Provide administrative support for group as needed, including scanning documents. Label tubes and prepare kits to be sent to labs for studies. Provide support for studies and projects to meet deadlines.

Perform administrative activities within HRIS. Track department budget through SAP. Enter purchase requests through Ariba. Maintain calendars, schedule meetings, make travel arrangements and track attendance. Maintain announcements on department webpage using MS Frontpage. Manage HRIS Help Desk (through Outlook and phone help line).

For a Transition and Learning Center coordinated registration and logistics for all major training programs – mini MBA, NJ Employment Sessions, and contract processing.Performed administrative activities within HRIS. Tracked department budget through SAP. Entered purchase requests through Ariba. Maintained calendars, schedule meetings, make travel arrangements and track attendance. Maintained announcements on department webpage using MS Frontpage. Managed HRIS Help Desk (using Outlook and phone help line): reset passwords, process security and attendance management requests, and create new positions through PeopleSoft. Troubleshot and assisted customers with: PeopleSoft navigation, creating queries, employee and manager self-service and Comp and Rewards system. Ran bi-weekly/weekly/monthly scheduled and ad hoc reports in PeopleSoft. Scheduled yearly training sessions for Comp and Rewards system and test database. Quickly grasped new/emerging technologies and software versions, e.g., PeopleSoft, SAP, Ariba, and OHM. Performed complex tasks related to electronic informational databases.Learned proprietary version of SAP HRIS system (Common Human Resources Information Systems, CHRIS) along with reporting tools during merger with Genentech. Created queries to replace 15 existing reports in the PeopleSoft legacy system, ensuring flow of information was uninterrupted. Built relationships with other functional Support Specialists and internal/external customers to ensure a quality interface. Known for delivering high quality service, identifying special needs of customers and proactively recommending new services or changes.

Supported the directors of Drug Metabolism and Information Management as well as supporting 60 scientists. Prepared expense reports, maintained attendance records, submitting purchase requests, report distribution, travel arrangements, scheduling meetings and maintaining calendars for two department heads. Assisted with grant preparation and ensured payments were processed.

Provided support to 60 scientists with archiving data files generated from research projects and all supporting documentation. Coordinated distribution of laboratory notebooks. Maintained archive file room and sent outdated files to records retention center.

Supported 50+ research scientists with typing and formatting various research reports from draft copy which including manuscripts for publication; statistical tables and abstracts for presentations. Incorporating changes from multiple sources; responsible for submitting final copy for printing and distributing to appropriate recipients.