Purchasing/Administrative
Resume:
Mary Carville
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Objective:
To obtain a position where I can maximize my multilayer of management skills, training
experience, quality assurance, customer service, and a history of noteworthy achievements in the
Administrative/Health and Safety/ Purchasing environment.
Summary of Qualifications:
Meticulous, energetic, able to communicate with suppliers, management, and customers to
address issues involving delivery and other concerns/requests with an edge of humor; hands-on
experience in purchasing materials in support of production schedules and preparing purchase
orders.
Major strengths include strong leadership, dedicated team player, as well as supervisory skills
including: training, motivation, scheduling, planning and meeting preparation, and other
administrative tasks. Previous work experience in the Audio Video, Health and Safety, and
Cosmetology Industry. Computer and Internet experienced.
Work Experience:
Certified Instructor, 1st Alert Response Training LLC, Granger, IN: 2006-2014
1st Alert is a consulting company that focuses on providing the OSHA recommended health and
safety training needs for business and industry. These trainings can be tailored to the individual
needs of the client, so as to incorporate the company’s already existing work practices, thereby
making the trainings more relevant to the employees.
Administrative/Purchasing Agent/Health and Safety Officer, United Digital Integrators INC,
Granger, IN: 2011-2014
Full service dealer/installer of audio video: professional installation of classroom technology,
conference rooms, security, card access, and network systems.
• Implemented a Health and Safety Program in October 2012, as UDI’s employment tripled,
making the company subject to the Guidelines of the OSHA Compliance Regulations for
Business and Industry.
• Negotiated a 90% reduction in OSHA fines, by working with the Inspector to correct the
preexisting violations of 2012.
• Established Health and Safety and MSDS manuals. Attained a 100% reduction in OSHA
fines and violations in 2013/2014 by working closely with the UDI President, Vice
President of Operations, and Job Managers to coordinate the safety trainings for
employees.
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• Maintained all records pertaining to the Incident and Accident Reports, consulted with the
insurance companies, Workmen’s Compensation agents, and employees to ensure that
each groups’ informational needs were being met, and that claims were processed quickly.
• Developed a job-coding procedure, which simplified the application of expenses
(employee’s receipts), labor, and materials of a particular job, so it could be easily entered
into QuickBooks. This became an invaluable tool for configuring: itemized billing of a job,
year’s end inventory, job’s profitability, and sales staff’s commissions.
• Decreased restocking fee’s and unnecessary inventory 53%, by interpreting the sales
staff’s needs and relaying those needs to vendors, achieving better communication
between the parties.
• Saved the company 37% in shipping costs by negotiating with vendors and combining
multiple orders.
• Provided customer intervention/resolution pertaining to: installation timelines,
warranty/repair issues, and tracking of orders.
• Coordinated all details surrounding Trade Shows and UDI functions: booth/facility
reservations, payment, securing electrical and mechanical needs, menus, and hotel
accommodations.
• Established lines of credit with new vendors.
• Conscientiously wrote Purchase Orders for more than 2 million dollars, annually, for
products and inventory. Tracked, received, and inventoried all ordered merchandise.
Licensed, Master Cosmetologist/Owner, Dynamic Designs/DBA Mary Carville, Granger, IN:
2001-2014
A full service salon, catering to the needs of local families.
Certified Health and Safety Instructor for Business and Industry, Lay Responders, and
Professional Rescuers, Elkhart County Chapter American Red Cross, Elkhart, IN: 2001-
2006
A nonprofit organization that provides the local community with Health and Safety training, and
Disaster Relief benefits.
• Initiated the selling of retail safety products at the close of all trainings, in an effort to
satisfy the students’ desires to obtain such products conveniently and affordably.
• Achieved over a 90% increase in classroom retail sales, resulting in an unprecedented
percentage of sale commission’s offer to our Chapter’s Per Diem Instructors.
• Coordinated the setup of display booth, designed displays, performed demos, and
represented the Elkhart County Red Cross at the Chambers of Commerce Business Expo;
lectured on Preventing Disease Transmission: Bloodborne Pathogens.
• Assisted in the development of better educational materials for the B.A.T. program (Basic
Aid Training), presented to Elkhart’s fourth graders.
• Designed and maintained the storage/packing/disinfecting area of Elkhart County’s new
Red Cross facility.
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• Certified at an Instructor level in the following areas: Adult/Infant/Child CPR, First Aid,
Defibrillation, Professional Rescuers, HIV/AIDS, Bloodborne Pathogens, B.A.T., Oxygen
Administration, and Suctioning.
Licensed, Senior Cosmetologist/Owner, Masters Styling Salon, Granger, IN: 1983-1994
A full service salon that catered to the needs of families.
• Had an extensive clientele, consisting of families from a tri-state area, as well as local TV
celebrities.
• Conducted the daily business aspects of not only working as a stylist, but also as an
employer: maintained advertising, payroll, inventory, maintenance, and record keeping.
Specialized Training and Skills
• Adult/Infant/Child CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor Certified, American Red Cross, South
Bend, IN
• B.A.T. (Basic Aid Training) Instructor Certified, American Red Cross, Elkhart, IN
• Bloodborne Pathogen Instructor Certified, American Red Cross,
• HIV/AIDS Instructor Certified, American Red Cross, Elkhart, IN
• Adult/Infant/Child CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor Certified, American Heart Association,
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, IN
• Professional Rescuers Instructor Certified, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
• Certified in OSHA’s 10-Hour General Industry Voluntary Compliance Program Training,
Elkhart, IN
• Licensed Cosmetologist, Vogue Beauty College, Mishawaka, IN
• Experienced with Intuit/QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Programs, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Certified Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Instructor, American Heart
Association, Saint Joseph Regional Med Center, Mishawaka, IN
Testimonials available upon request
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