Administrative Assistant III
Alabama Department Of Environmental Management
Birmingham, AL
04.1993 - 08.2023
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
- Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
- Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
- Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance and sales data.
- Assisted development and implementation of new administrative procedures.
- Developed strategies to streamline and improve office procedures.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers for office supplies, equipment and services.
- Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
- Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes.
- Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
- Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
- Built and maintained excellent customer relationships through timely response to inquiries and going above and beyond to accommodate unusual requests.
- Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities, and communicate instructions.
- Established administrative work procedures to track staff's daily tasks.
- Continually sought methods for improving daily operations, communications with clients, recordkeeping and data entry for increased efficiency.
- Liaised between clients and vendors and maintained effective lines of communication.
- Recorded new hires, transfers, terminations, changes in job classifications and merit increases to main human resources files.
- Surpassed team goals by partnering with colleagues to implement best practices and protocols.
- Opened and properly distributed incoming mail to promote quicker response to client inquiries.
- Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipient.
- Created and maintained databases to track and record customer data.
- Sorted and distributed office mail and recorded incoming shipments for corporate records.
- Completed forms, reports, logs and records to quickly handle all documentation for human resources.
- Created and maintained detailed administrative processes and procedures to drive efficiency and accuracy.