Manager Marketing
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CURRICULUM VITAE
SAMANTHA MARION RUSSELL
C U R R I C U LU M VI T AE
SA M A N T H A M A R I O N R U SSEL L
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SAMANTHA MARION RUSSELL
PERSONAL DETAILS
SURNAME: Russell
FIRST NAMES: Samantha Marion
HOME ADDRESS: 90 Nelson Road
Howick
Manukau City
Auckland
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 76-564
Manukau City
1730
Auckland
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 09 537 9534
CELLULAR NUMBER: TBA
IDEAL ENVIRONMENT: Working in an environment with my motivator being job
satisfaction. I require a career that is challenging and varied.
Am a team player, self motivated and I am a quick learner.
COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY: Member of the Association of Administration Professionals of
New Zealand (AAPNZ)
Ex Vestry Member for the St George s Anglican Church
Papatoetoe (3 years),
Committee Member for St George s Anglican Centennial
Celebrations,
Committee Member of the Manukau Parents Centre.
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SAMANTHA MARION RUSSELL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Glen Dimplex Australasia Ltd 13 November 2006 to Present
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Interacts with: Internal (Senior Executive & Management Team & colleagues) & External
Customers
Purpose: To manage the provision of an effective, efficient and quality administration
and secretarial service to the Chief Executive.
Objectives:
Managing and screening of the CEO Diary, meeting requests, email,
and typing.
Prioritising and actioning of correspondence and preparation of drafts
in response to correspondence received.
Following up and liaising with Senior Management Team and staff to
ensure CEO s commitments and requirements are met.
Arranging of meetings and ensuring all pre-meeting information is
distributed in advance (i.e. Agenda, copy of previous meeting, etc.).
Taking of minutes at the meeting and ensuring quick turn-around for
members of the meeting.
Compiling of Board Reports once a month and ensuring copies have
been sent to Glen Dimplex Ireland.
Compilation of Senior Management Team report and distributed in
good time for pre-reading to take place.
Answering the telephone professionally at all times.
Organising of conferences / events on request from the CEO.
Organising of travel and accommodation on request.
Organising of catering when needed.
Proof-reading of documents to ensure less time wastage.
Doing Dictaphone typing of any documents the CEO dictates while
travelling.
Meeting and greeting of visitors.
Ensuring the CEO s time is being used constructively and productively.
Filing for the CEO and for herself.
Being pro-active and assertive when needed.
Not being afraid to try something new.
Preparing of monthly expenses for sign-off.
Being an integral part and face of the CEO s day (i.e. knowing what s
happening at all times).
Assisting in the POS material.
Assisting the Senior Management Team and other staff when she can.
Ordering of office stationery.
Assisting in the selection process of direct suppliers (i.e. travel agents,
stationery, etc.)
Formulation of Purchase Orders for Marketing Expenses and for
Stationery as well as the receipting.
Assisting with the Social Club outing organisation.
Assisting with the organisation of the company s Christmas Staff Party
Accountabilities:
Delivering a quality and responsive administrative and secretarial
service to the CEO.
Manage, organise and prioritising of workload so as to allow for regular
flow within acceptable time frames.
Maintaining of confidentiality and integrity of correspondence and filing
systems.
Member of the Executive OSH Committee
Chairperson of the Workers in Action Programme
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SAMANTHA MARION RUSSELL
Rent-a-Dent National Limited 17 January 2005 to 8 November 2006
Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer and General Manager
Administration Assistant (Part-Time basis)
Key Function:
Reception function (answering telephones, faxing, photocopying, taking
messages and conveying them, screening calls and addressing enquiries,
filing, opening mail and circulating);
Maintaining company records to meet both statutory and network
requirements;
Building and Maintaining relationship with Franchisees
Handling any queries
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Disbursement of stationery requests
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Ordering of Business Cards
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Ordering of office uniforms and the disbursement thereof
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Disbursements of promotional literature
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Updating and maintaining a list of all vehicles within Franchise as well
o
as Insurance Lists for the Franchise Group Insurance Scheme
Updating and maintaining the Location Maps
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Updating and maintaining Franchise Listings (all Franchisee
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information)
Ensuring Traffic Infringements are handled correctly and paid on time
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Ensuring Month-End Reconciliations are received on time and
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processed
Updating and maintaining the Policy and Procedures Manual
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Disbursement of any correspondence
o
Taking Minutes at the Annual Conference
o
Ordering of stationery and promotional material for franchise;
Ordering of Printing Material required for franchise and franchisees;
Production of Monthly Figures and Reports;
Planning, Organising and Co-ordinating of the Annual Conference;
Co-ordinating Slide Shows using MS PowerPoint (also from External
Sources);
Ensuring all equipment is properly functioning at Conference and / or
Meetings (i.e. Laptop, Data Projector, etc.)
Organising Flights and Accommodation;
Ensure Marketing Fund Administrator is sent all monies necessary from
the Month-End Reconciliations;
Updating and Maintaining the Company s website;
Providing management information and reports as required;
Typing of letters, memo s, reports, etc. as requested;
Maintaining and Updating a Vehicle and Brand Logo Picture Library on the
Server
Ensuring that the server is backed up daily;
Liaising with the offsite IT company;
Account Enquiries;
Assist with research, compilation of information, production of reports and
investigations into various marketing and business development projects;
Assist with franchise recruitments and transfer process as required;
Accounts Payables; and
Account Receivables.
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SAMANTHA MARION RUSSELL
Paslode New Zealand 28 October 2003 to 12 October 2004
Executive Assistant to General Manager and Marketing Manager
Key Function:
1. General Manager:
Assisting with proof reading of all departmental documentation and ensuring it is
set up correctly and properly;
Assisting with the formulation of Management slides;
Organising Teambuilding events when required;
Taking and typing of minutes, agendas; and any other information;
Prioritising workload;
General Filing electronic and cabinet;
Organising and co-ordinating the diary (done electronically);
Typing and finalising of all documentation in respect of special projects;
Providing general support to the rest of the team at all times;
Screening telephone calls;
Arranging and Booking of flights and accommodation (international & local);
Organising meetings and luncheons (when required);
Collation and distribution of Monthly Reports;
Human Resources function leave schedules, co-ordination of training needs,
maintaining personnel files; and
Formulating, capturing and maintaining relevant databases.
2. Marketing & Sales Manager:
Producing Marketing Quarterly Reports;
Do preparation for slide presentations;
Requesting Quotes and ordering of Promotional Items;
Carrying out of any special projects;
Assisting in the co-ordination of Marketing and Sales Plans;
Co-ordination, preparation and presentation of Promotional Material;
Design, produce and provide point of sales support material upon request;
Maintain and update the photo library;
Co-ordinate all advertising bookings for Marketing Department;
Graphic design, desktop publishing and other work using interactive software
packages; and
Liaising with Marketing & Sales staff regarding promotional needs and activities.
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
Secondary Education
BOKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL (Johannesburg, South Africa) 1987 to 1991
Tertiary Education
i) Executive Secretarial Diploma - Kelly Green-Oaks College - 1992
Excellence achieved: Pitman international exams:
Bookkeeping 95% (Top 12); Intermediate Business English;
Project Management (77%); Bookkeeping & Accounts (First Class =
Distinction 95% and above)
Shorthand (80 wpm); and
Business Entertainment.
ii) Intermediate Bookkeeping Diploma - Birnam College - 1995
I obtained a distinction in the final exams. This diploma allows me to work with books up
to the Balance Sheet.
iii) Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management - The Institute of Marketing
Management (IMM) [M + 3] (B Com)
Period:July 1996 December 2000
Subjects completed:
Principles of Marketing; Quantitative Methods for Marketing
Decisions (Stat s);
Principles of Economics;
Principles of Marketing Communication;
Principles of Consumer Buyer
Behaviour; Financial Aspects of Marketing;
Principles of Business Practice of Market Research;
Management; International Marketing; and
Principles of Business Law*; Marketing Strategy (Case Study).
Practice of Marketing; * denotes distinction received
Principles of Business
Communication;
X-Pert
On-the-Job Education Project Management Tools,
Techniques and Processes - 2000
St John s First Aid Course 2007
Power Point 97 - 1998
Excel 2003 Level 2 & 3 - 2007
Introduction to Excel 97 - 1998
St John s First Aid Course 2004
Excel 97 Intermediate - 1998
Health and Safety Representative Course
PageMaker Course - 1996
- 2002
Insurance Institute of South
First Aid Refresher Course Level 1 & Africa
Certificate of Proficiency - 1995
Child CPR - 2002
MS Word Intermediate Course - 1995
First Aid Level 1 2001
MS Word Beginners Course - 1994
X-Pert Project Administration - 2000 IIR
Training PowerPoint for Secretaries and
PA s (Presentations) 2000
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (SOUTH AFRICA)
Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (Sister Company of Vodafone)
21 September 1998 to 02 January 2003
PA to Executive HOD: Finance New Business Development Division: Douglas Lubbe,
Stand-In PA to Finance Director of Vodacom (Pty) Ltd: Johan van der Watt
PA to General Manager (Finance Director): Finance.
KEY FUNCTION:
Assisting with proof reading of all departmental documentation and ensuring it is set up
correctly and properly;
Assisting with the proof-reading of the Quarterly Board Reports;
Do preparation for slide presentations;
Do monthly Divisional Progress Reports;
Assisting with the formulation of Management slides;
Organising Teambuilding events for the divisions;
Formulating Project Plans;
Taking and typing of minutes, scope of work, agendas; and any other information;
Typing of reports for submissions;
General Filing electronic and cabinet;
Organising and co-ordinating the diary (done electronically);
Prioritising workload;
Organising Workshops to capture all information with regards to new projects;
Typing and finalising of all documentation in respect of special projects;
Providing general support to the rest of the team at all times;
Controlling of all projects;
Ordering and controlling stationery;
Liaising with required people with regards to projects;
Dictation and Dicta-typing;
Screening mail;
Screening telephone calls;
Organising meetings and luncheons (when required);
Arranging and Booking of flights (international & local)
Booking of hotel facilities, car rentals, etc.
Controlling of all invoices/faxes/internal mail received for payment and processing on
Oracle;
Controlling of all bursary forms requiring payment; and
Controlling and gaining feedback for all marketing expenses;
REPORT GENERATION:
Planning, designing, generating and departmental project register and the
distributing 3 monthly reports. progress thereof as well as attaching a
HR calendar which stated all the leave
These reports are as follows: dates,
i) Finance Project Management Division
Progress Report i) Project Support Office:
Division Controlling the progress of the
ii) Financial Management
Progress Report various projects taking place within
iii) Finance New Business Development the various departments;
Keeping a electronic library of the
Progress Report
These reports were distributed to documentation received,
Management within the department as well Ensuring that the policies and
as the Finance Director regarding progress inprocedures were being adhered to,
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training, attaining department targets, leave eporting on a monthly basis on the
schedules, departmental organograms, status of the various projects, etc.
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iv) Project Support Office
ii) Generic Office Support Guide for all Informational Booklet/Handbook:
company Secretaries and Personal
Assistants: Developed to help all personnel who are
Responsible for doing Finance and Travel responsible for their various projects, to be
sections. able to determine what a project is,
registering the project, what forms need to
iii) New Employee Handbook: be filled in, what needs to be signed off first,
Designed and implemented for the sole how to access their electronic folder
purpose of helping a new person to settle containing their various projects, the roles
in to the department as easily and as and responsibilities of the Project Team,
quickly as possible. common questions and answers, and how to
access the Intranet in order to pull off the
necessary templates which will help them to
define and register their project easily.
Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank
Personal Assistant to Marketing and Strategic Development Manager
Asset Management Division & SCMB Partnership Fund:
1 November 1995 02 July 1998
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY JOB WAS:
To provide support to the Marketing and Strategic Development Manager, the Product
Development Manager and the Legal and Technical Manager, as well as to the rest of the
team. Organising of Events for Division (i.e. Million Dollar Golf Tournament, Theatre, Action
Cricket Team, etc.
SCMB Partnership Fund:
PURPOSE OF MY JOB WAS:
Assist team with the launch (organising Cocktail party, questionnaires, etc) of new
division;
Liaising with the Advertising Agency
Developing and Ordering of new office stationery (i.e. letterheads, fax sheets, etc.)
Typing of occasional correspondence (faxes, letters, memo s, etc.);
Typing of Board Papers;
Typing of any legal documents as and when required;
Screening telephone calls;
Booking of flights, hotels car rentals, etc. and
Providing general support to the rest of the team at all times.
AA Life 1 November 1994 30 October 1995
Training Department Secretary/Co-Ordinator
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To ensure smooth running of all administration aspects of the department, typing of
correspondence, manuals accurately, as well as to ensure course material requirements are
met.
First National Bank 4 January 1993 1 November 1994
Distribution Clerk
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REFERENCES
Colin Mitten
Ex Chief Executive Officer
Glen Dimplex Australasia Ltd
Mobile No.: +64 (0)21 425 235
Tina Yakas
Ex Human Resources Manager
Glen Dimplex Australasia Ltd
Mobile No.: TBA
Warwick Bean
Ex General Manager
Rent-a-Dent National Limited
Mobile No.: +64 (0-27-442*-****
Angela Jensen
National Marketing & Sales Executive
Paslode New Zealand
Mobile No.: +64 (0-27-486-****
Email: *******@*******.**.**
Original Letters Of References Available Upon Request.
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