University of California, Santa Barbara

Chief Executive Assistant

Meridian, Mississippi

Squared Away

Sisu Global

Executive Assistant

- Assist Division Manager in all aspects of business by collaborating with sales, accounting,transportation, and warehouse managers.-Manage multiple Outlook inboxes and calendars for various departments.-Enter, analyze, and communicate division sales and operational metrics.-Manage customer pricing contracts in partnership with territory managers.-Submit bids and secure contracts with government agencies.-Process credits to customer accounts.-Design promotional flyers and brochures.-Plan and execute corporate meetings, company events, grand openings, and holiday parties.

BWI Companies, Inc.

Administrative Assistant

- Oversaw employee relations, onboarding team development, scheduling, benefits, payroll administration, and performance management.-Acted as leader on duty overseeing all store operations by engaging and inspiring teams to meet deadlines while instilling customer-first mentality. -Collaborated with executive team in departmental staffing and training needs to ensure productivity and effectiveness.-Worked with and encouraged leaders to demonstrate an inclusive and open door culture, improving employee retention. -Oversaw and monitored store's purchasing budget for facilities and vendor management, team appreciation, and office materials.-Ensured store was operating in compliance with company, state, and federal laws. --Led volunteerism and planned community involvement projects and fundraising for all staff.

Target

Executive Team Lead Human Resources

- Managed the day-to-day operations of the logistics teams supporting a 50 million dollar a year store and actively participate in the performance management process of the team.-Act as Leader on Duty running all store operations by engaging and inspiring over 150 team members and team leaders to drive profitable sales throughout the store. -Utilized state of the art technology to manage the receiving processes, freight flow and replenishment transition, productivity results, and backroom inventory. -Monitored the quality, quantity, and efficiency of the movement and storage of merchandise. -Analyzed sales trends and freight flow to monitor performance and plan for improvements and demands.

Executive Team Leader- Logistics

- Oversaw planogram execution, merchandising, and price accuracy of the salesfloor of a high volume 60 million dollar a year store. -Led and motivated a team to meet goals and deadlines to execute company’s Best Practices. -Created a guest centric culture in store to drive guest loyalty and led team to provide great guest service.-Analyzed sales forecasts and trends to grow business and stay current with competitors.

Executive team leader-Salesfloor

- Managed a staff of approximately 13 supervisors and 80 associates covering all aspects of production for a commissary kitchen supplying a retail dining department with annual sales of $500,000. Supported four restaurants and five convenience stores with sales of $5,800,000.•	Exercised excellent leadership, personnel management, communication, and problem-solving skills in order to continually improve quality and efficiency.•	Oversaw all hiring, promoting, scheduling, payroll, training, and discipline for staff.

Janelle Zagala