Mary Ellen Brandt
******@***.***
**** ****** ***. 216-***-**** home
Parma, Ohio 44134 216-***-**** cell
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Enterprising, creative, and results-driven professional with excellent organizational, training, and
customer service skills.
Demonstrated ability to effectively market technical products in a B2B environment.
Responsible for resolving project issues and problems, providing coordination between customers
owner-operators, affirming specifications are followed in accordance with customer specifications,
generating reports on project status, ensuring customer satisfaction.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
ARS Rescue Rooter, Cleveland, Ohio 2009-2019
Commercial Account Specialist
Provide assistance to Commercial Account Manager in making sales calls and setting appointments.
Post all accounts receivable check transactions and make collection calls.
Support our commercial manger in making sales calls and follow up calls.
Type proposals and forward to customers and follow up.
Post accounts receivable checks and process credit card payments.
Improve DRO to meet and exceed company standards.
Invoice customers that need special handling.
International Exposition Center, Cleveland, Ohio 2007-2009
Customer Service Representative
Provide assistance to Event Promoters and Event Exhibitors in placing event service orders, recording
payments, reconciling, and auditing accounts.
Made recommendations of service that would be helpful or cost effective for exhibitors.
Helped exhibitors plan their show setting, to make it appealing to the attendees.
Worked with exhibitors from around the United States and International locations.
Sold and promoted our services and products by telemarketing our exhibitors prior to the event.
Gained tradeshow and consumer show experience by working 25 events during the 2007 and 2008 season.
Ryder Transportation Services, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 1976 – 2006
Lease Administrator (1997-2006)
Joined leasing corporation in office position; regularly promoted to positions with greater challenge and
responsibility. Company has always used cross-training for best use of work force; allows all employees a
better perspective of individual roles in team approach to profitable operations. As Lease Administrator:
Ordered custom equipment to meet customers specifications, collected all truck data (size, engine and
transmission, suspension, safety and communications features,) served as liaison between customer and
sales person and truck manufacturer. Constantly review to ensure exact specifications, including budget and deadlines. Upon delivery handled appropriate leasing documentation.
Processed accurately truck orders and the sales program to insure the unit will be billed properly to include
fixed cost, mileage cost, fuel cost, licensing. The program also insured the sales to be processed
to the correct P & L line and commission to be paid to both local and national account managers.
Accounts Receivable (1985-1997)
Handled for northern Ohio sales area all vehicle depreciation and licensing; for A/R, posted customer
checks to accounts and balanced on monthly basis. Reviewed for accuracy all credit cards, reconciled cash
against bank statements Credit and collections: credit card reconciliation, review of new customer bank and
financial references. Researched potential customers through the Dun & Bradstreet system.
CERTIFICATION
Completed workshop in Customer Service Practices by Gregg Gregory, CSP
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook Express
Lotus Notes
SAP
Ryder Transportation internal Computer Systems and Software
IX Center internal Computer Systems and Software (EMBS)
Internet research
Rescue Rooter internal Dispatch Program
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Licensed Notary Public