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Des Plaines, Il, Us

Rosemont, Il

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

• Implement new technology in order to improve and update processes.Develop and document procedures for all areas of business, which are used by staff to perform various tasks.• Hire, train, and assess new staff .• Continuously train new hires, remote, and local employees on new programs, new processes, and duties being implemented.• Maintain ongoing alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives, and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.• Manage client engagement services and solution implementations.• Establish sourcing strategies that support the needs of the business for the assigned categories.• Improve and manage Inventory Turnover Rate for the assigned categories to meet company objectives.• Negotiate purchasing contracts and agreements with existing and potential vendors to obtain best cost, delivery and payment terms.• Monitor progress toward supplier incentive programs to optimize purchases and maximize rebate dollars.• Review vendor sourcing on a regular, ongoing basis, with the goal of securing more reliable, more cost-effective vendors

Greater Chicago Area

• Ensured accurate and timely processing of accounts receivable functions and posted sales invoices.• Contributed substantially to reducing outstanding accounts receivables through improved reconciliation processes. • Worked directly with controller and assistant controller on the month end receivables portion of the financials.

Greater Chicago Area

• Advised performers with W2 Inquiries, 2014 tax rate and policies.• Partnered with various state unemployment services to verify unemployed performers.• Decreased the money owed to child performers by making the minor trust setup process structured. • Ensured all wage garnishment requests and verification of employment requests were attended to in a timely manner.• Assisted in opening trust funds for talent under 18.

230 W. Monroe Chicago, Il

•Balanced and reconciled books for the past 3 years.•Partnered with the CEO to manage client investment portfolios.•Collected and analyzed firm performance data from the past to get firm data onto Morning Star to advertise firm achievements and success. •Filed all necessary documents needed to meet SEC regulations for the firm.

Chicago, Il

•Improved new hire retention from 20% to 60% by defining a detailed checklist of responsibilities, increasing training duration by two-weeks and concurrently providing daily mentoring.•Strategically led team to be 3rd most profitable department by making data driven decisions on inventory and visual placement of product and reinforcing daily goals with the team.•Improved safety metric, Days without Injury, from 3 days to 63 days by analyzing past year of safety data to define daily reinforcements; worked with management to define incentives for goal achievement.•Directed and provided leadership for an operations staff of 12 direct reports and 40 store reports.•Reinforced department specific attachments in daily team huddles to increase store revenue to goal of $100M.•Customized individual development plans for high potential team members to become team leaders. Involved reviewing strengths and weaknesses, coaching and mentoring.

Chicago And Rosemont, Il Locations

•Individual contributor to the overall 20% increase in sales goal by methodically reviewing weekly reports to devise sales strategy; specifically focusing on accessory, clearance items and Red Card attachments. •Led a team of 6 to revise the ineffectual weekly Ad Rotation process. Created a process for all Department managers to follow. Improved set-up time and take-down time metric from red to green on stop light chart.•Selected as Team Member of the Month for 4 consecutive months by Senior Management for outstanding contribution and leadership; culminating in a promotion to Team Leader.

Park Ridge, Il

•Created PR campaigns, product marketing as well as training for new volunteers.•Responsible for daily book keeping; entered transactions into MS Excel to keep track of accounts receivables, accounts payable, and revenue.•Operated as Store Clerk in addition to marketing responsibilities to augment sales revenues.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting, Senior

- Web Designer and Community Outreach Committee for Accounting Club August 2013- Present - Finance Club August 2013- Present - Site.

General Education, Accounting