Experienced Purchasing Administrator with over 4 years of experience in Lighting. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Sourced vendors, built relationships and negotiated prices.
Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
Coordinated paperwork, updated spreadsheets and maintained permanent records.
Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
Process purchase orders via both Sea Freight and Air Freight in both Dynamics and Esales (Fagerhult system)
Liasing with Freight forwarders, (Freightnet and I H Hunter) in relation to shipments via both Sea Freight and Air Freight
My current suppliers are Fagerhult Sweden and Whitecroft in the United Kingdom
Sending email requests to supplies asking for current lead times for light fittings, components etc and providing to relevant person/people (eg: Customer Service)
Communication with suppliers in relation to supply of goods if incorrect goods received, shortage of goods or damaged goods provided
Assistance with Stocktake of inventory goods once a year. Updating Dynamics with correct number/s for items
Entering new item numbers/details into Dynamics
Updating pricing or price tiers into Salesforce
Liasing with Engineering department, Customer Service, Finance, Account Managers, Assembly and Dispatch with requests.
Attend Production meetings to ensure that certain goods for Production are due to arrive in time to enable goods to be sent out to customers in a timely manner
Contact DHL for air freight quotes to provide to customer service to forward onto the customer
Provide dimensions and weight to Go Logistics in order to receive an air freight quote for goods to be delivered directly to the customer in New Zealand
Arrange with Go Logistcs to pick up goods from either Fagerhult Sweden or Whitecroft in the United Kingdom for delivery to customer in New Zealand
Arrange with Freight Forwarder, I H Hunter to pick up goods from Whitecroft
Enter dates (Dispatch date and confirmed date) into Dynamics once order confirmation from suppliers is provided
Follow up with Supplies if order confirmations not received within 2 days
Sending communication to suppliers if lead time for items is too long and providing information to customer service to pass onto the customer
Sending communcation to suppliers if orders/items are cancelled by customers, changing the mode of delivery from Sea Freight to Air and changing the quanity if required
Attending team meetings to address any queries or issues
Attending training sessions (eg: Difference between DALI and non-DALI products)
Completing CDA requests and entering new item details into Dynamics once the supplier provides new pricing etc
Setting up new Vendor details into Dynamics
Processing of Scorecards for both Fagerhult Sweden and Whitecroft
Creating bundles for both Sea Freight and Air Freight into both the P:Drive and the Imports spreadsheet
Once goods are delivered and delivery dockets are provided by Dispatch, check Dynamics to ensure goods are booked in correctly.
Booking in of goods if not done by the Dispatch department
Administrator - People Advisory Services
Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants
8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
01.2014 - 06.2018
Screened and transferred incoming calls, took down messages and transmitted information and documents to internal personnel.
Computerized office activities, maintained customer communications and tracked records through delivery.
Entered and maintained departmental records in company database.
Collected, validated and distributed information to employees.
Responding to Australian Taxation queries emails from expat assignees/clients
Preparing briefing packs for Australian Tax Briefings to be held with expat assignees
Take notes for assignees who are currently on an assignment who are either entering or existing Australia (Tax Briefing)
Contacting the Australian Taxation Office in order to ask for a submission of General Interest Charges (GIC's) or the status of an Australian Tax Return that was lodged for an assignee
Preparationj of a Billing Request Form (BRF), narrations and FX Forms for services provided in order for an invoice to be raised for an engagement
Submission of Out of Scope requests into a database
Preparation of Engagement Letters or Statement of Work for engagements
Set up of new engagement codes in CRM (Asia-Pacific) Interaction database
Drafting and sending of emails to be sent to clients to arrange payment to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for a certain assignee
Review and complete Australian Tax Return reports for engagements
Download and prepare time and expenses report for an engagement to determine what services can be billed for the month
Respond to queries from team membersn in regards to tasks that need to be completed
Creation of new files for certain engagements/assignees
Maintenance of a number of engagements to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely manner
My engagements at Ernst & Young were: Caterpillar of Australia Pty Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd, Ansell, Amcor Limited, Genentech, Puma Australia Pty Ltd and Mercedes-Benz
Client Relationship Associate - Plan Managers
Computershare Plan Managers Pty Ltd
452 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, 3067
04.2010 - 12.2013
Delivered exceptional customer service to every customer by leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services and creating welcoming, positive experiences.
Logged call information and solutions provided into internal database.
Used consultative sales approach to understand customer needs and recommend relevant offerings.
Provided accurate information about promotions, customer programs and products, helping drive high customer retention.
Providing End of Month Reports
Purchasing Shares through a broker (6 purchases per month)
Selling shares for participants using Trading System
Transferring shares from trust to Ordinary Shares
Allocation of employee shares for CSL Limited participants
Answering requests from participants
Attending Meetings with Clients
Processing of Options and Rights forms
Assisting other Team Members with requests
Training other Team Members when required
Processing International Money Transfers using Commbiz
Processing Direct Credits using Commbiz
Arranging with the Treasury Department to Purchase various currencies for CSL Limited allocation of shares
Transferring funds between bank accounts in Commbiz
Providing Share Histories to Participants for Tax Purposes
Checking Tax Statements to ensure that they are correct
Completing Withholding Tax Spreadsheets
Trust Funding Requests
Providing Share Information for Participants to various organisations
Arranging with Brokers to sell enough shares to cover tax obligations
My clients were: CSL Limited, Computershare Plan Managers Pty Ltd, ANZ Bank and BHP Limited
Project Officer - Projects Team
Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd
452 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, Victora, 3067
04.2009 - 04.2010
Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Set up of Project Folders
Attending Annual General Meetings
Processing of forms for difference project in scrip:
Examples:
Initial Public Offers (IPO) forms
Takeover and Scheme of Arrangment forms
Share Retention forms
Capital Raising forms
Buy back forms
Rights Issue forms
Processing of allotments
Setting up Clones in Scrip
Handling of requests from the Corporate Actions Departmnet
Examples:
Cheque Dishonours
Retrieval of forms
Tran Tapes
Processing of Static Transactions
Rejection Letters (manual and workflow)
Quorum processing manually and in workflow
Associate - Document Services Group (DGS)
Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd
452 Johnston Steet, Melbourne, Victoria, 3067
07.2008 - 04.2009
Worked varied hours, days, nights and weekends as business needs dictate.
Managed customer relations and customer service through daily communication and interaction.
Maximized customer interactions by promptly identifying needs and wants.
Increased customer satisfaction significantly within department.
Completion of Manual Validation Sheet for Transfer Forms manually and in workflow
Contacting Securityholders when a Transfer Form is over a certain amount of value to ensure that the Transfer Form is not fraudulent
Checking of Websites for contact information
Associate - Transaction Processing
Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd
Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
04.1998 - 07.2008
Worked varied hours, days, nights and weekends as business needs dictate.
Managed customer relations and customer service through daily communication and interaction.
Maximized customer interactions by promptly identifying needs and wants.
Increased customer satisfaction significantly within department.
Processing of Static Transactions manually in scrip and workflow
Examples:
Change of Name and Address
Mandates
DRP Elections
Deceased Estates
Transfers
Tax File Numbers
Rejection Letters in workflow
Power of Attorneys
Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) Replacements
Other Departments assisted in Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd
Payment Support
Reissue and printing of new cheques
Computershare Plan Managers Pty Ltd - March 2010
Classifying BHP requests in workflow
Sending Securityholder Reference Number (SRN)_ and other requests to partipants via email
Re-setting of PINS for participants via website
Auditing of BHP requests
Processing of BHP Static Transactions
Education
High School Diploma -
Preston Girls Secondary College
Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, 3072
12.1992
Skills
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Strong Data Entry and typing skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Managing a Rights Issue for RIO Tinto
Quick learner
Great attention to detail
Great team member
Great communicationm skills with Clients
Taking ownership of Employee Share Plans for ANZ, CSL Limited, Computershare Limited (CPU) and BHP Limited
Processing of transactions in Commbiz
Interests
Reading
Entertaining with family/friends
Socialising
Clifton Hill Soccer Club - Canteen duty (Volunteer)