Responsibilities include improving Georgia-Pacific’s (GP) branding by creating a viable pipeline of corporate level candidates to the corporate structure of Koch Industries, including Georgia-Pacific, INVISTA, Matador Security Group, and Koch Business Solutions. Full cycle recruiting including: • Sourcing for both active and passive job seekers, which includes collaborating with business managers to develop complete and accurate job descriptions • Candidate screening • Interviewing… Show more Responsibilities include improving Georgia-Pacific’s (GP) branding by creating a viable pipeline of corporate level candidates to the corporate structure of Koch Industries, including Georgia-Pacific, INVISTA, Matador Security Group, and Koch Business Solutions. Full cycle recruiting including: • Sourcing for both active and passive job seekers, which includes collaborating with business managers to develop complete and accurate job descriptions • Candidate screening • Interviewing qualified candidates using different methods including behavior based, panel, and competency interviews • Hiring and onboarding - initiating and managing candidate background screens, initial pre-employment and random drug testing, and all elements of the post offer process: I9 verification, direct deposit processing, orientation, relocation, WOTC tax surveys, and medical benefits enrollment. • Employee management – 1:1 performance reviews, necessary functions with worker’s compensation and unemployment • Career development/coaching – scheduling training courses (CBT’s)• Terminations Currently responsible for developing and maintaining approximately $35k+ of billed hours per business week of Atlanta retail business – in addition to Georgia-Pacific Corporate Headquarters, accounts include Chick-Fil-A Corporate Headquarters, City of Atlanta, Better Business Bureau of Metro Atlanta, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, INVISTA (GA, NC, SC, FL, & AL), and CWC. Negotiate bill rates for employees across many career fields. Successfully hired and currently supervise and manage 50+ contingency employees ranging from Supply Chain employees and Corporate Learning Specialists, to Chemists and Financial Analysts. Management responsibilities include monitoring and guiding career development paths; employee performance reviews; handling workers compensation cases; resolving pay/bill issues with both employees and customers. Show less

Primary responsibilities included being primary contact for brokerage and containerboard accounts in the TN, AL, NC, SC, and VA markets; managing and optimizing current tonnage flow of fiber material into paper mills and plants in the Southeastern region; Monthly follow up for new orders and additional material; Managed account performance and improved Harmon’s freight position. Owned the service and management of +150 vendor purchase orders, +40 sales orders, and over 200 deals in the… Show more Primary responsibilities included being primary contact for brokerage and containerboard accounts in the TN, AL, NC, SC, and VA markets; managing and optimizing current tonnage flow of fiber material into paper mills and plants in the Southeastern region; Monthly follow up for new orders and additional material; Managed account performance and improved Harmon’s freight position. Owned the service and management of +150 vendor purchase orders, +40 sales orders, and over 200 deals in the Southeast, representing over $200k in profit per year. Responsible for maintaining a 90% or better for monthly priced purchase and sales orders for timely processing and payments. Managed account diversions due to mill outages, baler down situations, or volume controls placed in effect by customers. Handled all facets of account management including, but not limited to, new domestic and export vendor set up, initial customer setup (includes setting credit limit and submission of tax and business records), and new domestic shipping points for current vendors. Accounting responsibilities included missing/erroneous payment issues, DFR’s (short paid invoices), COA (cash on account), export claims, and weight and price discrepancies. Managed all facets of material rejected at GP mills and customer mills/plants, including material disposition (diversion or downgrade), communication with supplier, pricing adjustments, and freight rerouting if required. Show less

Currently support the Vice President of National Distribution Sales, the Industrial Supply National Distribution Manager, and the Medical Distribution National Distribution Managers – 2 high-level managers, 7 National Distribution Managers, and 2 marketing managers. Responsibilities include generating monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) reports for the category; analyzing Point of Sales (POS) data from our largest Industrial Supply customers, W.W. Grainger and Fastenal, and creating rolling 3 month… Show more Currently support the Vice President of National Distribution Sales, the Industrial Supply National Distribution Manager, and the Medical Distribution National Distribution Managers – 2 high-level managers, 7 National Distribution Managers, and 2 marketing managers. Responsibilities include generating monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) reports for the category; analyzing Point of Sales (POS) data from our largest Industrial Supply customers, W.W. Grainger and Fastenal, and creating rolling 3 month reports to show current sales trends; effectively managing the sales representative database by representative and territory for our largest customers; create PowerPoint presentation slides for high-level executive meetings and webinars for our customer Regional Product Managers; plan/coordinate/execute large customer meetings on-and-off site, coordinate with Industrial Supply customers to ensure GP’s participation in National Sales Meetings and sales training. Additionally responsible for monitoring and maintaining the category Advertising & Promotion (A&P) budget. Project Management projects include Independent Manufacturing Representative (IMR) rollout, Grainger KeepStock Program, and Fastenal’s Sales Agent Program (U.S. and Canada). Other administrative duties as necessary including travel arrangements and general meeting coordination; calendar maintenance for the VP, category, and office meeting space; reconciliation of sample budget, corporate purchasing cards, and vendor invoices through GP’s DART invoice system. Show less

Responsibilities included supporting Vice President and General Manager of Wiper Category; supported Non-Wovens, I-Supply, and Retail/DIY channels within Wiper Category; Organizing on/off-site category meetings; Maintain Vice Presidents expenses through JP Morgan Chase online system, travel through BCD Travel/Sabre/Cliqbook system, and calendar via Outlook; Ordering office supplies for category within departmental budget; Generating Wiper Category volume reports, weekly wiper orders; Providing… Show more Responsibilities included supporting Vice President and General Manager of Wiper Category; supported Non-Wovens, I-Supply, and Retail/DIY channels within Wiper Category; Organizing on/off-site category meetings; Maintain Vice Presidents expenses through JP Morgan Chase online system, travel through BCD Travel/Sabre/Cliqbook system, and calendar via Outlook; Ordering office supplies for category within departmental budget; Generating Wiper Category volume reports, weekly wiper orders; Providing support for field sales (Food Service and Washroom) representatives, i.e. cellular service, travel, ordering product samples through Marketing Services; Coordinating with Marketing Services for field sales mailings; Managing bi-weekly category meetings; Handling correspondence in VP’s absence; Reconciliation of JP Morgan Chase corporate credit cards and Purchasing cards; Create/format/edit presentation documents for category meetings and customer visits; Provide administrative support for Segment Marketing Team; Organize/plan high level executive customer meetings which include customer entertainment, off-site meeting coordination, catering, and awards presentation; Special projects as directed by Vice President; General administrative duties, including notary public, as needed. Show less

Responsibilities include generating distributable Request for Quotes to capital equipment suppliers and contractors; Preparing contracts for procurement (Construction and Engineering capital equipment purchases) while tracking receipt, returns and countersignature; Update monthly cost avoidance and cash savings tracking summary for monthly Procurement meetings, developing negotiating worksheets and comparison spreadsheets for major capital buys; Maintain all active purchase order files for… Show more Responsibilities include generating distributable Request for Quotes to capital equipment suppliers and contractors; Preparing contracts for procurement (Construction and Engineering capital equipment purchases) while tracking receipt, returns and countersignature; Update monthly cost avoidance and cash savings tracking summary for monthly Procurement meetings, developing negotiating worksheets and comparison spreadsheets for major capital buys; Maintain all active purchase order files for large projects such as Big Island, Virginia Steam Reformer Project and Wauna, Oregon and Port Hudson, Louisiana Tissue Machine projects; maintain current contract files (including tracking Addendums for signature, and coordinating with GP Records Retention); Responsible for maintaining compliance according to Market Based Management within our Agreement files by assisting Legal with document audits; Assist Engineering Project Managers with various duties on current projects at millsites; Develop charts, graphs, presentation slides in Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio. Other duties include assisting Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Managers and Directors as needed, general office responsibilities including, but not limited to, travel arrangements, maintaining schedules, conference calls and in-house meetings. Show less

Assisted two senior sales manager and tour and travel sales manager with writing and executing major convention and tour and travel contracts as well as tariff agreements for international tour and travel groups; Organized tour group meal and meeting arrangements, family reunion agreements and itinerary; Coordinated production of marketing related print for internal customers (Catering, Meetings/Conventions and Sales); Key role in soliciting and servicing professional sports team events and… Show more Assisted two senior sales manager and tour and travel sales manager with writing and executing major convention and tour and travel contracts as well as tariff agreements for international tour and travel groups; Organized tour group meal and meeting arrangements, family reunion agreements and itinerary; Coordinated production of marketing related print for internal customers (Catering, Meetings/Conventions and Sales); Key role in soliciting and servicing professional sports team events and meetings, international tour agencies, national associations and Fortune 500 companies; Coordinated “red carpet” welcomes for VIP’s including arranging entertainment, amenities, city tours and site inspections of the hotel; Effectively handled complaints and issues of tour guests, including but not limited to tour availability, space or agenda conflicts, Atlanta Convention Bureau inconsistencies, etc. Other duties included general office responsibilities. Show less

Responsibilities included heavy customer service to companies enrolled with Transamerica for retirement planning services to accountants third party administrators, national sales offices and home office, agents and broken with respect to Qualified 401(k), Profit Sharing and Money Purchase plans; Assisted enrolled participants with fund selection, withdrawal procedures, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, and general retirement plan servicing; Prepared sales proposals and contracts for sales… Show more Responsibilities included heavy customer service to companies enrolled with Transamerica for retirement planning services to accountants third party administrators, national sales offices and home office, agents and broken with respect to Qualified 401(k), Profit Sharing and Money Purchase plans; Assisted enrolled participants with fund selection, withdrawal procedures, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, and general retirement plan servicing; Prepared sales proposals and contracts for sales staff; Prepared 401(k) enrollment kits for clients; Coordinated travel arrangements for 6-8 sales managers handling the Southeast region; Extensive computer work for designing and implementing workflow charts and enrollment reports; Direct involvement with customer tax preparation with respect to 1099-R filings. Other duties included general basic administrative responsibilities as required. Show less

Managed one-person Shop Support Unit supporting maintenance and local fabrication shops with little or no supervision; Controlled and monitored multi-thousand dollar aircraft parts awaiting installation and maintenance for Mission Capable flying status; Input and filed work order documents and receipts in Supply database with 97% or better accuracy every quarter; Submitted local manufacture work orders to local civilian manufacturing plants and internal maintenance shops. Overseas travels… Show more Managed one-person Shop Support Unit supporting maintenance and local fabrication shops with little or no supervision; Controlled and monitored multi-thousand dollar aircraft parts awaiting installation and maintenance for Mission Capable flying status; Input and filed work order documents and receipts in Supply database with 97% or better accuracy every quarter; Submitted local manufacture work orders to local civilian manufacturing plants and internal maintenance shops. Overseas travels include Belgium, Germany and Turkey in support of Operation Desert Calm. Awards include National Defense Ribbon and Expert Marksmanship Ribbon. Awarded Honorable discharge July 26, 1995. Show less