Maria McAllister
**** *. ******** ***., ***. *, Los Angeles, CA. 90019 ~ 323-***-**** – ***********@*****.***
Skills Summary
+ Computer Savvy + Fiscally Conservative
+ Report Preparation + Advanced Writing Skills
+ Customer Service + General Office Skills
+ Accounts Receivable + Creative Problem Solver
+ Accounts Payable + Knowledge of Logistics/Shipping
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stericycle – Corporate offices Indianapolis, IN.
Stericycle’s primary functions are to protect people and reduce risk through:
• Medical waste disposal
• Sharps (needles) disposal management
• Product recalls and retrievals
• OSHA compliance programs
• Comprehensive medical waste disposal systems
Quality Assurance Field Representative – 11/2007 – Present date (Independent Contractor)
Perform:
• Product retrievals
• Retail quality audits
• Product recalls and consumer complaint retrievals
• Other services that help Stericycle’s retail clients assure the highest levels of product quality for
consumers:
• Preparing products for shipment with appropriate documentation to client’s manufacturing and laboratory testing facilities.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sunset location, Los Angeles, CA.
Temp. Office Clerk - 12/2008 – 03/31/2009 & 07/25/09 - 11/13/2009
• Progressively more complex tasks
• Began by providing support services to new hospital in the Materials Management Dept.
• Made labels for medical supply carts for all seven floors of new medical center
• Upon return from 3 month lay-off:
• Assisted Assistant Director in slow-move inventory control via actual product counts and adjustments of discrepancies in system
• Research and reconciliation of A/P aging. Various other minor office duties (copying, faxing, research)
DIVA Furniture, Inc. (work location warehouse in Culver City, CA)
Logistics Administrator – 07/27/2007 – 11/15/2007
• Coordination and shipment execution of customer purchases outside Los Angeles
• Preparation of all shipping documents, including Bills of Lading, customs documents, pro-forma invoices
• Procured appropriate shipping options from freight companies
• Liaison between customers and freight carriers relative to:
• Shipping issues
• Tracking shipments
• Tracing orders post-shipment
• Accessing Proofs of Delivery post-delivery
• Negotiated FAK (Freight-All-Kinds) rates with DIVA's Freight Carriers
• Filing freight loss/damage claims with carriers and suppliers
Supply Management of Hilton Hotels Corp. Beverly Hills, CA. 90210
Temporary assignment with Beverly Hilton’s Accounting Dept. - (08/1999 – 10/1999)
Temp Collections Rep. – Hilton Hotels’ Corp. location (Beverly Hills) - (10/1999 – 04/2000)
Full-time employee status 04/2000:
Administrative Assistant
• Preparation and mailing of Hilton Supply Management invoices, statements, and manufacturer flame certificates for HSM’s owned, managed and franchised properties
• Provision of office support services to the Director, Manager, and Account Reps of Credit and Business office
• Liaison between Credit and Business and Information Technology re: the maintenance and supply needs for computer hardware, software and printers
• Liaison between all HSM departments, Facilities Administration and Office Services re: the maintenance and supply needs of HSM copiers, printers and fax machines
Logistics Coordinator – (promotion) 10/2003 – 04/2007
• Liaison between company's suppliers and customers
• Provision of best freight routing methods
• Creation of status reports for internal and external customers
• Provision of real-time status reports of shipments en route
• Liaison between customers and freight carriers relative to shipment issues
• Research and resolution of freight invoice issues
• Track, trace and reconcile shipments
• Successfully achieved freight claims liabilities and payments
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite (for Window XP)
PeopleSoft Applications
World Wide Web
Microfot Outlook Email
Supply Track – In-house supply-chain software
Oracle EDI
Some JD Edwards & AS400 (database)
Education
University of Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
Dean's List – 2 semesters
Majors: Social Work and Sociology
Bachelor of Arts