Kerstin Scott
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Executive Business Administrator/ Executive Assistant
Proven ability to improve operational efficiency and profitability through
effective business and executive support. International experience includes
project management, travel coordination, scheduling, and event management.
Special expertise in resolving urgent issues within short timeframes,
building and leading top-performing teams, and optimizing processes.
Core Competencies:
Executive Support . Relationship Management . Document Control . Vendor
Management
. Budget Control . Workflow Streamlining .Staffing/Recruiting . Invoicing
. Customer Service
. Reporting . Presentations . Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Redmond, WA 2007 - 09/2014
Executive Business Administrator (2008-2014)
Provide administrative support for two senior Cloud & Enterprise Content
Service & International organization executives, plus up to 200 US and
overseas employees. Manage calendars and agendas, organize onsite and
offsite events, and negotiate pricing with vendors/facilities. Carry out
office space allocation. Recruit and train executive assistants. Serve as
Vendor Account Manager, acting as a point of contact for invoicing,
supplier onboarding, RFPs, and SOWs.
. Earned Developer Division All Star Award in 2010, for exceptional
performance.
. Organized team events and symposia with up to 600-plus attendees and
budgets up to $500,000. Arranged hotel accommodations, facilities, food,
beverage, entertainment, and transportation.
. Consistently came in under budget for event planning, by as much as
$120,000.
. Worked with HR on hiring and firing activities. Documented headcount
changes, led onboarding of new hires and ensured compliance with
procedures.
. Effectively prepared Visa applications for executives relocating to/from
China, Russia, and India.
. Improved efficiency of PO tracking and budget spend reporting by
creating a SharePoint site to track spending by group, month, and
project.
. Streamlined supplier is hiring process by creating a SharePoint tool to
manage associated activities.
. Monitored $6M in annual POs for project managers to ensure on-time
extension and to invoice.
. Enhanced knowledge sharing among administrative teams by designing a
SharePoint tool.
. Spearheaded vendor consolidation effort projected to save $2M in 2014-
2016.
. Project Manager for RFPs, Events, and localization projects
Business Administrator (2007-2008)
Supported three directors in the Global Service Automation division.
Maintained calendars, scheduled meetings and events, recorded meetings at
events. Managed headcount.
. Increased team communications by organizing team building events.
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AVANADE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Kronberg, Germany 2002 - 2007
Executive Assistant
Provided support for General Manager of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany
at joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. Key point of contact for
customers and partners. Prepared invoices, reports, correspondence,
financial statements, and PowerPoint presentations. Recorded minutes at
meetings. Reviewed incoming documents and communications and distributed
them accordingly. Organized meetings, luncheons, and other events.
Identified areas for operational improvement.
. Delivered recommendations that led to reduced costs and streamlined
workflow.
ACCENTURE DIENSTLEISTUNGS GMBH, Kronberg, Germany 1998 - 2002
Executive Assistant Supervisor
Supported two senior partners and two junior partners. Supervised team of
16 executive assistants charged with supporting 380 Managers and 12
Partners. Managed travel arrangements, schedules, policy and procedure
compliance, recruiting, work schedules, and assignments. Carried out
employee evaluations.
. Improved efficiency by training new assistants in job functions and
company policies.
. Member of team that established a new executive support service team to
increase productivity and quality of executive assistance.
CAREER NOTES: Previously held positions of Sales Representative at SYMBOL
TECHNOLOGY, Office Assistant at NESTLE DEUTSCHLAND, and Sales
Representative with WANG DEUTSCHLAND.
EDUCATION
Certified Commercial Administrator, Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft -
Dudenhofen
Certified Doctors Helper, Dr. Toman - Frankfurt
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office, OneNote, SharePoint, Lync
LANGUAGES
Fluent German