OBJECTIVE: To find a challenging career opportunity where over twenty years of
diversified and progressive business experience, along with skills and abilities can be utili zed. EMPLOYMENT: Straval Machine Co., Inc. Garfield, NJ 2008-2010 Office Manager Bookkeeping, shipping coordinator and sales Kazbo Imports, Inc. Chicope e, MA 2006-2007 Import Coordinator Assisted owners with importing goods from East Europe utilizing my Polish langua ge as a translator. Couristan, Inc. For t Lee, NJ 2003-2006 Administrative Assistant to Pricing and Inventory Control Coordinators Quoted pricing, answered to customer's inquiries regarding pricing, availability and ETA of goods. Set up special price files and inventory items in virtual inventory files for consignment. Tracked returns, researched and issued charge back. Hempel Coatings (USA), Inc. Wallington, NJ 2001-2003 Office Manager Assisted sales force and warehouse manager with administrative duties, responsi ble for all general office operations including ordering supplies, main tenance of office equipment, prepared shipping paperwork for trucking companies and responded to all cus tomers' inquiries. American Eagle Food Import Cedar Grove, NJ 200 0-2001 Import Coordinator (Seasonal) Called brokers to check shipments ETA dates and followed up with truckers on p ickup and delivery status Checked with warehouses to confirm delivery, get receiving reports and updated system. Accounts Payable Coded and posted vendor invoices, selected invoices for payment and ran checks . Europe Craft Import New York, NY 1994-2000 Shipping Coordinator Instructed factories when and how to ship, advised the sales and customer serv ice departments on the status of inventory to meet required deliveries. Worked with Forwarding Companies scheduling on time delivery's Piece Goods Tracker Contacted factories and mills to ensure correct quality and quantity of items ordered. Follow up on proper fabric testing prior to shipment and on time scheduled del iveries. Hempel Coatings (USA), Inc. Wallington, NJ 1980-1994 Customer Service Entered phoned and faxed orders into computer and printed picking tickets, respo nded to customer inquiries on pricing and availability, released orders from inv entory for shipping and forwarded required paperwork for invoicing. General Ledger Posted journal entries, worked closely with programmers in writing new program s and pinpointing errors, experience with the conversion of one computer system to another. Invoicing Maintained numerical log of delivery tickets by stock point issued and mailed in voices for each stock point. Set up new customers, salespeople, budgets, product s, price and cost files, calculated prices, printed and distributed months end s ales reports and responded to customers' inquiries and requests. Invoiced foreign supplies when the company went international, dealt with conver sions for currency and unit measures. Inventory Control (Finished Goods) Reconciled month end reports sent in by agents for each stock point with running computer inventories and costing. System Operator Operated the IBM System 36 to do the following: end of day update of file s to master file, daily backup, controlled workstations and printers, set up new users, updated password securit y and set up work menu for users. Resolved communication problems for two of th e company's offices connected on line with the system, Houston and New Orleans. Accounts Payable/Receivable Coded and posted bills to be entered in computer, marked bills for paymen t and ran checks. Prepared deposits, posted to computer and rendered approvals for shipment s of incoming orders. Production Entered formula and actual raw material usage into computer for pricing, bidding and accounting purposes. Prepared daily production reports and filed the batch tickets for finishe d batches. Inventory Control (Raw Materials) Posted usage and receiving on both manual and computerized systems, researched d iscrepancies with physical count and costing the inventory at month's end. Purchasing Assistant Placed orders with suppliers on the phone, typed and mailed confirming or ders, filed purchasing copy with corresponding receiving reports and invoice copy. * Extensive customer interfaces; developed effective rapport. * Advanced throughout tenure with the company. * Independently handled invoicing, reduced staffing by two. * Recipient of excellent work performance reviews from supervisor. * Acquired first hand comprehensive knowledge and experience with accounting and assisted accountants with audits. * Computer literate; RPG Programming and custom package * Company relocated to Houston; traveled to Texas several times to train replace ments. EDUCATION: Microsoft Office User Specialist 2003 Word Certified Graduate Certificate in Accounting