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St. Louis, Mo, Us

Greater St. Louis Area

Provides administrative support to multiple Account Executives, Field Sales Directors,Leadership and Reporting Teams. Responsible for initiating, preparing, coordinating and following up on administrative duties associated with the executive’s area of responsibility.Key Job Responsibilities • Prepare and edit correspondence and reports • Organize and manage files and information • Maintain calendar scheduling for sales executives • Assist with licensing approvals and maintaining of manufacture forms • Independently run reports from Web focus Dashboard • Work on ad-hoc projects • Continuously look for opportunities to operate more efficiently and effectively. • Act as liaison between Sales AVP and companywide management and sales associates. • Establish and Maintain Interpersonal Relationships; developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with the sales organization.• Arrange travel itineraries and facilitate visits by third parties. • Independently research, prepare and compile materials for the Sales AVP’s, including meeting agenda’s, one time reports, power point presentations and or other correspondence.

Greater St. Louis Area

Owner of this event planning business specializing in conferences, meetings, weddings, birthdays, showers and book signing tours. Design and implement creative events to surpass client expectations.• Received positive feedback as lead planner of annual women’s conference for 200 attendees. Organized teams and tasks, managed 8 speakers and their needs, all logistics and vendors. Made centerpieces and designed floor layout.• Achieved praise from wedding couple and hotel management for managing wedding and rehearsal dinner events for 135 attendees that included a wedding party of 22.

Greater St. Louis Area

Co-Founder of Breast Cancer Support Organization. Lending support to women of the Greater St. Louis Area diagnosed with Breast Cancer and recovering from double mastectomy surgery. Providing "Comfort Baskets" to help with the recovery process.

Greater St. Louis Area

Supported the executive vice president/director of retail banking and his direct reports. Assisted chairman and CEO. Coordinated employee events, including department retreats, conferences and special events, including booking venues, creating agendas and promotional materials, and organizing catering for up to 350 employees. Maintained multiple executive calendars. Coordinated department and regional manager spending before submitting to accounts payable. Handled employee on-boarding. Assisted with resolving customer issues. Gatekeeper for staffing to budget reconciliation. • Received company award for creating week-long incentive trip itinerary for top bank manager. Scheduled and managed all events, including company meetings, site visits and leisure activities. • Planned and managed 3-day, company executive retreat, including logistics, travel, agendas and offsite activities, enabling leaders to map out the bank’s direction and devise new opportunities.

Greater St. Louis Area

Distributed monthly reports to management. Prepared statistical reporting for performance measurement. Audited department spending before submitting to accounts payable. Coordinated and maintained schedule for conference calls, training rooms, and visual aid projectors. Coordinated travel schedules and logistics. Managed expense reports and employee time sheets. Facilities manager.• Reduced expenses by 21% in 2010 by auditing purchases and negotiating better supplier deals.• Initiated and led the Employee Engagement Committee, which coordinated events focusing on diversity awareness and charity organization support.• Team leader in donation drive for St. Patrick Suits for Success program collecting 50+ suits in 2013.• Team leader for annual 100 Neediest Cases drive, helping 20+ families, developing communications and organizing employee events.

Greater St. Louis Area

Assisted 30 local divisional sales staff with strategic account customers nationwide. Worked with and set up 20+ customer accounts. Executed and updated contract pricing, account information and customer billing information. Team leader for National Sales Ordering System for 12-15 account managers, creating flyers, proposals, business reviews and PowerPoint presentations. Trained 7-10 co-workers. Serviced 100-300 customer supply orders received daily. • Prepared business review and proposals for a strategic account that resulted in a multi-million dollar win for the company. • Cut process time by 20% by revising the outline and procedure used for compiling business reviews.• Decreased customer complaints by 25% and increased order entry accuracy by 10% by redesigning client requisition forms and organizing account specification worksheets.

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

High School, Dance

Activities and Societies: Majored in Dance, Minored in Vocal Music, Journalism, Acting, and Fashion. Studied German Language for 2 years.

Psychology & Early Child Education

Psychology