Jeanine Montague
Freehold,NJ
Summary
Personable administrative professional dedicated to cultivating positive client, staff and management connections. Highly-developed communicator with outstanding skills in complex problem-solving and conflict resolution. Expertise in resource allocation and schedule management. Orderly and committed administrative assistant offering solid skills in customer relations and resilience to handle challenges of fast-paced environments. Bringing detail-oriented and decisive nature with sound judgment, good multitasking abilities and self-motivated nature. Comfortable working alone or with teams to accomplish on-time and accurate tasks.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
R&D Finance & Operations Administrator
Colgate Palmolive Co
Piscataway, NJ
01.2017 - Current
- Managed global technology purchase orders, ensuring compliance and payment scheduling, and coordinated employee payment processing and expense reimbursements.
- Liaised with procurement for approvals and documentation, including quotes and contracts, and handled supplier onboarding, vendor support, payment discrepancies, and R&D contract amendments.
- Oversaw the Oral Care capital budget, delivered financial reports, and facilitated expense reconciliation.
- Provided project-level spend analysis and budget forecasts to Project Managers, aligning with R&D strategic objectives, and collaborated to reconcile monthly expenses.
- Provided project-level spend analysis with associated budget forecasts to Project Managers to ensure alignment with R&D strategic objectives.
- Collaborated with Global Toothbrush Development, Oral Care Product Research, and Consumer Insights to reconcile monthly expenses.
- Conducted project spend analysis and budget forecasts for Project Managers to ensure alignment with R&D strategic objectives.
- Collaborated with various departments to reconcile monthly expenses, and provided project spend analysis and budget information.
Administrative Assistant Global Toothbrush Divisio
Colgate Palmolive Co
Piscataway, New Jersey
06.2008 - 01.2017
- Calendar management and international travel coordination for VP Global Toothbrush & VP Global Supply Chain Engineering and teams across multiple time zones. Including flights, accommodations and agenda for heavy international travel.
- Managed logistics for on site events including Monthly Divisional Meetings between China/Park Avenue/Piscataway teams, utilizing multi faceted technology, including preparing agendas organizing catering, transportation and fun events.
- Managed and led on site tours of the GTC for new hires, students, interns, visitors.
- Managed purchase orders and outside research budget for GTD and GSC Engineers.
- Aided in preparation of SOP’s and lab maintenance projects including participating in videos and written material across the category.
- Managed material purchases, office supplies and anticipated necessary items for efficient functioning of the departments.
- Managed expense reporting for both VP’s
- Planned and executed office events and celebrations including GTC Holiday party
- Covered and filled in across categories for other administrators when needed
Education
High School Diploma -
Middlesex County College
Edison, NJSkills
- Event coordination
- Meeting coordination
- Travel logistics
- Calendar management
- Document preparation
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
Systems
- Proficient in SAP, Google, Microsoft, Concur, Creatio
Timeline
R&D Finance & Operations Administrator
Colgate Palmolive Co
01.2017 - Current
Administrative Assistant Global Toothbrush Divisio
Colgate Palmolive Co
06.2008 - 01.2017
High School Diploma -
Middlesex County College
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