administrative assistant Resume

Desired Industry: Clerical/General Office	SpiderID: 13866
Desired Job Location: St. Petersburg, Florida	Date Posted: 7/12/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 7/16/2007
Desired Wage: 28000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
Successful experience in administrative, marketing, sales and promotions. Ability to make decisions and produce goal-oriented results. Strong knowledge of business management methods, market research. Excellent liaison and people skills

Experience:
Mark Whittington
10073 14th Street N. #206 St. Petersburg, FL 33716
727-505-5218 mdw1@hotmail.com
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COMPUTER AND OFFICE SKILLS

Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Oracle, Lotus Notes and Outlook.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Administrative assignments, St. Petersburg, FL 12/02 � Present.
Companies that I have worked at thru agencies below: Danka; American Heart Assoc; VA Medical Center Bay Pines; First Advantage Corp; Eckerd College; Fidelity; SendTec; Student Resources; AEGON Inc.
�Provided administrative support to the Sales & Marketing Departments in processing daily correspondence and related claims. Managed database of proposals and sales activities utilizing SalesForce CRM databases.
�Reconciled procurement reports and discrepancies of purchase orders for medical supplies, equipment, and services.
�Contacted vendors for negotiating returns of medical supplies, equipment at the lowest cost available to the VA.
�Worked independently and within a team on accounting projects. Verified and validated customers Invoices and made corrections to their billing issues.
�Answer internal and external calls to document and handle customer issues within the Oracle database system.
�Interface with other Danka departments to respond promptly to customer satisfaction issues and resolution.
�Assisted the Executive Assistant to the President with correspondence, database maintenance, scheduling.
�Preparation and distribution of materials for the President, and the Board of Trustees, its committees and related meetings and events.

Marketing Administrative Assistant, VisionCare, Inc. Tampa, FL 11/2000 - 9/2002.
�Prepared and responded to all sales staff�s request for proposals in a timely manner; directed custom rate requests to the Underwriters. Handled sales branch requests for marketing materials, and correspondence.
�Assembled proposals and maintenance of contracts, including Amendments and Quotation update activities.
�Managed database of all proposal preparations and representations utilizing Access and Excel databases.
�Assisted prospects and/or brokers with plan benefits, administrative functions, and group inquiries.

Administrative Assistant Temporary Staffing Services, Tampa FL 1/2000 - 10/2000.
�Contracted for Administrative assignments, which utilized my Microsoft Office skills, utilizing Word and Excel.
�Tracked product ordering of supply materials for the usage by Sales Representatives and Account Executives and resolving any related administrative issues.

Marketing Documentation Clerk, Critikon Company, Tampa, FL 7/1999 - 12/1999.
�In charge of the drafting, proofing and scanning of documents used by Engineers in the preparation of designing and assembling of medical product lines used by worldwide healthcare facilities.
�Coded and filed scanned documents for usage by multiple departments.

Administrative Assistant Cox Hospital, Springfield, MO 1998-1999.
�Worked with the accounting team and customer relations departments, and analyzing customers status.

Marketing Representative, Whittington and Associates, Springfield, MO 1991-1997.
�Management of Sales Territory responsible for marketing research for representatives to expand customer base. Resulting with increased market shares for various products and services.
�Designed marketing campaigns utilizing direct mail, display advertising and telemarketing.
�Active participation of trade shows and seminars for manufacturers.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Science Degree, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 1988.

Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 1988.

Skills:
As you will see from my resume, I am qualified for a position, which requires a background based in the areas of Administrative Operations and Sales-Marketing support. I'm very organized and prioritize my workloads to meet deadlines. I have a strong background in the preparation of reports utilizing Word, Access and Excel databases, along with presentation materials including the creation of new documents such as memos, manuals and new-letters.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Mark Whittington
Street:	Phone: 727-505-5218
City: St. petersburg	Fax: -
State: Florida
Zip: 33716
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