Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Carrie L Cavender

Woodstock,Ga

Summary

Creative executive professional with exceptional people skills. Strategic and logistic planning expert looking to join energetic team environment.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner

3 Little Birds Media
Woodstock, Ga
05.2006 - Current
  • Work-at-home-mother handling all the scheduling, finances and logistics for a family of five in addition to running small entrepreneurial web based business.
  • Writer and publisher of three websites/blogs monetized by selling ad space and reviewing various forms of entertainment.
  • Utilizing social media to increase traffic as well as partnerships with other similar websites and blogs.

Executive Administrative Assistant/ Event Planne

Rentokil Pest Control
Norcross, Ga
03.2001 - 05.2006
  • Personal assistant to the President and three Vice-President's of a large Southeastern commercial pest control company.
  • Responsible for correspondence, reports and budgeting, scheduling and travel, market research, statistical reports, and minutes /agendas of all meetings of the company executives.
  • Also responsible for office supply budgeting for entire corporate office and auditing executive charge accounts.
  • Event Planning: Handled all research, development and coordinating major events including monthly executive planning meetings, monthly branch manager review meetings, and the yearly 250 person company conference and yearly rewards trip for top branch and sales associate.
  • Responsible for securing conference space, accommodations, managing event budget and facility during event.
  • Liaise with vendors, employees and all activities and entertainment.

Executive Administrative Assistant President

Chancellor Truck Center
Conley, Ga
03.1999 - Current
  • Promoted to executive department - report directly to Duties include preparing correspondence and recurring reports, arranging meetings and conferences, typing letters, statements, narrative and statistical reports, minutes, agendas and legal papers.
  • Maintain control of all HR personnel files, handle all benefit enrollment and changes, act as COBRA Coordinator, evaluate monthly premiums for accuracy, coordinate offices functions with other departments.
  • Purchase office supplies and schedule all travel arrangements for employees.
  • Deposit of monies, bank trips.
  • Run business errands as needed.
  • Receive and screen all phone calls for President and Executive Vice President.
  • Scheduling training classes for employees, control of all office equipment and cellular phone account.
  • Retail Inventory control, weekly sales report collection and consolidation.
  • Control of retail branch checking account.

Marketing Assistant

Chancellor Truck Center
03.1999 - 03.1999
  • Worked directly for Director of Marketing planning trade shows, ordering office supplies, business cards and all promotional items.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Sales Consultant

Sprint PCS
Atlanta, GA
10.1998 - 03.1999
  • Hired to help launch Atlanta market.
  • Opened three retail centers-helped marketing team with store promotions-and handled initial inventory shipment, receiving and tracking for Southlake Store.
  • Daily responsibilities included qualifying and educating customers about PCS, handling objections and complaints and meeting weekly quotas.
  • Consistently top sales associate on the south side of Atlanta.
  • Skills/Training/ Awards/Activities/Volunteer Work.

Retail Team Leader/Office Manager

Pronet Communications/Metrocall Griffin, Ga
Griffin , GA
03.1996 - 10.1998
  • Team leader duties included correcting billing problems, handling customer complaints, receiving inventory, shipping repairs, auditing commission of salespeople in office, monthly competitor analysis report, remitting weekly sales report and ARPU reports for office, daily bank deposits and reconciliation as well as all retail sales associate responsibilities.

Teller/Acting Head Teller

Peach State Bank
Riverdale, GA
07.1994 - 03.1996
  • Customer service/teller duties included, in addition to balancing of personal cash vault, opening and closing demand deposit accounts, money market accounts, and regular savings accounts.
  • Balanced ATM machine daily and reconciled customer's accounts.
  • Responsible for balancing personal cash vault, buying and selling money from the Federal Reserve Bank, reporting currency transaction reports to the IRS, reporting TT&L and Mastercard deposits daily, scheduling, balancing teller cash accounts daily, and reconciling main cash vault daily.
  • Also responsible for rectifying teller mistakes and processing vault and teller cash tickets.

Education

Skills

  • Microsoft Word Level 2, Clayton State College
  • Microsoft Excel Level 1, Clayton State College
  • ADP HR Profile Training Class
  • Strong typing and computer skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Strong administration and organizational skills
  • Computer proficient
  • Quick learner

  • Strong problem solving and multi-tasking skills
  • 10 key by touch
  • 1999 Mid America Truck Show-sales
  • 1999 Atlanta Truck Show-sales
  • 1999 Southern Truck Show-sales
  • File/records maintenance

Accomplishments

Process Improvement

  • Created new departmental procedures manual.
  • Assessed organizational training needs.

Documentation

  • Wrote and edited documents to keep staff informed on policies and procedures.

Most Pleasant Personality Award Chancellor Truck Center 2000

Timeline

Owner

3 Little Birds Media
05.2006 - Current

Executive Administrative Assistant/ Event Planne

Rentokil Pest Control
03.2001 - 05.2006

Executive Administrative Assistant President

Chancellor Truck Center
03.1999 - Current

Marketing Assistant

Chancellor Truck Center
03.1999 - 03.1999

Sales Consultant

Sprint PCS
10.1998 - 03.1999

Retail Team Leader/Office Manager

Pronet Communications/Metrocall Griffin, Ga
03.1996 - 10.1998

Teller/Acting Head Teller

Peach State Bank
07.1994 - 03.1996

Carrie L Cavender