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Melissa MacKay

Gardner,KS

Summary

Goal-oriented professional well-versed in operational practices and regulatory requirements of a wide range of environments. Skilled leader and analytical problem-solver well-versed in budget planning, staff oversight and program management. Skillfully use relationship-building talents and diplomatic communication style to forge long-lasting connections.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Childcare Coordinator

Christ Community Church
Olathe, KS
07.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, evaluating and hiring entire childcare staff.
  • Conduct annal training event to start of each school year, ensuring that childcare workers are focused and understand all procedures and guidelines.
  • Coordinated learning-focused program to help children build foundational knowledge and gain comfort in a classroom setting.
  • Organized classroom resources and lesson supplies for teachers.
  • Built culture-friendly program to help children and parents of diverse backgrounds feel welcome.
  • Protected children and staff by maintaining strict standards of cleaning, sanitation and hygiene.
  • Observed teachers in classroom environments to assess performance and identify areas of improvement.
  • Oversee yearly reviews of childcare workers along with collecting feedback for improvements to programming next year.
  • Oversaw morning welcome and afternoon departure to maintain visibility and connections with parents.
  • Backed up staff by assisting with difficult behavioral situations.
  • Verified proper sign-in and sign-out procedures according to optimal security protections for children.
  • Created and kept updated check-in events on CCB (church database) to allow for smooth check-in at computers upon arrival.
  • Created pickup procedure with pickup tags that have a 3 digit number/letter code that matches child's tag to ensure that children were released to authorized people every time. This also allowed childcare worker to be released from responsibility of having to ask for tags every time parents picked up.
  • Monitored and structured classrooms to ensure that we maintain adult-to-child ratios stated in our Child Protection Policy.
  • Created projected childcare budget yearly.

Assistant Purchasing Manager

Dugan Homes
Olathe, KS
05.2004 - 04.2006
  • Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
  • Negotiated vendor contracts, to secure fixed pricing development's phase. To optimize profit margin on model homes, spec homes and build job lots,
  • Processed sales agreements using database FAST. Inputted stick by stick pricing of all vendors and subcontractor's materials and labor. This process would pulls development, pricing of materials and labor contracted for that development and uses take-offs done for each model of home to issue purchase orders for each property sold.
  • Adjusted existing or issued supplemental change orders to reflect customization or upgrades per individual terms of each sales contract.
  • Coordinated paperwork, updated spreadsheets and maintained permanent records of status and progress of each lot in each phase of every development.
  • Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
  • Used FAST to authorize and monitor purchase orders and consumables.
  • Organized receipts, purchases and documentation of finished goods, packaging, materials and ingredients. Authorized payment of invoices per issued purchase and change orders.
  • Solved diverse supply chain problems involving numerous sources, logistics and scheduling factors.
  • Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste by negotiating fixed price vendor contracts for duration of development phases.
  • Processed purchase agreements from home owners to make adjustments to purchase order that support and reflect customization of homes.
  • Worked alongside selections, production and accounting departments to ensure purchase orders as well as any necessary change orders are issued to complete homes.

Real Estate Agent

Keller Williams
Olathe, KS
01.2004 - 09.2004
  • Managed contracts, negotiations and all aspects of sales to finalize purchases and exceed customer expectations.
  • Communicated with clients to understand property needs and preferences.
  • Maintained connections with clients to encourage repeat business and referrals.
  • Negotiated, facilitated and managed real estate transactions.
  • Presented purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
  • Reviewed market research data and changed sales plans accordingly.
  • Greeted and registered new clients to engage each in process and cultivate long-lasting relationships.
  • Used NTREIS and other realtor databases to find properties for clients.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
12.2003

Skills

  • Social Interaction Management
  • Child Programs
  • Childcare Management
  • Program Operations
  • Child Safety

Timeline

Childcare Coordinator

Christ Community Church
07.2018 - Current

Assistant Purchasing Manager

Dugan Homes
05.2004 - 04.2006

Real Estate Agent

Keller Williams
01.2004 - 09.2004

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

Kansas State University

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