Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Fort Collins, Colorado Area

• Headcount coordination: Tracking, forecasting, requisition monitoring, BPO’s of SOW’s, and on/off boarding logistics management of contingent workers and full-time employees
• Procurement: Purchase orders and blanket purchase order execution, tracking, maintenance and assurance of payments to vendors
• Space management; employee seating charts, reorganization, forecasting quarterly
• New project innovation: lab/space/materials organization; procurement; working directly with project managers and project leads

Aug 2010 – Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Sausalito, CA (worked remotely from home office)

• Organized international and domestic mass market visits for winemakers and retail visitors: arranged all travel and event logistics including schedule, POS, samples, communication, and execution
• Mentored sales team on product forecasting, recognizing trends, and developing market focus for their specific regions
• Established pricing and promotions for National Accounts: communication and execution with account follow up to more than 30 accounts
• Participated in trade shows locally and out of state
• Attended marketing meetings to establish new product roll out expectations and time frames with promotion to execution

Jan 2010 – Aug 2010 · 7 mos · Fort Collins, Colorado Area

• Coordinated CSAP, ACT, and AP testing by ordering testing materials, arranged volunteers, scheduled testing times, distribution of materials, monitoring testing, and turning materials back in to the state
• Structured Wellness Program for the staff to enhance team building and health awareness
• Monitor Senior grades in order for them to meet graduation requirements
• Coordinated Senior Graduation ceremony by overseeing the committee

Jun 2009 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Loveland, CO

• Arranged and coordinated sponsorship and/or wine tastings with local charities to enhance community involvement (Summer Fest in the Rockies, Red Cross, Sculptures Invitational, Katie’s Ride for a Cure, and memorial charity golf tournaments) minimum 10 tables each, up to 200 wines
• Managed weekly web-based newsletters, weekly tastings, and promotional activities; enhanced sales outside minimal profit margins
• Created new branding materials and POS
• Participated in monthly Loveland Chamber networking mixers to promote future business

Jan 2008 – Feb 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo · Windsor, CO

• Direct support to the CEO/Owner
• Managed and controlled departmental budget by processing expense reports, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and reconciling against monthly actuals to meet or exceed profit margins
• Ran monthly reports using Excel for year to year data comparison; analyzed areas that needed more attention and developed new strategic methodologies
• Design, ordered, and distributed new branding materials
• Coordinated Customer Visits, including: arranging catering, travel arrangements, off-site entertainment and dinners, and communicating details with follow-up
• Market business operations monthly via web-based newsletter

Sep 2005 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greeley, CO

• Managed customer visits, including: coordinating presentations, arranging customer travel domestic/international, facilitating catering focused around customer product requests, with follow up post visit
• Directed corporate sponsored community events involving the United Way, Special Olympics, and Relay for Life: including managing teams of 5-20 individuals, delegating tasks and responsibilities and overseeing task completion
• Managed Point of Sales inventory, ordering, and distribution
• Primary contact for initiating participation in trade shows and conventions, including: coordinating deliverables for a successful and impressionable presence, developing and distributing branding materials, focusing product branding based on specific needs
• Ran Crystal Reports for month to month data comparison
• Researched and tracked geographical trends
• Provided executive-level administrative support to the Senior General Manager / Vice President of Processor Sales and 40 direct reports with a demonstrated ability to improvise, meet deadlines, and improve processes and procedures

Jun 2000 – Aug 2005 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Loveland, CO

• Planned, developed, and managed complex projects to create/optimize organizational processes, measurement systems and infrastructure to maximize business results
• Worked closely with Directors and Financial Analysts to manage annual operating plan by reviewing costs, reconciling variances, and identifying areas for productivity and cost improvements
• Liaised with human resources and upper management to create requisitions for engineering talent and managed those requisitions on both the Internet and Intranet sites
• Managed the company’s presence at regional career fairs, including arranging for appropriate branding materials and promotional gifts for distribution and directly representing the company at several events
• Developed, updated, and maintained the Oracle databases and Intranet Division website on a daily basis
• Supported a diverse, multi-cultural Manufacturing and Engineering Division (both International and Domestic) in the areas of meeting coordination, organizational charts, recruitment, personnel data, annual performance reviews, and capital purchases
• Coordinated safety compliance for the manufacturing floor, including facilitating periodic OSHA evaluations
• Directed corporate picnics, Service Awards Banquets, Bring Your Child To Work Day, and other corporate events managing teams of 5-40 individuals