Kara R Dungee
Petersburg,VA
Summary
Proficient Senior Administrator looking to leverage 20 years' experience to take on new role with room for advancement. Organized and detail-oriented professional adept at driving improvements to Business Administration and Human Resources by utilizing strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Project management professional with history of ensuring project milestones are met through effective planning and organization. Known for strong collaboration and adaptability in dynamic environments. Skilled in coordinating resources and maintaining project documentation.
Experienced with coordinating project schedules and resources to achieve objectives efficiently. Uses organizational skills to maintain accurate project documentation and streamline communication. Strong understanding of project management principles and stakeholder engagement.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Administrator
Saiia Construction
Chester, VA
07.2022 - Current
- Tracks budgets and projects expenditures.
- Serves as single point of contact for project scheduling and changes to maintain oversight while keeping progress on track.
- Schedules requested work orders and processes invoices.
- Generates daily and weekly reports to update project stakeholders.
- Maintains accuracy while digitizing records, taking meeting minutes and messages and transcribing notes.
- Promotes goals of organization by keeping projects aligned utilizing Cisco Software and Excel Spreadsheets.
- Checks and maintains project compliance and reviews contractor scope, materials and pricing.
- Defines project deliverables and monitored status of tasks.
- Hires and delegates tasks to subcontractors.
- Performs other ad hoc administrative tasks as required.
Recruiter/Marketing Coordinator(PT, Remote)
Axcex Media
Bumpass, VA
04.2021 - Current
- Brings in well-qualified, multifaced job candidates to fill open positions.
- Communicates duties, compensation, benefits and working conditions to potential candidates, enabling solid understanding of job expectations.
- Organizes applicant background,reference, and drug tests to then obtains results.
- Increases recruiting network by leveraging industry contacts and internet mining resources, including: Indeed and LinkedIn.
- Oversees business communications and coordinates event promotion to increase brand awareness.
- Creates weekly social media posts to build robust brand presence on Facebook.
- Measures and evaluates customer and employee satisfaction to identify areas in need of improvement.
- Works effectively in cross-functional, fast-paced environment to complete a multitude of different tasks.
Senior Administrator
ADI Global Distribution/Honeywell
Austell, GA
04.2014 - 10.2020
- Coordinates document movements, checked accuracy and maintained compliance with OSHA standard requirements.
- Monitors sales team performance, delegated tasks and applied strategies to improve quality.
- Responds to issues from internal staff, outside departments and clients in order to complete relevant research and implement successful problem resolutions.
- Utilizes strong leadership and administrative abilities to maintain smooth office operations.
- Mitigates financial discrepancies, accurately monitoring payroll, credit card purchases, invoicing and budgeting.
- Executes on-time and under-budget project management on complex issues for senior leadership.
- Increases organization by developing filing system and customer database protocols.
- Grows revenue by developing EXPO registrations focused on promoting business.
- Posts payments in ADONIS software for clients and vendors
- Answers and distributes calls to appropriate sales staff and management using multi-line phone system.
- I-9 and E-Verify administration.
- Communicates with various corporate personnel, regarding correspondence to keep sales staff current on all new processes, promos, application information,etc.
- Coordinates Vendor training workshops
- Generates reports for Branch and Regional Management.
HR Assistant/Office Manager
American Signature Furniture
Smyrna, GA
10.2005 - 03.2014
- Coordinated office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance with company policies.
- Set up and maintained physical and electronic filing systems to maintain organizational efficiency.
- Input expenses, reconciled accounts and investigated variances to manage accounts payable and receivable.
- Automated office operations to manage client correspondence, record tracking and data communications.
- Worked with minimal oversight to review and submit bi-weekly payroll for 20+ salaried and hourly employees.
- Guided administrative and professional staff through computer and software problems.
- Managed and controlled office supply inventory to secure timely ordering or requisition of depleted or low-level stock.
- Tracked expenses and documented records using AS400 to improve financial flow.
- Recruited, trained and developed dynamic administrative team, supporting all corporate growth and productivity objectives.
- Conducted yearly performance evaluations of office staff to monitor progress and productivity and recommend promotions, corrective or disciplinary actions.
- Interviewed, onboarded, developed and oversaw daily activities of 20+ sales and administrative office personnel.
Education
Associates - Business Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA05.1986
High School Diploma -
Petersburg High School
Petersburg, VA06.1983
Skills
- Office leadership
- Human Resource Management
- Microsoft Office
- Accounts payable and receivable
- CRM and office management software
- Training and Development
- Scheduling and planning
- Documentation management
- Project reporting
- Compliance management
Education and Training
other,other
Timeline
Project Administrator
Saiia Construction
07.2022 - Current
Recruiter/Marketing Coordinator(PT, Remote)
Axcex Media
04.2021 - Current
Senior Administrator
ADI Global Distribution/Honeywell
04.2014 - 10.2020
HR Assistant/Office Manager
American Signature Furniture
10.2005 - 03.2014
High School Diploma -
Petersburg High School
Associates - Business Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University