Sharon Button Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey

• Covance, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey October 2013 to PresentClient Services Manager II
• Manage all aspects of quote, proposal, bid defense meetings, and requests for information development for assigned opportunities; adhering to agreed-upon business unit-specific and enterprise-wide proposal and pricing.
• Responsible for managing opportunities of medium to high complexity autonomously and ensure timely delivery of assigned proposals and presentations to clients.
• Responsible for client-facing and senior management-facing activities surrounding assigned opportunities. Works with operations, finance, account xecutives, physicians and others to compile proposal response
• Maintains appropriate knowledge of the technical and regulatory environments

East Windsor, NJ

• Proposal Manager June 2010 - PresentPerformance management, mentoring and training of Proposal Managers responsible for the production of eClinical proposals.
• Supervise staff of three employees; ensure consistent workflow management for the timely delivery of the pricing/proposals to clients across multiple products: RTSM, EDC, VCAS, MyTrials, and ePRO.
• Established employee goals aligned with corporate business objectives. Mentor staff to achieve these goals and evaluate performance.
• Facilitate and add value to proposal development team by identifying client requirements, study conduct strategy, and internal resourcing.
• Customize client proposal by identifying critical factors and selling points. Classify studies based on specific functionality to achieve agreement on timelines and deliverables.
• Lead senior management, multi-disciplinary discussions to assure full and high quality input.

Lincroft, New Jersey

• Administrator, Health SciencesResponsible for full enrollment of the Health Science programs each semester. Performance management, mentoring, and training of staff responsible for administrative support of Nursing.
• Supervised staff of five employees accountable for the full enrollment of students into health science programs and administrative support of the Director, department staff, faculty, health science laboratories and.
• Controlled, managed and maintained student wait list for admission into health science programs. Facilitated student requirements for entry.
• Established procedures for processing students and ensuring compliance. Created and managed Access student database to collate data for completion of student and faculty certifications.
• Transitioned students into program each semester, certified student for clinical assignment, conducted criminal history background checks, and medical clearances.
• Formulated and developed reports on recruitment, attrition, student queue for presentation to senior management.

Red Bank, New Jersey

Owner/Operator of retail florist business responsible for design, purchasing, sales, customer service, personnel, insurance and financial accounting.

Fairfield, NJ

• Manager, Sales Administration for major eyewear distributor providing support to three independent sales teams totaling 200 representatives.
• Managed, trained and mentored administrative staff of 15 employees supporting Vice President of Sales, three Sales Directors and independent national three sales representatives, corporate buyers, and optical co-ops.
• Recruited, interviewed, evaluated performances/salaries. Hired and fired as necessary.
• Determined workflow management, delegating assignments, set priorities and expectations. Facilitated and consistently improved and implemented procedures, projects and deadlines.
• Corporate Meeting Planner for national/regional sales meetings; site selection, negotiated cost, arranged and coordinated conferences, banquets, entertainment and travel.
• Established travel policy/cost control program, negotiated and monitored rates, coordinated ticketing and provided cost savings reports to senior management.

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Social Sciences