Kristin K. / Office Manager

Kristin K.
Cumming, GA 30041
kris_atl@yahoo.com

ACHIEVEMENTS

· Reduced overall overhead 8% by researching and re-directing items to be purchased.
· Promoted in the fall of 2008 while others in the office were laid off at Parrott Building Group.
· Reduced the cost of labor 25% by conducting competitive interviews and hiring subcontractors.
· Reduced the cost of shipping, supplies, and equipment by analyzing costs.
· Achieved QuickBooks Certification in January 2008.
· Consistently received bonuses from Parker Chandler Homes for my hard work and reliability.
· Increased revenue by 15% and awarded Employee of the Year in 2005 at RJS Construction.
· Received Notary in September of 2008.

SOFTWARE
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook); QuickBooks; Adobe; McGraw Hill

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Parrott Building Group * Johns Creek, GA * Office Manager * (06/08 – Current)
· Research for Commercial Jobs
· Type proposals, estimates, and invoices
· Responsible for checks, company credit cards, and petty cash
· Process invoices for payment
· Pay necessary bills and purchase miscellaneous items for office
· Make travel arrangements (flights, car rentals, and hotel rooms; domestic and international)
· Shipping and receiving; coordinate with US Customs for security door shipments
· Create PowerPoint presentations for high dollar clients
· Help Project Manager and Owner with client budgets
· Work with Project Managers on budgets
· Acquire lien waivers for client purposes
· Make cash and check deposits
· Process returns
· Manage accounts receivable and payable
· Collect Insurance Certificates from vendors
· Create in depth spreadsheets to track job costs
· Built up sister company, Honey Don’t (website and marketing material)
· Event Planning

Atlanta Pools, Inc. & Atlanta Boat & RV * Cumming, GA * Office Manager * (01/08 – 05/08)
· Scheduled and checked inspections
· Applied and obtained variance requests
· Completed permit packages for submission to many different cities and counties
· Scheduled service calls and assisted customers with any issues
· Maintained and updated QuickBooks database
· Handled accounts receivable and payable
· Typed proposals and sent out literature packages for potential customers.
· Ordered and checked inventory for supplies and warehouse.
· Kept detailed records of each phase of ongoing jobs and inspections.
· Helped customers pick out selections for pool tile, stone, and pebble tec.
· Kept detailed records for Boat and RV storage.
· Invoiced and recorded payments

Independent Runners * Cumming, GA * Owner/ Operator * (03/06 – 12/07)
· Prepared all necessary paperwork for water meters and building permits
· Ran permits for approximately 125 homes per month
· Responsible for blank checks from homebuilders for purchasing permits
· Read house plans, site plans, plats, soil erosion reports and maps
· Worked in Forsyth, Gwinnett, Paulding, and Jackson Counties
· Handled LDP’s (land disturbance permit) and HLP’s (house location plan)
· Created records of each house, each subdivision and each home builder
· Prepared detailed records of all invoices
· Developed and maintained customer databases
· Tracked all necessary permits for financing purposes

R.J.S. Construction (OOB) * Marietta, GA * Office Manager PT * (08/01 – 03/06)
· Developed and maintained home and customer databases
· Managed payroll for 15 employees
· Scheduled customer appointments and potential clients
· Researched and reviewed foreclosures for possible settlement
· Corresponded with sub-contractors and vendors
· Resolved any invoice issues with vendors and sub-contractors
H.R.S. of Atlanta * Buckhead, GA * Office Manager * (02/03- 05/04)
· Organized records of colors, styles and systems
· Presented new clients with hair systems
· Created and maintained a database system for 200 customer hair pieces
· Assisted VP with written and oral correspondence
· Prepared hair and files for next day’s clients
· Ordered hair and products daily

EDUCATION: Anticipated date of graduation with the Business Administrative Technology Associates Degree is Winter of 2009.

Awarded:
1. Microsoft Office Applications Professional Certificate
2. General Office Assistant Certificate
3. Business Administrative Technology Diploma

Lanier Technical College (01/09 – Current) * Cumming, GA * Business Administrative Technology

· Database Applications, Introduction to Psychology
· Presentation Fundamentals, Composition and Rhetoric, Elementary Algebra

Lanier Technical College * (08/01 – 12/01, 08/07 – 12/08) * Cumming, GA * Business & Office Technology

· Word Processing, Principles of Accounting, Office Procedures
· Business Communications, Advanced Document Processing
· Advanced Word Processing, Advanced Spreadsheet Fundamentals
· Business Math, Database Fundamentals , Machine Transcription
· Spreadsheet Fundamentals, Document Processing, Keyboarding
Lanier Technical College * (01/02 – 03/03) * Cumming, GA * Marketing Management

· Principles of Management, Introduction to Marketing, Business Law
· Principles of Economics Fundamentals, English Fundamentals
· Selling, Buying, Advertising, Visual Merchandising, Entrepreneurship
Lanier Technical College * (08/00 – 07/01) * Cumming, GA * Computer Information Systems

· Computer Concepts, Operating System Concepts , Business English
· Introduction to Microcomputers, Interpersonal Relations
· Networking Fundamentals, Professional Development