MARILYN BRIDGEWATER
*************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Decisive, highly-organized, and detailed oriented, with exemplary customer interface and interpersonal communications skills, project management, leadership, and staff management skills.
• Strong qualifications in executive and general administration, including time management, correspondence management, report generation, procurements, fiscal administration/funds oversight, and business analysis.
• Excellent multi-tasking and problem-solving skills. Valued for ability to manage daily operations, to comply with priorities and deadlines, and develop new administrative processes and procedures to enhance performance.
• Strong computer skills in word processing, spreadsheet, and database management software. Expertise researching, formulating, inputting and extracting data for all types of special and recurring reports.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, JERSEY CITY, NJ
ASSISTANT MANAGER JULY 2009-PRESENT
• Manage overall function of pre-clinical department
• Provide Director with recommendations on personnel decisions
• Assist Director with trouble shooting and problem solving in the day to day operations.
• Implement company policies on employee relations
• Review, update and maintain department SOP’s and Working Procedures.
• Prepare and provide oversight of internal and external resources allocation for projects
• Creating,tracking and forecasting project budgets
• Assume administrative responsibility and provide technical support of regulatory submission for preclinical areas (ADME, pharmacology and/or toxicology)
• Provide administrative oversight for contracted studies
• Provide administrative support for licensing and due diligent efforts
• Development and execution of project plans
• Evaluate performance and set goals and objectives for reporting staff.
• Working closely with project management, research and development, finance, and marketing on the responsibilities above
STAFF SCIENTIST JANUARY 2005 -JULY 2009
• Performing pre-clinical support such as tabulating data, technical writing, initiating contracts and consultancies, and quality control.
• Currently writing a portion of the toxicology section for an upcoming IND submission which includes DART, acute toxicology studies, and carcinogenicity studies
• Provide comprehensive project planning and scheduling; Create development plan using project tracking tool software. Develop and maintain department micro schedule and prepares project status updates.
• Assist Operations Manager with creation and maintenance of department budgets. Create new budget records and add synopsis to budget planning system.
• Perform Quality Control checks on materials including compiled reports, WinNonlin vs. Watson data
and SAS output, for appropriateness, consistency and accuracy. Review incoming Partner Organization
Documents for completeness, i.e. sequential pages, and inclusion of attachments.
• Review, update and maintain department SOP’s and Working Procedures.
• Creation of annual reports on research and marketed products for IND/NDA submission to FDA.
• Assemble reports and associated documentation for regulatory filings.
• Conducts literature research. - review summary of information
• Assist with Document delivery function by ordering and tracking reprints requested by staff.
• Maintains Access and Excel-based document management databases
RESEARCH ASSISTANT JANUARY 2001 – DECEMBER 2004
• Provided multi-faceted administrative, office management, and personnel support to the Senior Executive Director, as well as the entire Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Dynamics department, internally and externally. Liaison between senior executives, management and staff.
• Arranged travel including air, hotel, and ground transportation, meeting registration, itineraries and expense reports.
• Processed invoices for the department.
• Prepared and organized workload for two administrative assistants. Supervised temporary employees, including attendance, work activities and planning space accommodations.
• Assembled and compiled technical reports (PK and TK).
• QC’d all materials including compiled reports, WinNonlin and SAS output.
• Generated and maintained department micro schedule, and prepared project status updates on a
bi-weekly basis.
• Interviewed candidates for positions within the department.
• Obtained literature requests, updated database accordingly.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NOVEMBER 1997 – DECEMBER 2000
• Utilized software skills to update and maintain department’s computer system and files.
• Created and organized efficient filing and record keeping system.
• Maintained department invoice log for budget update; prepare and track expense reports.
• Word processing of correspondence, reports, case report forms and tables from rough draft,
handwritten notes and protocol; edited as necessary.
• Managed and controlled calendars.
• Arranged departmental meetings and conferences; scheduled business meetings and luncheons.
• Completed travel arrangements and accommodations.
• Maintained and updated confidential records for department.
SCHAIN LEIFER GURALNICK, CPA NEW YORK, NY
SECRETARY MAY 1993 – NOVEMBER 1997
• Managed front office administration to support a staff of seventeen.
• Provided support to five Partners and the Office Manager.
• Screened and routed incoming calls.
• Recorded inventory and ordered office supplies.
• Maintained reference library.
• Greeted and directed clients and guest to appropriate locations.
• Utilized Microsoft Word for typing memos and correspondence.
• Handled large mailings.
• Maintained and updated confidential departmental records as well as tax files.
• Provided clerical support such as document duplication, facsimile transmissions, sorting and distribution of mail.
EDUCATION
Centenary College- New Jersey
Major: Management - MBA Currently pursuing
Monroe College – Bronx, NY
Major: Accounting, B.B.A., 2004
PC APPLICATION SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Delrina Form Flow Designer, ProCite3, Papyrus and Refman
Accounting Software - QuickBooks Pro 2000 and Peachtree
REFERENCES: FURNISHED UPON REQUEST