Gretchen K. Pe a
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East Orange, New Jersey 07018
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. - Harrison, NJ October 2005 -
Present
Warranty Assistant
Assist the Warranty Manager in coordinating and overseeing the field
office.
Assist the assistant manager of modifications in coordinating all field
modification
Handle all office administrative needs and ensuring that the office is
properly
equipped to support the field staff.
Organize and maintain the file system for the Warranty office into SAP.
Coordinate site activities for minor contracts as needed.
Handle all consumable part orders received from the sites.
Purchasing Assistant
. Handle the day-to-day issues; creating purchase and sales orders of over
half a million dollars in materials per project schedule with major
vendors, along with verbal and email dialog with suppliers to ensure
timely and accurate product flow.
. Coordinating between suppliers and customers with respect to
availabilities, ship dates, cancellation dates and prompt resolutions for
all related issues with account payments.
. Calling suppliers and expediting requests for quote (RFQ) responses and
(RFP) purchase order shipments on a daily basis.
. Post (RFQ) responses, negotiate, process vendor acknowledgements, close
out purchase orders; receipt and cross dock administrative functions and
post other information into our purchasing system SAP.
. Track and verify receipts against purchases.
. Perform data entry, run status reports, file and other general clerical
duties that are critical to ongoing supplier and customer relationships.
Quality Assurance /Car History Books
* Expertise in creating, maintaining, filing, and organizing seven main
projects.
* Utilizing source documents to assemble and conduct initial audit of car
history book contents.
* Comply with customer specifications for conditional and final acceptance
making certain that the integrity of the product remains paramount.
* Provided training for assembly of car, truck history books and general
office management within the departments of Quality Control and Quality
Assurance.
* Handle situations in the best interest of both customer and company.
Quality Control Inspector
* Perform daily inspections of parts and sub-systems.
* Verify and witness assembly process conformance to quality standards.
* Present finish product to resident inspectors for final approval.
* Discern truck discrepancy reports and visualization of matching parts
allowing for greater detail in all reporting facets.
* Prepare rejection reports and service notification order utilizing SAP.
* Assist with documentation control, data entry, and database maintenance
of various quality records, reports and documents according to
established procedures.
* Record data findings from inspections and related documentation with a
high degree of accuracy, completeness, and attention to detail.
Quality Control Administrative Assistant
* Prepare and organize inspection records and rejection reports according
to established procedures in setting up to maintain charts and
spreadsheets in windows applications.
* Knowledgeable of SAP software handling different types of reports to
acquire or create specifications for different standard operation
procedures.
* Proofread documents to ensure quality levels are met.
* Interface with other departments to request and receive reports and
information bearing on quality documentation.
Nine West Group - White Plains, NY March 2005- Sept.
2005
Data Processor
* Established account with all major-end retailers processing over a
million dollars per month.
* Breakdown for bulk masters and electronic data information audit reports.
* Data entry with attention to detail and accuracy for single, open stock,
and multi-stores.
* Revise thoroughly and update maintenance on accounts.
* Willingness to work long hours at end of month in support of close out
volume.
Florida Architect- Orlando, FL June 2004 - Dec.
2004
Office Assistant
* Established and maintained essential records and files for review and
exhibits and ensured their proprietary confidentiality.
* Maintained a complete up-to-date library of vendor catalogues.
* Follow-up with customers/ vendors to procure missing documents or missing
information from initial submission.
* Assisted Director of Business Operation handling special out of office
projects.
* Maintained positive relations with engineers and employees within Florida
Architects and
New Century Structure.
Westchester Community College September 1999 -
May 2003
Senior Assistant
Handled all office clerical duties.
Assisted in coordinating student orientation and campus events.
Active in all student functions and activities promoting student support
and participation.
Worked directly with the Student Affairs Directors in maintaining all
college information
accurate and available to all inquires.
EDUCATION
Westchester Community College May 2003
Associates in Applied Science
Major: Business Administration
OTHER SKILLS
* Certificate: Adelphia Sales Certificate obtained at Adelphia
University/March 2004
* Applications: Proficient in Windows applications, Microsoft
applications, AS400-1 Extra Enterprises, File Maker Pro 5.0, Mail Order
Management (M.O.M),Citrix and SAP
* Excellent communicator English/ Spanish