Norma J Akdemir Email & Phone Number

New Lenox, Illinois, United States

Provided support to VP, Three directors and field sales managers Created daily, monthly and quarterly reports Approved travel for departmentBooked travel for VP, directors and field sales managersCreated expense reports for VP, directors and field sales managersApproved departments expense reports

Administrative Assistant to VP and Director of sales to DOD agenciesEvent Planning - meetings, trainings, & Busy seasonHandled sick/vacation requests for a team of 100 employeesRouted sick calls to proper managerCreated expense reports for managersApproved Account Manager’s expense reportsBooked travel for managersApproved Account Manager’s travelCreated late schedule for account managersRan daily, monthly and quarterly reportsSpecial projects

Phone salesEntered customer ordersAnswered Account Manager second line

Created processes and procedures to manage the workflow of the Corporate T&E credit card Trained 600+ coworkers in People Soft systemFunctional administrator of PeopleSoft’s eProcurement and Travel and Expense modulesAssisted with the implementation and subsequent upgrade of PeopleSoft for Accounts Payable, eProcurement and Travel and Expense modulesCreated test plans and performed user testingTroubleshot problems and suggested improvements and enhancementsNegotiated with Expedia Corporate travel to implement online travel agency – Year one savings exceeded $100kNegotiated contracts for airfare, hotel and car rentalsMaintained high service levels during period of rapid spending increases (from $2 million in 2002 to over $7 million for 2006) without expanding staffManaged card programs for corporate travel, expense and procurementNegotiated with many banks to select preferred cards programsEstablished payment schedule and back end rebate programs providing $25k extra incomeWorked with internal and external Auditors for Sarbanes Oxley complianceAudited Expense Reports Approved Travel requestsCreated accounts payable system journal entries

Assisted credit manager with all functions of A/P and A/ROrdered suppliesPosted customer checksIssued vendor checksCreated bank depositPosted journal entriesWorked with outside Auditors for compliance

Commission Payroll for the field repsMailed invoices to field repsProvided costumer service for field reps

Mat, Elementary Education And Teaching, First Grade

Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.9/4.0

Ba, Business Management

Activities and Societies: Sigma Beta Delta - International Honor Society for Business ManagementCumulative G.P.A.: 3.6/4.0

Associate, Accounting