Executive Assistant Sales

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position within a growing organization that will

utilize my experience and skills to further its success as well as my own.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

September 2009 to January 2010

Executive Assistant, The Ronco Group, Jacksonville, Florida

Executive assistant to president, chairman and chief financial officer of

The Ronco Group of Families. The Ronco Family consisted of 8 smaller

companies with 100 employees throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, California,

Utah and West Virginia. Helped organize the new facility that opened in

Jacksonville to be the new Corporate Headquarters. Maintained calendars

scheduled meetings, organized conferences and kept minutes from meetings,

primarily the Health and Safety Committee meetings. Applied for new

licenses and renewed all company business licenses, engineers, plumbers'

and electrical licenses for the technicians' and scheduling the technicians

for continuing education courses. Responsible for filing and updating

property taxes on Florida and Pennsylvania properties as well as

maintaining the legal records. The Ronco Group is in the process of

building in Kenya so I was in charge of getting comparison rates for

flights, shipping, and cellular usage.

January 2009 to September 2009

Sales Administration Manager, Advantus, Jacksonville, Florida

Assisted outside sales representatives with product updates or samples,

scanned documents for consumer show and on-line orders for the Customer

Service department. Developed my own sales territory for the Craft and

Hobby supplies for the North Florida region. Contacted current office

product customers for updated information on product as well as advising

them of new products and mailing sample products if available. Maintained

sales reports and distributed them on a weekly basis to managers and

president. Constantly searching websites for new Craft & Hobby and Office

Product customers. On occasion travel was required for consumer shows and

could be up to 5 days.

January 2007 to January 2009

Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator, Connelly & Wicker Inc.,

Jacksonville, Florida

Coordinate all engineering proposals with the president and project

managers in the Jacksonville, Destin and Atlanta offices. Prepare in

Publisher and Power Point all project r sum s, proposals and marketing

sheets. Produced all Excel spreadsheets and comparison analyses on

proposals submitted to customers as well as local and state officials.

Additional responsibilities include basic accounting activities such as

accounts receivables, collections, posting checks to the integrated

accounting system VISION, scanning remote deposits and online

reconciliation. Producing reports on payment activities for appropriate

project managers. Daily duties also consist of maintaining marketing

records, brochures and cut sheets for projects as well as various guest and

customer relationship activities.

November 2004 to January 2007

Executive Assistant, Fire Fighters Equipment Company, Jacksonville, Florida

Executive assistant to president and management teams. Due to a large

acquisition by the company I was reassigned into the accounting department

to assist with the integration of the new company and its accounting

systems. Integrated payables, receivables, customer accounts and

inventory. Facilitated collections while maintaining good customer

relations, and assisted with purchase order reconciliation. Upon completion

of the transition I was transferred back to executive assistant to prepare

budgets, sales and customer activity reports. Responsible for reviewing

contracts and preparing power point presentations.

September 2003 to November 2004

Executive Assistant & Sales Coordinator, Sherrod Vans, Jacksonville,

Florida

Assisted six sales professionals, set new dealership appointments, follow-

up calls to dealerships, created itineraries for each salesperson.

Assisted senior management by providing daily activity and status reports,

maintained and scheduled itinerary and handled daily office task. Provided

basic HR functions, prepared payroll reports, coded invoices, and performed

daily check request and deposits.

August 2002 to September 2003

Customer Service and Office Assistant, INVOTEC International, Jacksonville,

Florida

Accepted and processed orders from customers by phone, fax, and e-mail for

various medical supplies. Verified inventory levels and requisitioned and

filled orders from inventory. Prepared orders for domestic and

international shipping, computed shipping charges, and appropriate

discounts. Maintained processes for inventory control as well as

collections from distributors.

Currently enrolled at FCCJ working on A.S. in Business Administration.

RELEVANT SKILLS:

Strong organizational abilities

Professional integrity and office diplomacy

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)

Proficient with basic office equipment. (Facsimiles, network printers,

scanners, bank remote deposit scanner, accounting software, multi-line

telephone systems, etc.)

Professional and Personal references available upon request.

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