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KARAN WALTON

Leicester,NC
KARAN WALTON

Summary

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFICIENCY Office Administration & Management Project Planning & Management Senior Staff & Executive Support Staff Training Productivity & Efficiency Improvement Research & Documentation Customer & Public Relations PROACTIVE, MOTIVATED Multi-tasker with 21 years' experience in low- and high-volume administrative, human resource, accounting, safety, and customer service functions. Fast-track promotions to progressively responsible positions. Pioneered safety and training programs and standards from scratch that were adopted corporate-wide. Self-motivated with follow-through ability; imaginative problem solver who meets deadlines. Attentive to detail, with effective planning and organizing skills. Evaluate existing administrative procedures and develop/implement systems to expedite processing, productivity, and efficiency. Decision-maker and teambuilder, able to motivate employees and co-workers by inviting direct involvement and ownership. Effective presenter and speaker.

Overview

32
years of professional experience
12

Certifications

1

Bachelor Degree

Work History

LIGHTWAVE FIBER AND UTILITY GROUP INC
Leicester, NC

Office Manager
01.2017 - Current

Job overview

  • Workers Compensation
  • Staff Training
  • Scheduling
  • Government Reporting
  • Budget & Cash Flow Management
  • Vendor Negotiation
  • Purchasing, Provide support for the president and vice president, manage accounts payable and receivable, oversee payroll for up to 15 employees, coordinate travel plans for employees, human resource tasks including staffing, background checks and drug test scheduling and couching, counseling, and discipling employees, also manage the benefits including many types (short and long term, life, simple IRA etc.), help develop policies and company standards, manage audits, maintain tax paperwork, conduct banking operations, keep current license and permitting for county and states, ensures a safe and legal work environment including required CDL and OSHA logs as well as necessary training
  • Organize and maintain maps, employee files and other such documents
  • Serve as a primary source of contact for accountants, attorneys, insurance companies, government officials, vendors, and other service providers
  • Ordering supplies for the office and preparing letters presentations and reports
  • Created a functioning office from scratch to include new hire packets, different checklist, to include termination checklist, employee list, employee handbook, and interview sheets etc
  • Accounts payable checklist
  • Created an easy to find filing system, to increase overall productive in the office
  • Implemented a benefits program for all employees to improve employee retention
  • Developed tracking programs for attendance, and hours worked to reduce employee overpayment
  • Negotiated with hotels, persuading them to lower rates to maintain traveling budgets
  • Implemented E-Verify for future new hires and maintain certifications
  • Database Management
  • Personnel Supervision
  • Payroll
  • Insurance & Benefits
  • Inventory Control
  • Customer Service
  • QuickBooks
  • DOT/CDL Management
  • Accounts Payable & Receivable
  • Travel Arrangements
  • Time Management
  • Recruiting
  • Teamwork
  • Handles Pressure
  • Quality Management
  • Spreadsheet Applications

ENVIRONMENTS JANITORIAL SERVICE INC
, NC

President
01.2006 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Built, Lead and managed a cleaning company from scratch that reached thirteen fulltime employees
  • Coordinated in home quotes, employee scheduling for a customer base of over 100 customers ranging from vacation homes to weekly and monthly residentials and commercial accounts
  • Lead business operations management functions across all areas of the company, including risk management, business strategy, and organizational development
  • Performed financial analysis to assess the health of the business to improve margins
  • A member of Cleaning for A Reason to give back to the community to help women undergoing cancer treatment
  • Nominated for person of the week on News 13 for giving back to the community.

ETHAN ALLEN MANUFACTURING
Old Fort, NC

01.1992 - 01.2006

Job overview

Southeast Regional Safety Manager
01.2001 - 01.2006

Job overview

Woodfin

Safety & Environmental Director
01.1996 - 01.2001

Job overview

  • Lead a team of 6 Safety Directors at 6 locations, directing the development and implementation of accident prevention, safety management, and safety training programs and ensuring regulatory compliance with all standards per OSHA, EPA, and other state and federal agencies
  • Instrumental in ongoing process of obtaining ISO-14000 rating
  • Control a Safety budget of up to $10,000 per week
  • Conduct safety and environmental training / presentations to groups of 1-300 employees, management, and corporate staff
  • Inspect, monitor, and correct safety and environmental situations
  • Schedule program drills and outside service inspections
  • Handle OSHA and EPA permitting and reporting
  • Researched, wrote, and implemented safety programs from scratch
  • Slashed accidents by 65% and workers compensation costs by 70% for region
  • Negotiated with contractors, persuading them to lower bids to maintain safety budget
  • Changed safety training techniques and raised employee levels of awareness by transforming training process with PowerPoint presentation, role-playing, and employee involvement in the process
  • Gained reduction of OSHA fines by 40% due to excellent reputations among inspectors for training programs and employee motivation
  • Least citations (50%-85% less) of 19 casegood divisions.

Receptionist
01.1995 - 01.1996

Job overview

Lumber Receiver Clerk
01.1994 - 01.1995

Job overview

  • Directed incoming calls to appropriate destinations, greeted visitors, checked applicant references, scheduled interviews and physicals
  • Tracked attendance, leave/vacation days, and employee headcount
  • Monitored lumber inventory, paid lumber vendors
  • Managed insurance, orientation, enrollments, termination, and auditing functions
  • Developed tracking programs for attendance, leave, and vacation time data, slashing number of unauthorized leaves and employee overpayment
  • (828) 683-8999 Home
  • (828) 712-4867 Cell
  • Karanwalton@gmail.com KARAN WALTON
  • Continuing…
  • Originated tracking program for employee headcount using excel, enabling immediate data updating, processing, and reporting
  • Developed a safety, health, and personnel slide presentation for new-hire orientation, capturing over 3 hours of processing time for every new hire and increasing employee understanding.

Assembler/Shop Floor Clerk
01.1993 - 01.1994

Job overview

  • Created effective system enabling visual inspection of storage in racks, capturing hours of report printing time and reducing need for physical inspection
  • Recognized for high accuracy of inventory records.

HARDEES
Asheville, NC

Cashier / Crew Supervisor
01.1992 - 01.1993

Job overview

  • Promoted to supervision of crew of 6 in record time.

Skills

  • PC proficient:
  • Windows, Apple, Lotus 1-2-3, E-Verify, Internet Explorer, Netscape, JJ Keller's OSHA Regulations, National Fire Protection Electrical Code, QuickBooks, OneDrive, Training Management, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet research/e-mail
  • Proficient in use of most office machinery, including copiers, faxes, 10-key calculators, laminating machines, digital cameras, blueprint machines, scanners
  • Dedicated, perfect attendance record

Certification

Safety Engineering Bachelor of Science Warren National University, 2009 First Aid and CPR Instructor NC DOT Training Instructor OSHA Certification (10 hours) … OSHA Compliance…DOT Shipment of Hazardous Waste… Generator of Hazardous Waste…Fire Brigade Operations… OSHA Record Keeping…OSHA Construction… Visible Emission Evaluator… Train the Trainer… Safety Management… among others.

Timeline

Office Manager
LIGHTWAVE FIBER AND UTILITY GROUP INC
01.2017 - Current
President
ENVIRONMENTS JANITORIAL SERVICE INC
01.2006 - 01.2017
Southeast Regional Safety Manager
01.2001 - 01.2006
Safety & Environmental Director
Woodfin
01.1996 - 01.2001
Receptionist
01.1995 - 01.1996
Lumber Receiver Clerk
01.1994 - 01.1995
Assembler/Shop Floor Clerk
01.1993 - 01.1994
ETHAN ALLEN MANUFACTURING
01.1992 - 01.2006
Cashier / Crew Supervisor
HARDEES
01.1992 - 01.1993

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