Experience

Divi Resorts

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • May 2005 - Present

  Manage and supervise purchases made world-wide to accomodate our hotels located in the Caribbean. Maintain Purchasing Logs and programs including MAS200 and Aestiva Purchasing. Record keeping for internal audits, and managing the local purchasing agents at our hotel locations.

• • Jan 2003 - Present

  If you want someone who will come in and get the job done...then I'm your girl! Experienced with major construction/renovation projects in the Caribbean. Work extensively with the Project managers to plan materials, subcontractor contracts, payments and construction schedules.Actively researching new contacts in Asia, South America and the United States to provide supplies to our hotel chain located in the Caribbean. Proven track record to maintain reports, track shipments, issue purchase orders, negotiate with vendors and supervise construction projects with the project managers.Experienced with the daily operations of our many resorts, including scheduling, maintenance call logs, PM room logs, and Housekeeping records.Maintaining logs for materials and keeping our shipments moving. experienced with export of goods from China and the USA. Show less

• • Jan 2003 - Present

  Responsible for the procurement of Construction and Operational materials to our Hotel projects in Aruba. A few of the commodities are:structural steel light gage steel Drywall plumbing fixtures F.F. &E. Traveled extensively to China to negotiate new contracts and also to visit many manufacturing areas such as furniture manufacturing, steel fabricating, and electrical manufacturing. Recently have reached out to such areas as Pakistan and Turkey to negotiate textile materials for all of our resorts in the Caribbean. Created a new database to control purchases and inventories. Developed a new system to track shipments and handle logistics for exporting goods. Worked closely with the VP of Construction and Construction personnel scheduling appointments, handling travel arrangements, and creating expense reports/reimbursements. Experienced with processing invoices and working closely with the Accounting department with MAS200 and Aestiva Purchasing Software. And Inventoria Software.Also tasked with repairing relationships with vendors from the previous agents and restoring credibility within the company. Sourcing new vendors and securing the best pricing to save the company money. Show less



Southeast Express

• Newspaper Publishing

• Inventory Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Aug 2000

  Maintaining Inventory levels for Honda Power Equipment. Keeping accurate counts of parts and equipment, working with shipping and receiving on arriving and departing orders. Worked closely with the Purchasing department. Maintaining Inventory levels for Honda Power Equipment. Keeping accurate counts of parts and equipment, working with shipping and receiving on arriving and departing orders. Worked closely with the Purchasing department.



PHE, INC

• United States
• Consumer Services

• Customer Service

  • Aug 1991 - Dec 1999

  Responsible for processing customer mail orders, answering incoming phone order calls, providing excellent customer service and learning all of our products. Lead agent of the "Patriot" Team which consisted of monitoring calls, preparing reports and making necessary changes that were beneficial to the company. Responsible for educating customers on the use of our products. Developed the employee photo board and responsible for making changes to it when new employees were hired and existing employees left the company. Responsible for greeting Clients and doing tours of the company. Show less



PHE INC

• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Customer Service Specialist

  • Dec 1991 - Aug 1998

  Data Entry of all customer mail in orders, answering incoming customer order calls, checking inventory, issuing orders for procurement, and following up on customer satisfaction. Data Entry of all customer mail in orders, answering incoming customer order calls, checking inventory, issuing orders for procurement, and following up on customer satisfaction.