Ms. Christine A. Martin
Belleville, MI 48111
Residence : 734-***-**** Cell Phone : (734)
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position as an Executive Administrative Assistant using
multiple business skills working with the automotive companies, insurance
industries, legal, accounting, computer, fundraising/event planning,
personal executive assistant and department coordinator.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Populus Group / General Motors Company 02/2010 to 7/2010
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant to General Motors Talent Acquisitions Department
supporting managers in their Human Resources Division - North America. I
assisted in selecting and processing the candidates who are college grads
and experienced hire for employment with General Motors. Coordinating,
interviewers, meeting facilities, schedules and meeting all the
requirements for hire using various software and their Taleo system. I was
responsible for background checks and drug screening along with doing
orientations with the candidates. Teaching the interviewers in the GM
interviewing procedures. Booking all candidates' travel arrangements
through American Express Travel.
NextSource/BASF Corporation, Wyandotte - Executive Administrative
Assistant, 01/2009 to 11/2009
Executive Administrative Assistant to BASF's Group Vice President -
Americas Styrenics and the Global Division. My responsibilities included
coordinating the division's administrative assistants to work harmously
with arranging all the division's global meetings, sales conferences, human
resources requirements and procedures, financial and PowerPoint
presentations. Coordinating all travel arrangements through American
Express Travel Nationally and Internationally for executive throughout the
world. Managing GVP's calendar and schedule appointments. Arrange
programs, events, conferences including facilities, catering, issuing
information and invitations, coordinating speakers and controlling event
budget. Prepare confidential correspondence, reports and other complex
documents.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Detroit - Executive Administrative Assistant,
04/2005 - 02/2008
Executive Administrative Assistant to client services in the audit
department of Deloitte North Central Region, USA. I was assigned to
support partners working in compliance, legal, bankruptcies, human
resources, and healthcare divisions and also support admin for North
Central Regional Partner. Job responsibilities included coordinating large
town hall meetings, processing and setup clients in Deloitte's DPS system
with client information/invoicing which is their internal processing
systems to maintain the client's current information. Arranging all travel
for executive as needed.
Mentor 4, Inc., General Motors - Executive Administrative Assistant,
10/2002 - 02/2005
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Chief Information Officers (CIO
Planning Department)of General Motors Corporation's Information Systems and
Services/Computer Division. Assistant to the Chief Strategy Officer in
GM's Strategic Planning Department. Responsibilities included assignments
in Micro-Soft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and General Motor systems. Scheduling
meetings, updating calendars/scheduling, conference calls, major meeting
coordination of large group, video conferencing, making national and
international travel reservations through American Express Travel and GM's
Corporate Jets, visa processing, electronic expense reporting processing,
preparation of presentation materials and all general administrative duties
to make the department run efficiently
SmithGroup, Inc. - Legal Executive Administrative Assistant, 08/2000 -
05/2002
Executive Legal Administrative Assistant to SmithGroup's Corporate Attorney
in their legal department, the CFO and President. My job responsibilities
encompassed working with all the legal issues of the company, contracts,
and real estate transactions, coordinating with human resources processing
employee contracts, separation agreements and lawsuits. Working with
SmithGroup's Board of Directors, setting up all their shareholder meetings,
agendas, compiling financial information and recording all correspondence
and stock transactions. I was assigned to issue stock certificates,
processing all loan applications to purchase stock and payouts of stock. I
functioned in the capacity of an insurance risk manager's assistant working
with the insurance agency on renewals of the entire corporation's insurance
business including their Property and Casualty, Vehicle, Professional
Liability and D&O policies. I tracked all certificates of insurance with
changes and renewals, cancellation and new business. I processed all
invoices, billing, developed file systems, with all HR issues and lawsuits,
new construction and environmental matters.
Arthur Andersen LLP - Legal Executive Administrative Assistant, 02/1995 -
03/2000
Legal Executive Administrative Assistant to the Litigation Department-Audit
division. I supported a partner who was an expert witness representing our
clients and law firms with his team. I also worked with the International
Trade and Customs-Tax division supporting the department's partners and
managers with all correspondence, appointment scheduling, calendar entries,
meetings; travel both national and international through American Express
and Carlson Wagonlite, expense reports, billing, invoicing and maintaining
all our client files in both departments.
Ford Motor Company - Legal Administrative Assistant to Labor Relations,
06/1994 - 02/1995
Legal Executive Administrative Assistant - Electronics Division, Labor
Relations Department and Personnel Services, Drivers Controls Engineering
Department, Vehicle Programs and Customer Representation, Department of
Power Train Products, assistant to the Program Manager of d/EW98 Jaguar,
and to the Vice President, Automotive Components Division of Ford Motor. I
maintained the department and support to each executive with calendaring
all travel through Thomas Travel and Ford Motor Company's Corporate Jets..
Draw-Tite / TriMas Division of Masco - Executive Administrative Assistant,
03/1993 - 03/1994
Executive Administrative Assistant at Draw-Tite supporting the President,
Vice President of Distribution and MIS, Vice President of Operations and
the CFO. Duties included handling all confidential correspondence
regarding financial reports, litigation and personnel. All travel
arrangements through American Express and Masco's Corporate Jets.
Alexander & Alexander of MI, Inc. - Executive and Personal Administrative
Assistant to
the
Chairman of the Board, 04/1978 - 12/1992
Administrative Assistant to Vernon S. Glendening, Chairman of the Board and
National Director of Client Services. Personal assistant with
responsibilities for all of Mr. Glendening's personal matters and
administrative assistant to the Client Retention Team nationally.
Insurance agency's licensing coordinator for A&A's insurance licensing
requirements such as, agent and solicitor licensing, processing all non-
resident agent and company licenses with renewals and updates. In this
position I used all of my business/secretarial skills from shorthand
reports to dictating machines to computers.
Education:
Diploma/ Major: All Saints Academy, Detroit, MI - College Prep/Business
Detroit Business Institute, Riverview, MI - Executive Secretary, One year
accelerated program
Diploma/Certificate
Major: Virginia Farrell's Beauty Academy, Cosmetology-1500 hours, Lincoln
Park, Michigan
Major: Finishing School-First Person You, Wyandotte, Michigan
Certificates and Licenses:
Cosmetology, State of Michigan
Notes and Interests:
1. Computers: Micro Soft Office Suites 2003 and 2007 - Word, Excel,
PowerPoint. Lotus Notes, Outlook, Internet and various internal company
software programs.
2. New Center Lion Member: I was one of the first women in the world to be
invited to join an all male organization. I volunteered/worked as Vice
Chairman/Sales for several years raising funds by obtaining corporate
sponsors for the Mini Grand Prix Race held on West Grand Blvd. The event
had several years of achieving the highest earnings recorded for a single
one day fund raiser for the all the Lions Clubs globally. We raised over
$80,000 after expenses to give to the various charities they support.
References: Upon request.