine cases helping customers deal with IT issues with their on line accounts. In HR, I shadowed the Learning and Development team.

Education

Master of Science - Occupational and Organisational Psychology

Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
09.2022 - 12.2023

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
09.2018 - 06.2022

A-Levels - Psychology (C) Business Studies (C) English Language (C)

Dame Allan's Schools
Newcastle upon Tyne
05.2018 - 06.2018

GCSEs - English Language (A*) Maths (A) English Literature (B) French (C) Physics (C) Biology (C)

Dame Allan's Schools
Newcastle upon Tyne
06.2016 - 06.2016

Pre GCSE - Cambridge Latin Graded Test Certificate Book 1 PASS

Dame Allan's Schools
Newcastle upon Tyne
06.2014 - 06.2014

Skills

IT Proficiency: Microsoft Office (Excel, Windows, Powerpoint)

SAP

KNIME

PEGA

SPSS (IBM Statistical Analysis)

Other: Communication skills (written and verbal)

Presentation skills

Problem Solving

Time Management

Customer Service

BPS Accredited Qualification for Psychometric Testing


Accomplishments

2016 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award

2011-2016 Dame Allan's Cricket - First Team

2013 Taekwon-do Brown Belt

2012-2015 Cricket Team Captain, Bates Cottages


Driving License - Full, Clean

Timeline

Customer Services Operations Support Analyst

Procter and Gamble
11.2024 - Current

Member Services Assistant

Costco
02.2024 - 11.2025

Store Assistant

JD Sports
09.2022 - 01.2023

Master of Science - Occupational and Organisational Psychology

Northumbria University
09.2022 - 12.2023

Shop assistant

Gills Fish & Chips Takeaway
07.2021 - 09.2022

Volunteer Store Assistant

Scope Disability and Charity Shop
09.2020 - 07.2021

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Northumbria University
09.2018 - 06.2022

A-Levels - Psychology (C) Business Studies (C) English Language (C)

Dame Allan's Schools
05.2018 - 06.2018

Work Experience Placement

Utility Wise
07.2017 - 07.2017

GCSEs - English Language (A*) Maths (A) English Literature (B) French (C) Physics (C) Biology (C)

Dame Allan's Schools
06.2016 - 06.2016

Pre GCSE - Cambridge Latin Graded Test Certificate Book 1 PASS

Dame Allan's Schools
06.2014 - 06.2014
Matthew Hanley