Assistant Manager

L ynda Ballenger

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Pasadena TX 77505 Cell: 832-606-

3950

**************@*****.***

Strengths

• Proven abilities in high level of organization skills and prioritizing to meet deadlines

• Strong communication with all levels of management, co-workers and clients

• Multi-tasked and detail orientated individual

• Ambitious with a positive attitude to learn and complete tasks accurately and expediently

Bridgestone/Firestone

Senior Office Manager May 2004 – December 2014

• Provided administrative support to 3 managers

• Processed payroll corrections, new hire and salary changes

• Processed drug and physical paperwork

• Tested and screened applicants

• Conducted new hire orientation

• Processed payables and expense reports

• Made travel arrangements and scheduled meetings and conference calls

• Conducted open enrollment for benefits

• Entered I-9 paperwork in government website

• Handled FMLA paperwork

• Processed and maintained workers’ compensation claims

• Retrieved budget information to ensure monthly budget is maintained

• Processed weekly payroll and maintained employee deductions

• Processed tuition reimbursements

• Sent daily Safety messages

• Oversee office machines and equipment

• Prepared department manuals and presentations

• Handled all employee and customer complaints

• Created and maintained confidential employee and department files

• Handled all employee benefit and retiree inquiries

First Southwest Investment Firm

E xecutive Assistant (temporary) December 2003 - M ay

2004

• Prepared interoffice memos and emails

• Processed expense reports

• Made t ravel arrangements and coordinated meetings

• Answered all incoming calls

• Maintained vast filing system

K inder Morgan Liquids Terminals (two positions) May 1999 – November

2003

Payroll Administrative Assistant

• Responsible for entering and reviewing payroll data weekly for hourly and salary

employees

• Maintained and updated overtime for union employees

• Processed expense reports in payroll system

• Updated OSHA, spill and claim charts

A dministrative Assistant

• Provided administrative support to Sales Director, Director of Human Resources and

E nvironmental Manager

• Coordinate meetings, t ravel arrangements and conference calls

• Preparation of all contracts, amendments, reports and preparation material for

meetings

• Maintained and ordered office inventory supplies

• Oversee office equipment

• Managed petty cash accounts for office and plant

C apRock Communications October 1998 - May 1999

A dministrative Assistant (temporary)

• Provided support to the Vice President of Enterprise Sales

• Prepared correspondences

• PowerPoint presentations

• Made t ravel arrangements, coordinate meetings and filing

O dfjell Tankers

A dministrative Assistant June 1991 - January 1998

• Composed letters and memos for Traffic and Operations Department

• Prepared and distributed department monthly reports

• Supervised Receptionist and Communications Clerk

• Maintained and distributed MSDS sheets

• Maintained time sheets, t racked overtime, vacation and sick t ime records

• Ordered office supplies and managed supplies level

M etropolitan T ransit Authority

L abor Relations Analyst/Personnel Secretary August 1985 – June

1991

• Prepared Labor Agreements, Arbitration decisions, Grievances/In Personnel

• Coordinated drug/physical, screened applicants, typed correspondences.

Education

James Madison High School

San Jacinto College, Pasadena TX

Business coursework and Programming

Houston Community College, Houston TX

Computer coursework

Foreign Languages

Conversational Spanish

Systems

MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

SAP, Lawson

ICIMS, Accurate background

Dayforce

NOTARY PUBL IC

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