Margaret Thall

Responsibilities included the daily balancing of a cash drawer and it's deposits, processing of daily, weekly and monthly reports for the Branch Manager, maintenance of office supplies, as well as planning special events.

These responsibilities would be in tandem with Customer Service/Supervisor.

Coming out of Purchasing, I went into Customer Service and really found my niche. Everyday had different challenges. Duties included checking on customer daily deliveries and backorders, initiating returns and taking payments.

Customer Service Supervisor duties included hiring and training of new Customer Service employees and overseeing the St. Charles Returns Department.

More than seven years placing orders with dozens of vendors. This would include regularly stocked material to maintain inventory levels for customer's daily purchases, and non-stock, special order items for customer's specific needs.

Negotiating pricing and applying for rebates with those vendors.

Temp to Perm position starting with answering and transferring calls within the Inside Sales Department. Became a permanent job after 90 days. Took on data entry responsibilities for the warehouse closing out orders a they were delivered throughout the day. Took an offered position in Purchasing at about a year.