Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Accomplishments
Timeline
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Karen Urrutia

Tonawanda,United States

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Administrative Assistant

Transitional Services, Inc.
Tonawanda, NY
11.2023 - Current
  • Answered phone calls and emails to provide information, resulting in effective business correspondence.
  • Managed incoming calls while providing information or transferring callers to appropriate personnel.
  • Entered data into spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel or other similar programs.
  • Organized and maintained filing systems for physical and electronic documents, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality of records.
  • Handled confidential documents in an organized fashion according to established protocol.
  • Composed letters, memos, reports, emails, presentations and other written correspondence as required by management staff.
  • Coordinated mailings including sorting mail, preparing packages for shipping via courier service or postal service.

Secretary

Young Waterproofing
Cheektowaga, NY
03.2021 - 11.2023
  • Answer phones and make appointments for estimates, answer customer questions, taking message for estimators.
  • Greet customers coming in to the office.
  • Preparation of estimates and contracts and sending them to the customers.
  • Closing out estimates in the database when the job has been completed.
  • Taking credit card payments over the phone using the Square Card Service.
  • Typing daily appointment schedules for estimators and weekly job schedules for job crews.
  • Distribute and track gas, Lowes and Home Depot cards for job crews.

Call Center Representative

Brighton Eggert Pharmacy
Tonawanda, NY
11.2020 - 05.2021
  • Resolved customer inquiries, questions and concerns to consistently offer quality service.
  • Provide directions to the Covid Test Center
  • Scheduling appointments for Covid Tests and for Covid Vaccines.

Receptionist

Philpack Corporation
Kenmore, NY
02.2020 - 03.2020

This was a temporary position

  • Greeted visitors and provided them with assistance.
  • Maintained a neat reception area by organizing materials and tidying up furniture.
  • Answered and directed incoming calls.
  • Printing and verifying amounts on reports.
  • Processing delivery reciepts and printing invoices to be attached to them.

Data Entry Clerk

Ivoclar Vivadent
Amherst, NY
12.2019 - 02.2020
  • Preparation of data files for conversion to Salesforce.
  • Research of practice information for dentists and correcting any wrong information.
  • Maintain a log of daily workflow.

Data Entry Clerk

Chubb Insurance
Cheektowaga, NY
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Performed data entry from paper documents, emails, and other sources into computer systems.
  • Training new employees on entering case information on database and providing support for their questions.
  • Sorting and mailing workman's comp information to be sent to physicians and clients.

Client Service Representative

Childcare Resource Network
Buffalo, NY
09.2015 - 11.2018
  • Answering inbound and outbound calls and direct them to the proper case manager.
  • Coordination of training rooms.
  • Processing incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Taking payment for classes and memberships.
  • Reconcile payments in the cashbox.
  • Maintaining the reception area including the computer bulletin board.
  • Receiving and distribution of incoming faxes.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Word Processing Secretarial

Bryant And Stratton College
Buffalo, NY

Skills

  • Clerical Support
  • Spreadsheet Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Information Security
  • Scheduling
  • Filing
  • Meeting Planning
  • Mail Handling
  • Memo Preparation
  • Database Management
  • Data Entry
  • Reception Oversight
  • Research
  • Computer Skills
  • Calendaring
  • Sensitive Material Handling
  • Understands Grammar
  • Microsoft Word
  • Professional and Mature
  • Multi-Line Phone Systems
  • Spreadsheets
  • Multi-Line Phone Proficiency
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Filing and Data Archiving
  • Microsoft Outlook

Affiliations

  • I have been a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary since 2014. I am currently an Immediate Past Flotilla Commander.

Accomplishments

Coast Guard Auxiliary

  • Appointed Branch Chief Diversity Atlantic Northwest 2022-2023
  • Auxiliarist of the Year 2020
  • 5 Year Membership Service Award 2018
  • District Certificate of Appreciation for 381 hours standing Radio Watch 2018
  • Auxiliary Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon. 2017
  • Division 3 Cornerstone Award. 2016
  • Auxiliary Leadership and Management School Certificate. 2015
  • Team Leader Facilitator Course Certificate. 2015
  • Station Niagara Auxiliarist of the Year 2014
  • District 9ER Division 3 Division Rookie of the Year. 2014

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

Transitional Services, Inc.
11.2023 - Current

Secretary

Young Waterproofing
03.2021 - 11.2023

Call Center Representative

Brighton Eggert Pharmacy
11.2020 - 05.2021

Receptionist

Philpack Corporation
02.2020 - 03.2020

Data Entry Clerk

Ivoclar Vivadent
12.2019 - 02.2020

Data Entry Clerk

Chubb Insurance
12.2018 - 12.2019

Client Service Representative

Childcare Resource Network
09.2015 - 11.2018

Some College (No Degree) - Word Processing Secretarial

Bryant And Stratton College
Karen Urrutia