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KAREN GASTIAN

Battle Creek,MI

Summary

Versatile, dedicated, and highly organized office professional with over 18 years of experience including accounting and financial management operations. Leverages outstanding analytical skills to identify methods of improving performance through continuous process improvement.

Experienced with office administration, data entry, and customer service. Utilizes efficient organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and ensure smooth office operations. Strong understanding of problem-solving techniques and effective communication to support team collaboration.





Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Site Support Clerk

BASF
05.2019 - 01.2025
  • Provide administrative support to the site operations in all aspects for Supply Chain personnel
  • Creating purchase orders, requisitions, and generating reports for manufacturing and warehouse.
  • Processing of data entry for operations, maintenance and supply chain.
  • SAP transactions such as inventory, production and supply chain tracking.
  • Management of purchase requisitions and billings for all utilities.
  • Management and ordering of all supplies including office, manufacturing, warehouse and shipping.

Comanufacturing Support Specialist

Kellogg Company
05.2018 - 05.2019
  • Company Overview: RDS Engineering
  • Lead as a member of the Snacks Supply Chain Team by driving efficiency, effectiveness and continuous improvement supporting the Contract Manufacturing and Launch Innovation Project Managers.
  • Support CoMan and Launch Innovation Managers in driving day-to-day execution for Innovations and Co-manufacturing management.
  • Provide full Procurement process management from PO requisition to completion in support as requested by our Co-Man and Innovation Managers.
  • Assist CoMan Managers with maintaining annual COP (cost of production) budgets including BOM audits and change recommendations based on manufacturing performance.
  • Support Co-Man and Launch Innovation Managers to deliver service, cost, quality and CI to drive operation performance.
  • Support standard work documentation preparation and training materials for Supply Chain Business Partners.
  • RDS Engineering

Records Specialist

Oaklawn Hospital
02.2018 - 05.2018
  • Company Overview: Trillium Staffing
  • Reviewing, processing, and storing of patient records in accordance with hospital policies and HIPAA guidelines for placement in storage.
  • Trillium Staffing

Order to Cash Manual Specialist

Kellogg Company
12.2016 - 04.2017
  • Company Overview: Spherion Services
  • Creation of customer manuals for the Kellogg Global Team that assist in correct Trade Spend and deduction application.
  • Assist in training new team members in all aspects of the procedures and processes.
  • Develop and test desk top procedures for use by the Global Deductions Team.
  • Adhere to Global Business Services Excellence standards.
  • Ensure each Desk Top Procedure is developed in accordance to the defined process map.
  • Development of Customer Specific Fact Sheets using the below resources.
  • Utilize weekly open deductions reporting.
  • Dispute Management.
  • Customer portals.
  • Kellogg and customer contracts.
  • Spherion Services

Accounts Payable Analyst

Denso Manufacturing
01.2016 - 04.2016
  • Company Overview: Kelly Services
  • Completed payments and controlled expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
  • Charged expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries.
  • Maintained accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
  • Kelly Services

Deduction Analyst

Kellogg Company
01.2005 - 01.2015
  • Directly involved in the management of multiple multi-billion dollar retail, DSD, and warehouse accounts.
  • Efficiently process invoice deductions, issue checks, and track trade spending to ensure accuracy of trade spend visibility information for account executives and key finance partners.
  • Cultivated strong business relationships with trade sales field and internal/external customers.
  • Analyzed accounts to identify trends and expediently resolve issues to decrease deductions.

Collections Analyst

Internal Audit Bureau
01.2001 - 01.2005
  • Primarily responsible for researching and validating post-deduction audits for up to two-year old claims.
  • Worked closely with sales team to ensure swift resolution of any fund disputes.
  • Developed comprehensive month-end reports that summarized invalid deductions on which collections was either successful or cancelled.
  • Served as the primary liaison and spearheaded negotiations with internal and external auditors.

Education

Bachelors of Business -

Davenport University
Battle Creek, MI

Skills

  • Service excellence
  • Invoice processing and reconciliation
  • Effective strategic leadership
  • Effective staff negotiations
  • Ongoing process enhancement
  • Financial account reconciliation
  • Data analysis expertise
  • Experienced with Microsoft Office applications
  • SAP proficiency
  • Proficient in E1P
  • Technical project management
  • Product requirements documentation
  • Dispute resolution expertise
  • Data warehouse management
  • Experience with AS400 applications

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Title: BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL

Timeline

Site Support Clerk

BASF
05.2019 - 01.2025

Comanufacturing Support Specialist

Kellogg Company
05.2018 - 05.2019

Records Specialist

Oaklawn Hospital
02.2018 - 05.2018

Order to Cash Manual Specialist

Kellogg Company
12.2016 - 04.2017

Accounts Payable Analyst

Denso Manufacturing
01.2016 - 04.2016

Deduction Analyst

Kellogg Company
01.2005 - 01.2015

Collections Analyst

Internal Audit Bureau
01.2001 - 01.2005

Bachelors of Business -

Davenport University

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