Experience

Kaas Tailored

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Payable Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  • Receive supplier invoices and prep for entry.• Match invoices with GRN or send invoices to applicable department for approval.• Escalate and follow up on invoice approvals.• Enter invoices in company ERP system.• Create daily payment runs via check or bank transfer.• Review monthly statements and follow up on any discrepancies.• Process company VISA transactions.

• Account Management Support Specialist

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  • Prepare and validate customer purchase orders for order entry.• Enter purchase orders in company ERP system via import tool or flow line team.• Communicate price updates or engineering document needs with customer.• Prepare and submit quotations to customer for new products.• Research client requests regarding order status, ship dates, material status, etc.• Work with internal teams to ensure quality and on time delivery.• Create and update stock codes in company ERP system per cross functional team review.• Follow AS9100 process for controlling and archiving customer engineering documents.• Coordinate tour scheduling and payment for company’s internal consulting division.• Develop deep working relationships with internal teams – Purchasing, Finance, Product Development, and Production.• Utilize Kaizen to continually improve processes.• Create and update standard work as needed.



Tully's Coffee

• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Field Operations Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

  Liaison between Marketing/IT departments and store teams.Establish good working relationship with store teams, customers, and vendors.Support stores with local area marketing from beginning to end.Assist in planning, designing, and implementing quarterly product promotions.Coordinate return of IT equipment between stores and vendors.Organize store-level donation drives for holiday season.Prioritize and manage multiple open cases and projects at one time.Maintain online reference library for store teams.Contact for customers with questions or issues regarding loyalty cards.

• Store Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Monitor trends in sales and adjust store needs accordingly. • Maintain tradition of high EBITDA results. • Communicate clearly between corporate staff, vendors, fellow managers, and team. • Oversee training of leadership staff and maintain store succession plan. • Evaluate store presentation and adapt to fit current promotion or featured retail. • Interview prospective employees for district (8 stores.) • Investigate financial or supply issues and report to correct contacts. • Oversaw a second store until prearranged store closure. • Participated in on-going Better Chains project. • Manager award for Excellence in Quarter 2, 2016.• Manager of the Quarter in Quarter 2, 2017

• Assistant Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2016

  • Coach current and prospective lead baristas. • Place orders with vendors and communicate any errors. • Monitor Cost of Goods Sold and Profit & Loss reports.• Write weekly schedules covering 13-17 employees while staying within budget. • Monitor popular retail and present slow-moving items in a new way.• Evaluate store presentation and adapt to fit current promotion or featured retail.• Interview prospective employees for the district (10 retail stores).• Oversee daily cleaning and maintenance on equipment.• Approve and submit payroll.• Communicate with facilities team on any new or reoccurring issues.• Assist customers with any questions, concerns or comments.• Acting manager when store manager is away.

• Lead Barista

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Responsible for preparing the store to open on time.• Cash handler and key holder.• Monitor 4-10 employees to ensure efficient line-flow and store appearance; averaging 100 transactions per half hour during peak business time.• Maintain overall store appearance.• Register and bar training of new employees.• Coach employees on increasing average sales ticket.• Provide a positive atmosphere to encourage employees and satisfy customers.• Create friendly relationships with customers to encourage their reoccurrence.

• Barista

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Prepare the store to open with lead barista on duty.• Process cash and card transactions on POS system.• Provide a positive atmosphere to encourage employees and satisfy customers.• Help maintain overall store appearance.• Create friendly relationships with customers to encourage their reoccurrence.



Fox Film Festival

• Co-Chair

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Co-Organize and host an annual film festival to showcase student's work of the past year. • Oversee three committees. • Find and maintain relationships with industry professionals to serve as judges. • Send out judge's DVDs and handle their ballots with confidentiality. • Work with two separate venues to host the festival. • Co-Organize and host an annual film festival to showcase student's work of the past year. • Oversee three committees. • Find and maintain relationships with industry professionals to serve as judges. • Send out judge's DVDs and handle their ballots with confidentiality. • Work with two separate venues to host the festival.



George Fox University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Communications workstudy

  • Feb 2008 - Apr 2011

  • General administrative support for an office of 13, including the Vice President of Communications. • Front desk contact for visitors and incoming phone calls. • Following design jobs from beginning to completion for internal and external university marketing & communication. • Distributing incoming and outgoing mail. • Researching photography needs for the university's use. • Assign student photographers photo shoots. • Overseeing and maintaining the university's photo archival system and ensuring its user-friendliness.