Kim Stephens Email & Phone Number

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

11/2015 - Present - Purchasing role and responsibilities have not changed except now I am more active in the Procurement process including doing some of my own Procurement opportunities from start to finish. I moved from the Human Resources Department over to Facilities and Fleet Maintenance which entails a lot of accounts payable, assists with maintaining electronic filing for maintenance and facilities as well as purchasing files, State and Federal annual reporting on our facilities and vehicles, disciplinary write-up's for Technicians, processing reimbursements for technicians for Tools, Boots, Testing & Certification fees, and other administrative tasks as needed.January 2019 to Present - Transitioned full-time to Facilities and Fleet Maintenance as Administrative Assistant. My position continues to grow and keep me busy and I have really enjoyed the path my career has taken me at The Rapid. I work with a great group of people and have a wide variety of responsibilities that I really enjoy.11-2015 through December 2019 - Administrative Assistant to Facilities & Fleet Maintenance Departments as well as the Purchasing Department.Working with Payables, State and Federal Reporting for Fleet and Facilities, Employee Reimbursements, Employee Disciplinary documentation, setting up new units (vehicles) electronically for Maintenance and Fueling, administering Insurance information for Fleet.02-2014 - 11-2015 - Administrative Assistant to Human Resources and Purchasing.Worked with payroll, benefit administration, recruiting & purchasing. Recordkeeping, FMLA, DOT physicals, worker's comp. Managed electronic and paper copy procurements and managing procurement website. Did small procurements of my own.

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Elkhart, In

* Overseeing the Permit Department for oversized freight. Making sure all permits are ordered and received timely and assisting in the Permit ordering as needed;* Assisting with Dispatch of oversized freight and keeping the customer/broker informed as to the status of their freight delivery.* Providing quotes to customers and brokers for oversized freight transfers;* Recordkeeping and reconciliation of all permits ordered weekly and monthly;* Reporting of fuel taxes for all states travelled;* Schedule Escorts/Pilot cars for the moves as needed;* Payment to Pilots/Escorts after the move is over;* Special projects as needed.

South Bend, In

Providing quotes, tracing shipments, running reports, and following-up on special requests, etc. to ensure the customers needs are fully met

St. Joseph, Michigan

* Temporary assignment as Administrative Support to the CFO and COO and other Vice Presidents* Typed Meeting Minutes and other communication as needed, sitting in on Board Meetings* Assisted the Credit Union through a system conversion where my primary role was to provide food to the employees 24 hours a day over a weekend, with food catered in and other foods available outside of the normal meal schedule* Worked on Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint* Prepared a Business Plan for one of the VP's on How to Reward Employees* Took care of special projects as needed* I have a Reference Letter from this employer. They were wonderful to work with, but were not able to add me to their staff as the work load did not allow for it.

Michigan

* Placing ads on Craigslist, Freetruckingjobs.com, Gettruckingjobs.com, and Hotcdljobs.com to recruit Drivers for OTR and Regional positions* Screening phone calls up to 6 days a week interviewing Drivers* Discussing the job opportunities available with Drivers who meet minimum hiring requirements to try to get Drivers to Apply* Assisting Drivers with their Application process, gathering all of their data to fully complete the Job Application and gathering their completed signed Release form to submit with their Applicaiton* Liason for the Driver and Company on questions on on their Application* Sending in Applications to Qualify Drivers, and staying in touch with the Drivers who Qualify to try to get them to Orientation

Varied

* Co-owner of current family business which previously worked full-time for in the same industry under other company names, but now only working part-time. * Still doing the bookkeeping for this business.* I have my Government Security Clearance.* I use MS Office - Word, Excel, and Outlook on a daily basis.

* Responsible for a portion of the sold case process on Retirement plans* Clerical support for two AE's & reaching proactive service goals making service calls and scheduling appointments and preparing presentation materials* Back-up for Internal Wholesaler who works for the VP of the company on prospects, proposals, and pricing* On-site visits with clients for proactive service visits with the AE's as well as going on sold case appointments with AE and Sales Representative on new 401(k) cases* Some on-site visits with new clients to set them up for electronic fund transfers for their contributions and walking them through their first contribution and other procedures* Daily correspondence with customers and/or insurance agents to gather necessary and/or missing information on amendment requests and new case information & following up with Corporate to make sure everything is processed timely and accurately* Assisted customers who called in with questions and requests

* Clerical support for two civil litigation attorneys and back-up support for three other attorneys * Prepared divorce, bankruptcy, real estate, business, landlord-tenant, estate planning, domestic, personal injury, and other miscellaneous documents and pleadings* Daily correspondence with clients and attorneys* Scheduled hearings and motions with the Courts* Collection calls on moneys owed for past-due accounts

* Assisted Vice President with general office management decisions and H.R. functions* Daily supervision of company’s Receptionist and continuous monitoring of her and delegated work to her – I hired her, trained her, and later typed a 140+ page step-by-step instruction manual for her to handle my job when I left* Prepared employee benefit manuals, proposals, and summary plan descriptions sent to clients* Prepared many presentation materials for the Consultants when presenting to prospects* Accurately maintained bookkeeping for accounts receivable and prepared weekly and monthly reports, as well as spreadsheets on moneys received* Daily deposits at the bank for premium payments that came in and submitted data for bills we needed to have paid via accounts payable* Assisted in maintenance of company’s computer network, including daily back-ups of company data* Daily correspondence with Corporate headquarters in Chicago on various human resources and accounting items