Paula Trethewey
Culver, IN **511
*****.******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To contribute to your organization’s success through the use of strong inventory skills.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Dedication and drive as a hard-working individual.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a pressured environment.
• Exceptional versatility and adaptability.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
INTERPERSONAL AND TEAMWORK SKILLS
• Entrusted to assist with applications, resumes and paychecks
• Interacted with a wide variety of personalities while tracking/expediting and coordinating inbound overseas shipments
CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SALES SKILLS
• Interacted with customers when filing claims and coordinating follow up audits and disposition
• Discussed with customers and addressed any shipment requirements on a daily basis
• Delivered excellent customer service while conducting bank transactions
• Suggested different possible routes to accommodate customers and took their airline reservations over the phone
• Arranged in-home events with hostesses for display and sales of glassware
• Familiarized potential customers with picture packages and sold them over the phone
MANAGERIAL AND SUPERVISORY SKILLS
• Supervised 10 ship schedulers in a fast paced automotive shipping office
• Supported and assisted managers of automotive distribution center
QUANTITATIVE SKILLS
• Analyzed material for shortages and expedited from overseas mfg. locations
• Took routine inventories and purchased/received in needed materials
• Maintained inventory/purchasing/receiving/shipping/claim files
• Corresponded with overseas manufacturing plants on multiple issues
• Supported warehouse inventory control and assisted with barcode labels
• Coordinated movement of finished goods in and out of warehouse
• Maintained an accurate inventory, thus minimized obsolescence and scrap
• Helped with warehouse computer system change
• Entered ship info in Ford and Chrysler computer systems
• Generated all paperwork for domestic and international shipments
• Scheduled daily shipments with trucking companies
• Trained overseas mfg plants personnel how to file customer claims
• Ran quality testing and posted results
• Packed pickles and peppers for shipment
• Consistently balanced a cash drawer, worked drive-up and helped print checks
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Microsoft Office including - Outlook, Excel, Word and Access
• Mainframe Legacy System (warehousing)
• QAD
• Chrysler SMART System
• FSN Ford System
• Ford Service System
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• Material Analyst/Inventory Analyst/Shipping Office Supervisor/Traffic Control/Warehouse Coordinator/QAD-Customer Service Coordinator/ Inventory Control-Materials Specialist and most recent position- New Items/Obsolescence–Scrap Materials Coordinator, Lear Corporation (formerly UTA), Plymouth, IN, 1999-2009
• Finished Goods Ship Scheduler, UTA (United Tech. Automotive), Plymouth, IN, 1994-1999
• Inventory Control/Purchasing/Receiving Clerk/Shipping Clerk/Quality Clerk/Human Resource Assistant, Boramco, Inc., Walkerton, IN, 1992-1994
• Senior Shipping Clerk, UTA (United Tech. Automotive), Plymouth, IN, 1983-1992
• Laborer, Pilgrim Farms, Plymouth, IN, 1981-1982
• Direct Salesperson, Tiara Glassware (part time while student), Dunkirk, IN, 1980
• Telephone Salesperson, Olan Mills (part time while student), Plymouth, IN, 1979
• Teller, The State Exchange Bank, Plymouth, IN, 1975-1978
• Reservationist, Skystream Airlines, Plymouth, IN, 1974-1975
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Through Lear Corporation, Plymouth, IN --2005-2009
Ethics and Compliance Courses, plus Lean - 5S Training
Ancilla College, Donaldson, IN –1977-1980 and 1997-1998
Associates of Liberal Studies
Indiana University, South Bend, IN - 1993-1994
Classes in Basic Computer and Purchasing
Weaver Airline Schools, Kansas City, MO – 1974
Reservations and Ticketing