Paula Porter Email and Phone Number

Currently Laid off due to pandemic

Manage and support several corporate & regional accounts. Assisted sales with sourcing, quoting/proposals, order entry, tracking & AP/AR reconciliation. Including client sponsorship processing, billing/invoicing preparation for vendors and clients while maintaining client brand requirements. Duties include experience of working with NFL and Collegiate royalties and approval processing. Vacation desk coverage and answering phones. Trained successfully in two order/data processing programs: AIA… Show more Manage and support several corporate & regional accounts. Assisted sales with sourcing, quoting/proposals, order entry, tracking & AP/AR reconciliation. Including client sponsorship processing, billing/invoicing preparation for vendors and clients while maintaining client brand requirements. Duties include experience of working with NFL and Collegiate royalties and approval processing. Vacation desk coverage and answering phones. Trained successfully in two order/data processing programs: AIA (Adventures in Advertising) & PROv1 (PROforma ProSource Program). Sourcing tools: SAGE & ESP Promotional Products Sourcing Platform Programs. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint including Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop Illustrator experience. VPN, Virtual/work at Home Experience Show less

Maintain a substantial number of client accounts including: sourcing, quoting, project management, timeline management including RFQ/RFP processes. Client Services/Sales Assistant skills providing direct & indirect support for a team of high volume sales representatives daily with sourcing, order entry, logistics and timelines to ensure client branding standards. Comprehensive experience in accounting and billing reconciliation. Serving as a centralized contact point for communications and… Show more Maintain a substantial number of client accounts including: sourcing, quoting, project management, timeline management including RFQ/RFP processes. Client Services/Sales Assistant skills providing direct & indirect support for a team of high volume sales representatives daily with sourcing, order entry, logistics and timelines to ensure client branding standards. Comprehensive experience in accounting and billing reconciliation. Serving as a centralized contact point for communications and inquiries with clients while ensuring a consistent delivery of all communications with the clients and sales representatives. Strong product knowledge within the industry including promotional and printed collateral experience and education to assist all sales team members to meet any and all needs of the clients. Proficient operating systems knowledge to maintain project history. Sales Representative/outside sales for 1-½ to 2 years maintaining 200k-400k of cold call business built including Company Store Programs. ZEBRA & eQuantum data processing Programs. SAGE Promotional Products Sourcing Platform Programs. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint including Paint, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop Illustrator experience. VPN, Virtual/work at Home Experience Show less

Sales Assistant for multiple Senior Sales Representatives. Clerical duties including phone management, merchandising, marketing, program management for printed collateral & promotional products for company store platforms upload processing includes product virtual experience. AP/AR along with commissions and gross margin management responsible for maintaining relationships with sales representatives for RFQ/RFP requests processing. The processing of obtaining quotes and development of… Show more Sales Assistant for multiple Senior Sales Representatives. Clerical duties including phone management, merchandising, marketing, program management for printed collateral & promotional products for company store platforms upload processing includes product virtual experience. AP/AR along with commissions and gross margin management responsible for maintaining relationships with sales representatives for RFQ/RFP requests processing. The processing of obtaining quotes and development of presentations for client review and contractual agreements. Communication of production timelines, status, logistics and follow-up throughout project completion throughout the final invoicing process. Ensuring client-specified quality and brand standards are met. Reconciliation of past due accounts, credits and invoice reconciliation with prioritizing and a wide range of organizational skills. VPN, Virtual/work at Home Experience Show less

Maintained Key-Accounts within Division for large & small business. I developed relationships customers to provide good pricing and quality product development. As a large portion of my duties, I worked with MICR, perfs, glue lines, lineholes, snap out, fan apart, sheet fed and jumbo roll products for auto billing and statement development through home & residential energy corporations. Maintained inventory and accounting on all accounts.Achieved growth in assigned account responsibilities. The… Show more Maintained Key-Accounts within Division for large & small business. I developed relationships customers to provide good pricing and quality product development. As a large portion of my duties, I worked with MICR, perfs, glue lines, lineholes, snap out, fan apart, sheet fed and jumbo roll products for auto billing and statement development through home & residential energy corporations. Maintained inventory and accounting on all accounts.Achieved growth in assigned account responsibilities. The accounts were considered a high volume program which now serves as a guide for future growth. Devising a technique for introducing the sales concept and the product to customers. Designing an introductory call script that links the me to the customers to assure minimal error. Developing a strategy as product specialist to maintain form and print knowledge for the needs of the customers request. Developing a complete outline for continued growth and success within the department with both advanced and basic customer service training & skills. Microsoft – Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook, AS400, JD Edwards – One World, Citrix., Show less

Distributor Marketing online order processing for Storefront advertising, product inventory and order placement. Dispatch and truck loading processing daily reporting requirements. OTR dispatching a fleet of trucks to factories and distributors. OTR Driver Log reporting. Worked directly with the President in daily duties.