Experience

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  Apotex Inc.

  • Canada
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Coordinator, Global Pharmacovigilance

    • Apr 2017 - Present

    Organize on and off-site meetings, business travel and accommodationsManage three director's schedules.Coaching team members.Primary recipient of all correspondence from Health Canada from our electronic fax and distribute to the appropriate manager and directors. Key User for the maintenance of office equipment to ensure they are always accessible.Committee member of a team of Directors and Xerox staff for ways of improving the efficiency of the department.Provide word processing support for various documents such as tables, text and graphs.Compile submissions and shipments to respective government agencies.Manage all departmental payroll and SAP training records.Maintain and update summary logs and Drug Master files.Prepare all correspondence for the Director. Generate courier waybills which can include product samples and correspondence to various countries.Effectively determine and prioritize day-to-day workload independently.Attention to details and able to work in a multi-task fast-paced environment.Excellent team player with exceptional time management and organizational skills.Ability to meet deadlines and reach projected goals.Act with discretion in handling sensitive and confidential issues in a professional manner.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.High level of professionalism and maturity with good business acumen.High level of initiative and decision-making skills to effectively determine and prioritize workloads.Use discretion and judgement in handling sensitive and confidential details in a professional manner.Excellent team player. Able to work independently on complex tasks.

  • Coordinator to the Director of the Global Pharmacovigilance Department

    • Apr 2017 - Present

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  APOTEX INC

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Administrator/Executive Assistant to the Director of Canadian Regulatory Affairs

    • Oct 1995 - Mar 2010
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Arrange meetings, travel and accommodations.Responds to moderately complex queries from or on behalf of their internal customers.Maintains an in-depth understanding of our Standard Operating Procedures.Provides procedural coaching for other team members as required.Primary recipient of all clarifaxes/correspondence from Health Canada and to distribute to the appropriate managers and project leaders at the Signet, Etobicoke and Richmond Hillcampus.Responsible for initiating response letters to all clarifaxes from Health Canada for the three company sites noted above. Communicate response due dates to affected individuals.Consistently asked by various directors and new employee's to help direct new staff on how to accomplish particular aspects of their job, who they need to speak to for situations they are not sure of, where certain documents/correspondence are sent, etc.Ensure all photocopiers, faxes and printers are operational. Committee member of a team of Directors, and Xerox staff responsible for brainstorming ways to improve the efficiency of cross-department 3rd floor functions.; the efficiency of operations between the Bio-Clinical Division and Regulatory Affairs Director by ensuring documents from the Bio-Clinical Division are printed and signed by the Director, scanned and sent back the same day to the appropriate employee.Routinely train Executive Administrators and Administrators on various software programs.Time Administrator and Training Data Administrator for VP, three Directors, and two Managers of the Research and Development (R&D) Division.Assist all Regulatory Affairs Departments with a variety of minor to major questions.Social Committee representative for the Regulatory and Medical Affairs Department of R&D for the past three years.Prepare Fedex waybills and invoices for correspondence/sample shipments to Health Canada,the FDA and European countries.

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  Braeburn Neighbourhood Place Inc.

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Office Manager/Administrative Assistant

    • May 1986 - Sep 1995
    • Toronto, Ontario

    Oversaw the running of the office.Worked for the Executive Director including the Daycare Supervisor.Doing presentations, charts, setting up meetings, organizing functions within the organization, as it was a non-profit organization in a Ontario Housing Development.A/P and A/R (banking)Organized and took part in the organizing of the Food Bank, Clothes for the children and adults in the buildingOther jobs as required.

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  Hudson General Aviation Services at Pearson International Airport

  • Secretary/Administrative Assistant to the General Manager

    • Sep 1979 - Apr 1986

    Receptionist/secretary to eight Managers including the General Manager, Operations Manager and Ramp ManagerProcess and Recording of Airline Rebate passesArranging meetings, travel and accommodationsComposition of routine correspondenceDocumenting personnelCoordinated the activities required to purchase and distribute employee uniforms.

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  Metropolitan Separate School Board

  • Toronto, Ontario

  • Secretary

    • Jun 1970 - Aug 1980
    • Toronto, Ontario

    Typing of all correspondence, memos, reports and statistical summaries for the ResearchCoordinator.Composition of routine correspondence and memosMaintenance of personnel records of external research projects involving M.S.S.B.studentsKeeping financial records for the department