Merianne Orlowski

I am a highly effective and successful professional, with over 20 years project administration experience, possesses the ability to deliver results within specified timeframes with the highest standard and quality. Communicates with assurance, builds positive and valuable stakeholder relationships that support project goals. Effectively contributes to and lead teams, with a focus on promoting a culture of collaboration and commitment. Experienced Office Management and Administration Professional experienced optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational, technical and business acumen. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence.

• Managed a team to meet agreed timeframes, budgets and priorities to hold community events and door to door visits to over 15,000 households.
• Work collaboratively with local government agencies and tribal entities to raise awareness and supporting the LGBTQ community by sponsoring street banners in the township.
• Negotiated temporary facilities for staff and developed health and safety processes.
• Developed an Area plan to work strategically across the communities in the East Coast region, North Island
• Collaborate with Stakeholders in the preparation of property leases, acquisitions and disposals of assets
• Maintained assets, investigate and provide advice, support and direction to ensure the built assets are maintained in accordance with business legislation.
• Carried out capital works projects (value from $20K to $250K), ensured they are within budget and completed in the required timeframes.
• Provided administrative support to the team and developed key project tools to assist the recording of work completion.
• Successfully applied for government funding to assist in the development of community facilities.
• Arranged SAP purchase orders and processed invoices for payment.
• Participated in the procurement committee process for capital works projects.
• Arrange meetings with stakeholders and internal staff, take minutes of meetings and distribute as necessary
• Successfully obtained government funding to hold events in the community.
• Organised seasonal events for the community that was well supported.
• Prepared monthly financial reports, invoicing, and purchase orders.
• Arranged meetings for local businesses to discuss ways to improve the local market
• Quickly built strong working relationships with contractors and tenants to successfully carry out capital works projects and maintenance.
• Managed filing systems
• Ability to build strong working relationships with contractors and tenants to successfully carry out capital works projects within budget and timeframe.
• Successfully delivered telecommunications for business units including ongoing training.
• Assisted in the development of share-point database to improve record management for team.
• Led the relocation of staff and arranged office fit-out and onboarded external contractors to deliver building maintenance, pest control, fire alarm, waste, air conditioning services.
• Raised SAP purchase orders and processed invoices.
• Organised meetings with stakeholders to identify tasks and their completion dates
• Report on monthly financial reports and prepare building lease agreements.
• Built good working relationships with contractors to provide solutions to maintenance issues.
• Procured energy saving initiative and applied across department owned buildings.