Project Manager Office

BEVERLY MANUEL

*** ****** ******, ******* *******, IL 60411 H: 708-***-**** C: 708-***-**** **************@*****.***

Executive Profile

Team-oriented professional with solid experience as an Director, Office Services, Executive Assistant and Administrative Project Manager in a variety of Departments and industries, including Human Resources, Corporate Facilities, Advertising, Marketing and Communications. Self-starter adapt at document production, planning, logistics, budget maintenance, purchasing & procurement, security planning and procedures.

Professional Experience

Power Reviews – Chicago, IL May 2015-July 2015

Project Manager, General Contractor

3 Month Contract Assignment

Facilitated the renovation and move of the new Headquarters office and closing of the current office

Weekly meetings with planners, vendors and contractors, senior management and staff

Managed the budget and logistics of this office move

Involved in the selection of carpet, wall covers, paint, finishes and furniture, electric, voice & data

Cision US, Inc., Chicago, IL Sept 2003-Oct. 2014

Director, Office Services & Facilities

Managed the day-to-day operations of a large PR software company with over 600 employees

Reported directly to the CFO

Managed the Office Services Department, Mailroom, Reception and Distribution Department

Facilitated the renovation of Headquarters which is in Chicago

oOrganized and managed ongoing company build-out with construction project manager

oWeekly meeting with planners, contractor, architectures and electrician

oRenovated 3 floors

oInvolved in the selection of the carpet, wall paper, paint, finishes and all new furniture

Set up new offices/merged and closed offices in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, Seattle, Rockford, Washington, DC, Portsmouth, NH, San Francisco, Miami Houston, Norwalk, CT, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Phoenix and Canada

oTraveled to all locations and worked with construction contractors from start to finish

oInvolved in the selection of paint, carpet, wallpaper, finishes and furniture

Facilitated security, fire and emergency plans for all locations

Managed and budgeted all purchases for all Cision offices regarding office supplies, paper, copiers, printers, fax machines, webinar services, audio services, local & long distance phone carriers, cell phone carriers, business cards, catering, signage, furniture, cable, satellite, vending services, etc.

Organized all company outings (i.e., Holiday Parties, annual Labor Day luncheon, Taste of Chicago, Monthly Social Event)

Ready Computer Source, Chicago, IL Mar 2002 to Sep 2003

Executive Assistant to the CEO/President

Worked directly with the Owner/President of a local distributor of office and computer supply company (approx.. 30 employees)

Managed a very busy calendar of events for the owner, travel arrangements, company meetings, facilitated and ran all weekly internal statues meetings with the managers and sales team, attending meetings with vendors, organized and attended local vendor fairs, developed new business presentations, was Human Resources manager for the company, place ads online for new positions (hired 13 people in the last 6 months), attended job fairs to develop a database of resumes, created a new employee orientation and employee handbook, maintained employee benefit programs (i.e., health, life, dental, 401K, short-term/long term disability and supplemental health insurance plan), office manager for the company, managed phone system, time card system, security system and in-house telephone directory. Also, was sales administrator for the Sales Department by doing all the correspondences, mass mailings via mail merge, and developed and implemented promotional specials for the department

Frankel, Chicago, IL (Advertising Agency) March 1997-Jan 2002

Corporate Facilities (Jan 2000-Jan 2002)

Provided project management support for facilities department focused on logistics and office services for the agencies 800 employees

Facilitated and scheduled weekly meetings for office moves, new hires, terminations with HR, IT, Creative and Account Department

Coordinated teleconference planning with satellite offices in San Francisco and Irvine, California, held weekly meetings with building security operations to insure the safest security possible in light of 9/11, maintained security system for company ID badge system, managed budgets for catering, mailroom, shipping & receiving, travel department, managed departmental secretaries, help create and maintained online template forms for the agency, created to a team that created the new style guide (image), and maintained the online agency telephone directory

Administrative Project Manager (March 1997-Jan 2000)

Provided administrative support to the Executive Vice President/Director of Client Services on the following accounts; Target, Frito-Lay, Kraft, Tropicana and New Business.

Implemented and maintained logistics for a group of 180 employees (new hires, moves, transfers and miscellaneous requests), implemented and maintained the Agency Report Card for the agency, so that client feedback could easily be retrieved as input for decisions on staff bonus allocations, maintained a monthly utilization report for the group which tracked staff assignments and availability, set up meetings, travel arrangements, organized special events, PowerPoint presentations and conference reports

Education

Business Administration

Algonquin College - Ottawa, Ontario

Fred Pryor Seminars (2007) – Facilities Management Courses – Chicago, IL

High School Diploma in 4 year Business Administration Program

Richelieu Valley Regional High School - McMasterville, Quebec

References available upon request

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