Kim Lash Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Scarborough, Ontario

Toronto City Hall

Responsible for the office administrative operations as well as Constituent concerns throughout the Councillor's ward.Review and distribute incoming faxes, e-mails and telephone inquiries to appropriate staff members.Schedules the Councillor's appointments, invitations etc., ensuring that there is no scheduling conflict and also ensuring that the Councillor has necessary information and material for each meeting and/or event.Assist the Councillor in handling concerns and complaints from constituents and in the public. Gather and/or prepare responses as directed.Develop and maintain database of Councillor's contacts. Accomplishments Active team member of the implementation of File Maker, A constituent information program.

Weston, Ontario

Exclusive buyer for both direct and indirect materials necessary for plant production of approx. 4000 items.Developed and maintained plant supply budget of 2 million dollars.Reduced obsolete and slow moving inventory costs through delegation of cost structures to marketing managers.Assumed responsibility for accounts payable discrepancies up to $50,000.Integral role in contingency planning for the plant.Worked as a team member with the R&D department to research and identify opportunities and test new markets.Managed the day to day responsibilities of unionized and non unionized staff. AccomplishmentsReduced the plant supply budget by $200,000 in 2009Introduced and managed the implementation of a kan-ban inventory system.Member of the project management team to implement McDonald's sandwiches into the market place.

Developed and directed the execution of a national golf program.Coordinated administrative activities with financial institutions to ensure completed transactions.Purchased associated promotional materials. AccomplishmentsHad golf courses up and running nationally for a full season entitling golfer's to enjoy air miles while playing at selected golf courses.Supplied restaurants across Ontario with promotional items to hand out to customers for dining at their establishments.

Managed the daily patients menu needs depending on their illness.Purchased all prepared foods for patients and staffAdapted purchasing role to transfer traditional food methods to conventional methods.Supervised unionized warehouse, shipping and receiving staff on a daily basis to ensure proper flow of materials to be delivered to various sub-departments, stock rotation and inventory control.Worked with accounts payable to ensure all invoices matched and were ok to be paid. AccomplishmentsParticipated in procedural changes upon the outsourcing of food services at Sunnybrook Hospital to Cara FoodsManaged and trained unionized workers off-site, during Sunnybrook kitchen renovations.Reduced unionized warehouse staff from 6 bodies to 4 bodies without disruption to work duties.

Purchased all materials required for food creation throughout the hospital (patients, visitors and staff)Supervised shipping, receiving and dry goods staff.Managed month end reporting for the director of Food Services.Managed the food service database to accurately serve all admitted patients according to specific needs/diets. AccomplishmentsMaintained a 95% accuracy rate of patients "requested choice" of meals delivered on time to the various wards.Decreased warehouse inventory value by 20% by consolidating some patient meal choices with staff cafeteria choices.

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Six Sigma - Green Belt Certificate Program 2007-in progressSix Sigma- White Belt Certified 2003

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