Manager Sales

Margaret (Peggy) Gurske

***** **** ***** ***-***-

2642

Salem, Wisconsin 53168

*******@**.**.***

QUALIFICATIONS

Detail oriented support professional with strong organizational abilities,

excellent communication skills and exceptional prioritization proficiency.

Readily adapts to change and quickly learns procedures and methods and

maintains high productivity under pressure of fast paced environments. Team

player, Quality and Customer Service trained.

SOFTWARE: Cognos MS Word, Excel, Access PowerPoint / Outlook

Visio

KRONOS Lotus Notes / Mercury Oracle (entry) XMS

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL 9/2010

- Present

Administrative Assistant - Corporate Legal, Patent and Trademarks

Administrative support for two Division Counsel in the Patent and

Trademarks department. Coordinate calendars, project work, expenses,

travel, and preparing presentations. Coordination and setup of meetings

which include rooms, teleconferencing, catering and setup of Sametime.

Ensure that invoices are paid in a timely matter. Frequently handles

confidential or business-sensitive information and often interacts with

high-level executives.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL 6/2001

- 1/2010

Technical Clerk, GPO - Fermentation Recovery Operations 11/2004

- 11/2009

Entered payroll data into KRONOS system and production information into

Oracle database; Extracted information from Cognos database for weekly

reports; Stocked office supplies, distributed mail, entered expense report

information into XMS, and scheduled communication meetings; Issued Purchase

Orders; and Reconciled labor sheets, tracking of hours including incidents,

sick time, vacations, and overtime for management.

. Worked with vendor to ensure cleanroom garments are in stock and in good

repair while minimizing cost, tracking complaints and returning garments

to be repaired.

. Worked with vendors to provide cost effective pager support for

approximately 30 users, track complaints, return broken pagers and issue

replacement pagers.

. Received Silver Award for being a major contributor on the team that

organized and executed the plant recognition picnic in which they

received the Premier Plant Award at Abbott.

. Received Silver Award exceeding expectation in organizing accommodations

for Class A Final Assessment.

Secretary III, Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety and Energy

06/2001 - 11/2004

Supported daily activities of several managers and served as backup to

other department administrative personnel.

. Coordinated numerous training seminars, which included meeting/catering

preparation (on and offsite).

. Managed calendars, assorted typing tasks, phones, XMS, ACR's, and

initiated Purchase Order's in Mercury.

. Active member of Cross Divisional Mentoring Team.

. Received two (2) Spot Awards for job well done and for going above and

beyond expectations.

PARKSON CORPORATION, Lake Bluff, IL 10/1998

- 5/2001

(formerly Waterlink Separations, Inc.)

Project Administrator, Contracts Department 5/2000

- 5/2001

Tracked customer projects/orders from the time they were sold until

shipment to ensure timeliness of delivery and customer satisfaction.

. Conducted backlog meetings and worked with Sales, Production, and

Engineering to make sure customer and file was kept up to date.

Maintained regular correspondence with vendors and customers to ensure

problem-free delivery.

Administrative Assistant, Sales Department, Nordic Water Products

10/1998 - 5/2000

Supported multiple departments (Nordic Water Products Sales, Engineering,

and New Products Development) and positions (Director, Group Business

Manager, and Engineering Manager, engineers, and sales people).

. Coordinated sales training seminars for external sales representatives.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, - Abbott Park, IL 5/1996

- 9/1998

Secretary, PPD R&D, Gastroenterology Venture

Assisted two Medical Directors, Clinical Project Manager and Clinical

Research Associates.

. Tasks included typing, heavy phones, calendar coordination; ordering

supplies through Mercury system, initiating administrative check

requests, preparing slides using PowerPoint, filing, proofing documents

for binding purposes, shipping through Federal Express Powership, and

general administrative duties as needed.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, - Deerfield, IL 12/1995 -

6/1996

Executive Secretary

. Supported various Partners in the firm when needed. Tasks included

typing, phones, schedule meetings, and proofreading (reports), monthly

newsletter (PageMaker), and general secretarial duties as needed.

BAXTER 4/1992 - 12/1995

Baxter Scientific Products - Critical Environments, McGaw Park, IL

4/1995 - 12/1995

Executive Secretary

. Supported outside sales representatives, reporting to the

International Sales Manager which included phones, typing, general

secretary duties including travel, and calendars.

Baxter Export Corporation (BEC), Deerfield, IL 10/1992

- 4/1995

Accounts Payable Clerk

. Duties included - Payment/justification of expense reports for

division, printing and mailing of checks (McCormick & Dodge),

reconciliation of invoices on general ledger (foreign).

Executive Secretary

. Reported directly to Division Controller, supporting 38 people in the

Accounting and Systems departments. Duties included entry of invoice

adjustments, journal entries, timekeeping, travel, meeting

coordination, typing. I was the Administrator of Office Vision for

BEC, Ergonomic and Health and Safety Coordinator, ordered supplies,

organized files/supply rooms, heavy phone contact and interaction with

outside vendors. Member of the Finance Awareness and Recognition

Committee, Administrator of BEC Buddy Award Program. Assisted in the

completion and distribution of a technical manual for department.

Coordinated large move, received award for "job well done".

CAREMARK, Inc. (Aff. Baxter Healthcare Corp.) Lincolnshire, IL

4/1990 - 10/1992

Case Management Coordinator

. Promoted from Administrative Secretary position. Worked with manager

to compile, organize, and distribute monthly management report.

Assisted with statistical reports for workflow evaluation.

Administrative Secretary

. Supported department of 12. Organized and developed spreadsheets,

department library, and department move. Aided in production and

completion of department strategy manual and supplied ideas and

prototype for department newsletter. Coordinated meetings, set-

up/shipping of trade show materials and worked with vendors for

purchasing of equipment and supplies. Arranged departmental travel,

processed expense reports, and check requests.

REFERENCES

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