Cape Coral, FL *****
(Cell) 320-***-****
Michelle R. Karels
Summary: I am highly motivated & dependable with excellent communication skills. I can work without supervision and as a team player, do a wide range of duties, work with a variety of people, and always look to advance & better myself in what I do.
Experience: CINTAS – National Fire & Safety Division
January 2025 to Current Fort Myers, FL
Billing Specialist
Invoice Fire & Safety Inspections & Repairs for Customers & Vendors
Work with other departments to make sure everything is billed correctly.
GCC READY MIX INC.
April 2023 to November 2024 Bellingham, MN
Transportation Dispatcher
Talk to customers with joint objectives of booking aggregate & precast products, Crane Rental & any other transportation and negotiate scheduling times.
Establish quality transportation services by communicating with customers on arrival and delays.
Create tickets for Aggregate, Precast, Transportation, Crane orders.
Create new projects for Customers
Schedule, route and track all transportation vehicles daily.
Talk to drivers daily with the schedule for the next day.
Report Quarterly Big Stone County Aggregate Taxes and send in to Accounting to pay and email everything to Big Stone County.
Do End of Day Reports/End of Month Reports/Quarterly Reports/Year Ending Reports for Production/Sales.
Order New, replace and/or Terminate Fuel Cards for the whole GCC Company
Order New & Terminate PIN# for all the drivers for all GCC Company.
License all the SD CRM trucks and trailers for GCC CRM. Do the IRP & IFTA Renewals for SD CRM vehicles. Also do the 2290 Heavy weight Renewal for SD CRM vehicles.
Help with Billing questions for Customers.
Work with Accounting on Invoices & POs to get Invoices paid on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
Keep track of and update Enterprise vehicles for the company. Send vehicles back to Enterprise.
Help with whatever is needed by my co-workers and managers.
GCC READY MIX INC.
May 2019 to April 2023 Bellingham, MN
Administrative Assistant
Talk to and email with customers.
Create Aggregate, Precast, Transportation, Crane orders.
Sorting & Filing Ready Mix tickets for each Plant.
File Raw Material Tickets for each Plant.
Report Quarterly Big Stone County Aggregate Taxes and send in to Accounting to pay and email everything to Big Stone County.
Order New & Replacement and delete Fuel Cards for the whole GCC Company.
Order New & Delete PIN# for all the drivers for all GCC Company.
License all the SD CRM trucks and trailers for GCC CRM. Do the IRP & IFTA Renewals for SD CRM vehicles. Also do the 2290 Heavy weight Renewal for SD CRM vehicles.
Help with Billing questions for Customers.
Work with Accounting on Invoices & POs to get Invoices paid on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
Help with whatever is needed by my co-workers and managers.
PURIS PROTEINS – (Old Bluegrass Proteins) Dawson
June 2018 to May 2019 Dawson, MN
Office Manager
Answer the phones
Take care of daily mail.
Order Office Supplies
Just starting the new business – took out old equipment and cleaned up warehouse to get ready for new equipment to come in.
Clean out offices etc.
Inventory of products stored in the warehouse
Help with whatever needs to be done
BLUEGRASS PROTEINS – (Old AMPI) – Plant Closed & Sold
April 2014 to June 2018 Dawson, MN
Office Manager
Answer the phones
Take care of the daily mail
Order Office Supplies
Do Weekly/Monthly/Yearly Inventory for all products in the Warehouse
Timecards for employees – send in Payroll to Kentucky Main Office
Keep track of Vacation & Sick leave for employees
Create new forms for any of the departments
Create Processes & Procedures for all departments
Help with whatever needs to be done.
RVI, Inc.
January 2013 to February 2014 Montevideo, MN
Inside Sales
Talk to and email with customers
Take customers’ orders and set everything up on the computer.
Assist the Outside Salespeople with anything they need help with.
AMPI – Dawson – Plant Closed
December 2007 to January 2013 Dawson, MN
Payroll Admin.-Human Resource & Loss Control Assistant
Bi-Weekly Payroll & Semi-Monthly Payroll & Reports for the Dawson and Hoven, SD Plant.
Go through timecards weekly and vacation & sick leave slips; match everything with reports for both Dawson and Hoven Plant. Send timecards weekly to the Work Connection.
Keep track of vacation & sick leave spreadsheet for hourly & semi-monthly employees.
Work with the Union and employees on Insurance & Dues and send Monthly Reports for both.
Work with employees on Benefits if they have questions or changes
Update any employee information & send it to the Home Office
Go through paperwork with new employees & set up files.
Enter New Employee Information – make timecard & security card and assign a locker.
Send out Manager Weekly Schedule
Keep track & update Attendance spreadsheet
Work with LC Coordinator and update and do LOTO, Forklift Matrix, Confined Space Matrix, Redwing Boot Truck, MSDS, and Monthly Safety Checklists for all Dept., help get paperwork together for the Hearing Van & help with any other tasks that are needed.
Safety Award Meals – Order food & get everything set up.
Attend Monthly Safety Committee Meetings. I am also on the Committee.
Type letters & Memo’s
Make cards for different Occasions, Banners, Birthday poster, signs for pizza, etc.
Make up forms for the plant when needed.
Type up Policy & Procedures
Do any other misc. tasks asked of me when needed.
Education: Dawson-Boyd High School
Dawson, MN 56232
Received Diploma – June 1990
North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, ND 58076
September 1990 – May 1992
Associate’s degree in information Processing Specialist
Honors: Presidents List
Special Skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, QuickBooks, Microsoft Teams, Share Point
Hobbies: Golf, Going for Walks, going to the lake, Pool, Darts, being with friends & family.
References: Upon Request