a highly competent business professional with proven supervisory and administrative skills and abilities. I have enjoyed vast success in several fields during my fifteen-year career, including accounting, logistics/materials management and office administration. I look forward to continuing this success by procuring a permanent, full-time position in the Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area. My salary requirements are somewhat flexible, depending on advancement opportunities within your company and the potential for gaining additional knowledge that will qualify me for such progression.
I am a very fast learner and enjoy mastering new skills. I am capable of working with little or no direct supervision and I enjoy the challenges associated with a fast-paced environment. I possess excellent coordination/organization skills, the proven ability to meet deadlines and I am accustomed to accepting immense responsibility.
Elke Kallenbach
email: elkeoct65[at]aol.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Twenty-five years of increasing responsibility in accounting, logistics/materials management and office administration. Prioritizes customer needs as top business objective. Believes in continuous improvement and delivers on objectives in an effectively and timely manner. High degree of ownership exercised and maintained. Team player who interacts well at all levels. Proficient in the use of personal computers, and associated software including SAP and unique financial and accounting databases. German-English bilingual efficient.
WORK HISTORY
Boysen USA, LLC., Gaffney, SC 6/07 – 8/09 Office/ Accounts Payable Coordinator
Responsible for accounts payable administration of supplier base to manufacturing facility
• Ensured timely and accurate monthly reporting of accounting transactions and liabilities in Peach-tree database.
• Managed aging report files and problem-solved/corrected aging invoices in timely manner.
• Researched and resolved purchase orders and invoice discrepancies.
• Conducted competitive price analysis for comparative evaluations of various suppliers to the manufacturing process.
• Created and issued purchase orders, delivery notes, and invoices.
• Created and distributed weekly and month period financial reports sending weekly financial reports to Germany.
• Responsible for the posting of good receipts payments.
• Translated technical and business strategy documents from German into English.
• Responsible for office administration.
DISPOZ-O PLASTICS, INC., Fountain Inn, SC 8/03 – 6/07 Accounts Payable Coordinator
Responsible for accounts payable activities of corporate location.
• Managed accounts payable activities of all suppliers.
• Accurately entered period expense report data into the BAAN system.
• Accessing aging report runs and correcting discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Researched and resolved purchase order discrepancies.
• Office administration, filing and some translation.
ZEUNA STARKER, USA Inc., Spartanburg, SC 8/00 – 3/03 Accounts Payable Administrator (10/02 – 3/03)
Responsible for accounts payable of all USA domestic, and some international, raw material suppliers.
• Entered expense report data into the SAP (inventory) system.
• Approved expense reports and processed payment in a timely manner.
• Responsible for all facility general ledger accounting.
• Reduced travel costs by 20% through price negotiations.
• Saved company over $10,000 in office supply purchases by implementing various ideas.
Administrative Assistant (8/00 – 9/02)
• Translated technical, business and general documents from German to English and vice versa.
• Assisted the company’s vice president and production manager with various duties.
• Ordered office supplies and negotiated annual contracts with various suppliers.
• Responsible for making travel arrangements for all company personnel.
• Provided office support by operating the company switchboard, coordinating mailroom activities and greeting visitors, when necessary.
DILLARD’S INC, Greenville, SC 6/99 – 7/00 Sales Associate
• Responsible for assisting customers with various services.
• Success in meeting and/or exceeding company sales quotas.
• Performed the setup of product displays, in order to entice customer purchases.
U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, Fayetteville, NC 8/95 – 6/99 Data Entry Clerk
• Responsible for accurately entering alphanumeric data required to sort flat mail.
• Performed primary responsibility of keying at 6,000 strokes per hour.
• Recipient of the "Golden Eagle" Award Certificate for outstanding performance in data entry.
LOCKHEED MARTIN INC., Fayetteville, NC 9/93 – 8/95 Data Entry Clerk
• Responsible for keying in data required to sort flat mail for automated mail sorting for the U. S. Postal Service.
NIKOLAUS SORG GmbH & CO. KG, Lohr, Germany 9/85 – 8/92 Project Secretary/Materials Coordinator
• Responsible for ordering parts and supplies according to project requirements.
• Responsible for monitoring the quality of purchased raw materials.
• Evaluated suppliers according to delivery and quality performance.
• Negotiated yearly price reductions with all key suppliers.
• Translated technical and business documents.
• Responsible for processing and issuing German/U.S. Customs documentation;
• Responsible for updating and on-going maintenance of all company inventory records, processing all company shipping/receiving documentation, and for revising and maintaining job site production reports;
SINNTAL FENSTERBAU GmbH, Aura, Germany 9/84 – 6/85 Accounts Receivable/Office Management
• Responsible for issuing customer invoices.
• Ensured customer invoices were paid according to contractual requirements.
• Responsible for placing inventory orders based on job requirements.
• Assisted the Human Resources Manager by entering payroll data and issuing monthly payment statements to all company employees.
• Performed various office duties.
EDUCATION and SPECIAL TRAINING
Business Degree Graduated: July 1984 Stadt. Berufsfachschule fur Wirtschaft, Wurzburg/Germany
Qualifizierender Abschluss Graduated: August, 1982
• Training in various Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint
• Training in SAP software
• Peachtree
BUSINESS and/or PERSONAL REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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