Lori Simonelli Email & Phone Number

• Worked closely with sales managers, sales reps, plant manager & controller to manage sales office.• Acted as the liaison between corporate headquarters and the plant.• Administrative sales support for the plant, including sales report preparation & analysis and servicing of customer accounts.• Managed territory forecasts and sales information, ensuring confidentiality of the information.• Prepared and distributed daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of actual sales results versus forecast as well as the development and analysis of any special reports from corporate, as needed.• Acted as the primary dealer contact at plant.• Coordinated with sales managers and sales reps to ensure dealers have all training materials, display materials, giveaways, specs, order forms and price lists.• Maintained the plant showroom.• Arranged travel reservations and itineraries, catering needs, in-house training, factory tours, sales meetings and open houses (on & off site) for sales managers & sales reps.• Coordinated holiday parties & other special events for the plant.• Oversee ordering and any distribution (to sales reps) of POP materials, advertising slicks, sales materials & items sent from corporate.• Assisted sales managers in training new sales reps, as wells as, current sales staff with new or revised sales programs.• Coordinated and/or provided assistance with special projects for the plant, as needed.• Provided direction to temporary office staff, as needed.

• Screened President’s calls.• Scheduled meetings & prepared daily calendar.• Arranged conference calls.• Prepared travel reservations and itineraries.• Coordinated business meetings and lunches.• Typed letters & memos utilizing Microsoft Word.• Prepared presentations utilizing Microsoft Power Point.• Prepared weekly & monthly sales spreadsheets.• Worked on special projects for Finance Department.• Responsible for office petty cash.• Responsible for updating the daily shipping log and preparing weekly spreadsheet for driver’s payroll.• Handled confidential information.• Temporary help in Human Resources, Accounts Payable and Customer Service.• Part-time Accounts Receivable Assistant

• Answered telephones.• Set up conference calls.• Arranged bank meetings.• Responsible for preparing department’s weekly status reports.• Typed letters and memos.• Prepared travel reservations and itineraries.• Prepared confidential information memorandums.• Managed Co-op students working in our department.• Filing, faxing and copying.• Back-up secretary to the President