Provided onsite support services for small commercial property of approximately 100,000 rentable square feet with over 100 retail and office tenants. Responsibilities: lease documents, tenant communications, vendor relations, maintaining accurate tenant files and managing rent roll.

This position required versatility and flexibility in a highly charged atmosphere of a war zone. My primary role was as liaison with both the Coalition Forces and Iraqi Army, especially with functions involving obtaining MNF-I and CAC badges for personnel, badging of vehicles, fuel passes, medical treatment for personnel, and similar responsibilities. In addition, I supervised staff and was the only on-site HR Representative for over 100 Expats, Third-Country Nationals and Local nationals.

This multi-role position as Marketing & PR Coordinator, Small Business Enterprises Contact and project closeout Safety Coordinator. Delivered Market Intelligence, Corporate Branding, SBE involvement and responsible for coordinating all Marketing and PR efforts within the area of operations in the post-hurricane environment. As an integral part of the KPMO Team provided interface with Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), Louisiana Minority Business Council (LaMBC) and with Parish and State officials. Key participant in the corporate sponsored Marketing Recruiting Task Team to reboot the recruitment website to enhance efforts to attract and retain talent.

This was a dual-role position as Marketing & PR Coordinator and as Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Automotive. I researched and authored the 2006-08 Strategic Plan for the Automotive Market Team. Formed a collaborative team of SMEs from within the automotive industry and our Automotive Market team. Negotiated a sponsorship for the 2005 North American International Auto Show that included radio broadcast promo opportunities, for which I wrote the 60-second commercial script, which was approved for use by Corporate Communications. I also represented Washington Group International as a key representative in our membership with Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) and their Project One initiative helping to grow minority business enterprises that have the capacity to compete for corporate contracts. Additional responsibilities included managing proposal efforts, preparing qualification packages, presentations (internal/external), and market readiness information, public relations and advertising utilizing proper corporate branding, corporate deliverable reports (WINS, Weekly Report, Top Ten), monitoring proposal budget and facilitated annual strategic planning process. Primary contact for internal/external marketing support. This position involved research and analyzing conditions that impact the automotive market, as well as, identifying potential opportunities. Additionally, supervised support staff.

Primary function was to relieve the Vice President of administrative tasks. Responsibilities included all aspects of correspondence, preparing reports and presentations, supporting proposal efforts, marketing of corporate brand, ensuring office compliance with PEPs, communicated directly with internal/external clients, organized meetings, coordinated special events (i.e. 2004 Ryder Cup, NAIAS Charity Gala, etc), developed and maintained contact database, monitored executive calendar, prepared travel arrangements, interface and coordinate activities with other departments and Business Unit Executives. This position involved working with confidential and sensitive information.

Provided administrative and document control support to several automotive projects, including:> GM Michigan Part 5 Compliance Project> GM Transfer Press Facility Upgrade (Project Controls- Troy, MI)> Jinbei GM General Assembly Project (China)> Chrysler Brazil Engine & Assembly Projects> Chrysler Argentina Project> Ford Vietnam. A large function of this role was as client/project liaison. In addition, I accomplished a wide range of tasks centered around document control including start-up activities, preparation of project procedures manual and forms, maintaining client records, process DCRs, FCRs, Bulletins and Invoices. In addition, I was responsible for other duties associated with field site support, including processing “expat” personnel paperwork for mobilization to foreign sites (including visa and passport processing). I was also responsible for preparation of status reports, open issues matrices for clients and supervised support staff.

Responsible for tracking all active projects for contract compliance and document control of Contract Administration files. This included processing incoming client contracts and completing contract data sheets and billing instructions associated with establishing new projects utilizing Oracle. In addition, I provided project start-up services for new jobs, including start-up binder with all pertinent documents, project files and procedures manual complete with necessary forms (prior to creation of PEPs). I also assisted our corporate legal counsel with discovery process when litigation involved an automotive project.

Directly supported the efforts of the Group President, Vice President of Business Development and Manager of Finance & Administration for Automotive. In addition, I managed office support services and supervised support staff.

Supported project start-up tasks involved with establishing a new Engineering Department. Responsibilities included all departmental administration tasks.