JAY STRAUSS
Edison, NJ 08837
Home: 732-***-**** ******@*********.*** Cell: 732-***-****
PROFILE
Office Services and Records Coordinator with extensive experience managing office processes to enhance productivity. Recognized for meeting aggressive deadlines, providing outstanding customer/vendor services and working effectively with staff.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC., Piscataway, NJ 1997 – 2009
Office Services and Records Coordinator
Responsible for providing general office services and coordinating records.
• Reduced storage expenses by 10% through creating electronic storage system and eliminating paper costs.
• Reduced delivery expenses by 5% through researching and implementing new vendor program for express mail.
• Partnered with off-premise storage facility to arrange delivery and return of record retention boxes, reducing expenses by 20%.
• Promptly and efficiently collected and delivered interoffice and express mail.
• Monitored inventory and organization of stock room, thereby providing better employee service.
• Maintained inventory logs on Excel.
• Provided operations management support to entire department of 20 employees.
• Contacted vendors to ensure copier and fax repairs occur quickly and effectively.
• Implemented a procedure on how to use a web based UPS overnight shipping program for delivering and tracking shipments more effectively.
JOEL ZIEGLER LAW FIRM, Maplewood, NJ 1993 – 1997
Client Record-keeper
Responsible for maintaining records and settlements of clients.
• Maintained records of client’s fees and settlements.
• Responsible for entering a high volume of legal records into the database.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., Somerset, NJ 1989 – 1992
Records Coordinator / Data Entry
• Entered information from 401K plans on to the database.
• Stored and retrieved various mutual fund and money market client accounts.
• Ordered and monitored office supplies inventory.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Coursework, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Iselin, NJ
Certificate, Berkeley College of Business, Woodbridge, NJ
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS office applications: Windows XP, Word, Excel, Outlook