ILANA BENAROYO
Successful manager with incredible tracking of retaining and mentoring employees.
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Extensively skilled and driven professional with a proven record of success within the Hospitality, Customer Service, Clinical Research Organization, and Commercial Property industries. EXPERIENCE
AUGUST 2013 – MAY 2020
PRESIDENT
BENA, LLC - E-COMMERCE STORE, RALEIGH, NC
• Maintained relationships with drop ship vendors through online support, order entry and order fulfillment to include Amazon order preferred processing.
• Developed exclusive pre-order offers for new releases with brand marketing and production teams, exceeding revenue targets by up to 52%.
• Oversaw products offerings and merchandising to ensure sales were maximized and orders delivered on time or ahead of schedule.
• Responsible for all Business Operations and Human Resource management.
• Responsible for preparing job descriptions, finding successful candidates, managing the application process, selecting candidates, hiring, and training new employees. MAY 2008 – AUGUST 2013
SENIOR MANAGER
INC RESEARCH, LLC – (CRO) CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, RALEIGH, NC
• Promoted 6 times from Contracts Specialist to Contrast Analyst to Contracts Manager to Manager to Senior Manager.
• Sourced, interviewed, and hired qualified candidates for contracts negotiations and management team. Worked closely with recruiting department to create and refine hiring goals and objectives. Managed a high performing team of over 25 employees.
• Possessed line management responsibilities including professional development, performance appraisals, employee counseling, and invoicing.
• Established a formal training program for Consulting Agreement processes.
• Developed and enforced quality control measures to ensure departmental compliance was achieved.
• Implemented a more efficient and cost-effective way of reviewing budgets by cutting overview time by 50%.
• Worked to improve team metrics and other quality Key Performance Indicators through training, process improvement and other measures that seek to heighten efficiency and quality.
• Received Award for Women’s Health Study.
• Received several certificates of Achievement from Sponsors for “Best cycle times for Executing Clinical Agreements”.
• Received certificate for completing Situational Leadership course. 2
DECEMBER 2007 – MAY 2008
GRANTS ANALYST
INC RESEARCH, LLC – (CRO) CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, RALEIGH, NC
• Processed and created grant payment requests via the Project Trend system and forwarded those to Accounts Payable for payment.
• Managed more than 50 Studies at the same time successfully.
• Distributed investigator payments to respective sites ahead of schedule on a monthly basis.
• Performed reconciliation of all studies.
FEBRUARY 2007 – DECEMBER 2007
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST
INC RESEARCH, LLC – (CRO) CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, RALEIGH, NC
• Accurately and timely prepared invoices for pass thru billing based on contract specifications.
• Assisted project managers and business unit controllers to ensure timely transmission of invoices to Sponsors.
• Created invoicing method that decreased invoicing time by 70%.
• Confirmed receipt of pass-through invoices and followed up to resolve invoicing differences with customer.
EDUCATION/AWARDS
2002
ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN HOTEL/RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• Graduated in top percentile of Dean’s list.
2014
WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR:
• WordPress software design
• Social Media Marketing
• Content Writing for Websites
• E-Publishing
• Real Estate Investing
SKILLS
• Oracle
• Microsoft Suite 2003-2010
• Acquired and managed personal commercial
properties
• Fluent in Portuguese
• Excellent Comprehension of Spanish
• Cashflow planning and management