Cate Treese Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Rahway, New Jersey, United States

Responsible for overseeing and coordinating Merck's New Jersey office consolidation initiative. Specializing in move planning & execution and planning & implementation of transition to hybrid work and activity-based work (ABW), including change management and communication planning, workplace experience, office planning and workplace analytics

Rahway, New Jersey, United States

Responsible for the development of occupancy solutions, occupancy tracking, and move management for office space across Merck's space in New Jersey

Roseland, New Jersey

-Managed and executed on all Home Office Property real estate renovation and capital improvement projects, from project onset to completion, to drive business toward sustainable and profitable growth--Transitioned businesses to free addressing strategy in various sites based on badge swipe data and leadership alignment -Gathered spatial requirements for all impacted functional groups, including headcount projections, meeting/conference space and file/storage space needs, -Partnered closely with HR, communications and key stakeholders to develop and refine change management strategy to accomplish execution of free addressing, hoteling, work from home and all other alternative work arrangements -Coordinated and oversaw distribution of all communications related to real estate projects to all levels of organization, including senior leadership, leaders of people and general employee population-Coordinated development, distribution and analysis of pre- and post-move user satisfaction surveys-Managed all internal rent grids and business unit occupancy chargebacks, reviewing on quarterly basis for accuracy and recommending cost savings opportunities to senior leadershipKey achievements: -Promoted to Manager within newly-elevated Workplace Solutions Group (WSG) Real Estate team to support Retirement, Group Insurance and WSG businesses-Awarded highest honor of “Rock Star” for efforts in execution of restack project in Group Insurance headquarters in a location of approximately 1,000 employees, at $1.5M under budget-Implemented free addressing strategy across multiple Home Office Properties to reduce real estate footprint, resulting in annual rent savings of over $2M annually-Completed project to relocate business group to another office 2 months early and at $100K under budget

Roseland, New Jersey

-Managed Group Insurance domestic space portfolio, including 4 major operating sites and 24 field offices -Acted as single point of contact in business for implementation of new space management system, TRIRIGA-Created, designed and maintained multiple websites for team homepage and project-related efforts-Created, populated and maintained various office operation management reports as needed-Coordinated and oversaw work requests for space/MAC (Move, Add, Change), furniture reconfigurations and other various facilities requests-Collaborated with technology partners to periodically assess and upgrade Video Teleconferencing technology

Roseland, New Jersey

-Set up and maintained large-scale and complex meetings, including preparation of any materials/presentations -Maintained key principals’ calendars daily and ensure all meeting conflicts are resolved in a timely manner -Assisted VP, Real Estate with various one-off facilities-related requests

Hauppauge, Ny

-Track and maintain pending orders throughout the manufacturing process in order to ensure a timely delivery-Update and maintain back-order and inventory reports on a daily basis-Prepare and register documents necessary for conducting international business-Communicating with regular and/or potential clients via email-Match accounts payable invoices with receiving documents-Enter new orders and purchase orders into system-Assist with other miscellaneous office tasks

-Take incoming sales calls and inquiries from customers of products-Enter and invoice new customer orders using QuickBooks and Acctivate-Help design, maintain, and edit the company’s website -Order all drop ship items (shipping from a vendor)-Process customer returns (refunds and exchanges)-Receive incoming merchandise from vendors physically, and entering it into the computer-Prepare/pick and ship orders to customers (via UPS or Priority Mail)-Process customer payments (i.e. checks, credit cards)-Handle incoming and outgoing mail-Send out past due notices, and calling/following up on older invoices via phone-Change prices in computer system with each new catalog-Train new employees in basic company operations-Order and maintain company office supplies

-Create schedules for the checkout department-Oversee operations in the checkout department-Assist dissatisfied customers-Process customer returns-Cash office clerk-Organized different cashier training/improvement groups-Train new hires in the checkout department