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Substitute Teacher's Ad at the fabulous Frost Lake Elementary School, St. Paul Public Schools.

Reported to Vice President of Marketing, Yoplait Yogurt. Schedule and coordinate activities of the Adult and Greek Yoplait Yogurt Marketing and Promotions teams. Requires ability to work cross functionally at all levels of the organization and externally with multiple partnering agencies. Requires extensive use of Outlook and ability to multitask in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Responsible for prioritizing requests/tasks from the teams and managing the schedules of the Vice President of Marketing, Yoplait and Director of Marking, Yoplait Greek.

Reported to Vice President Finance, Pillsbury USA. Provided administrative and secretarial support for team of Finance professionals. Coordinated the General Mills Finance organization’s quarterly meetings for the CFO, ensuring corporate wide attendance and a spirit of high morale. Formatted Pillsbury USA Annual Plan presentations in PowerPoint and Excel for executive presentations. Responsible for logistical and organizational support for the General Mills Hispanic Network. Records Storage Manager for The Pillsbury Division, ensuring all file retention guidelines and confidentialities. Member of the Finance Division Communication Team during the integration of The Pillsbury Company into General Mills, included team building and improving morale division wide.

Reported to Director of Planning & Analysis. Office management skills during merger of Pillsbury and General Mills, including relocating offices to new location at General Mills Headquarters. Compiled and published ACNielsen data for monthly/quarterly business reviews in PowerPoint and Excel. Managed on-line 12-Quarter calendar of initiatives, obtaining appropriate security clearances for each division. Proactively troubleshot problems in a rapidly changing environment. Lead efforts and contributed toward a positive work environment while the company was being acquired by General Mills.

Reported to Vice President, Marketing. Primary responsibility was to the overall functioning of the business unit team by acting as ‘command center’. Required excellent team and people skills and ability to prioritize a heavy workload and multiple events cross functionally. Responsible for all administrative and executive secretarial duties, including formatting and preparation of powerpoint presentations.

Reported to Controller, Green Giant Frozen Entrees. Ensured timeliness of required financial reporting, gathered data and typed financial reports. Performed all Secretarial duties for the department.