Katie Parsons: Executive Assistant in Newport Beach, CA

- Proactively manage tasks, to-do lists, deadlines, and correspondence with executives, colleagues, customers, and vendors to ensure deliverables are received in a timely manner - Serve as a trusted HR resource: manage staffing, payroll, benefits, and terminations as well as any miscellaneous employee needs, while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism in all situations - Promote company-wide synergy by assessing individual communication and learning styles to provide in depth insight on effective collaboration practices - Execute repeatable processes to consistently and efficiently track, manage, and maximize accounts receivable/ payable

- Sell to grocery, liquor, and store managers to create displays in high traffic locations in order to grow incremental sales - Build and enhance trust in relationships with decision makers through consistency, reliability, and leveraging fact-based data in order to meet and exceed monthly sales goals - Create customized sales presentations to inform and persuade decision makers on the benefits of presented products - Effectively handle customer issues and inquiries regarding products, pricing, merchandising and taste preference - Year end 2017 growth across territory of 11.2% - Grew premium portfolio 15.4% in 2017 - Total business growth throughout territory of 44% in January 2018 vs YA

- Managed day-to-day office operations and human resources functions such as answering phones, filing - Built relationships with vendors, sales team, management and customers

- Led consultations with clients and facilitated event plans and contracts with vendors and venues - Ran day-of operations and supervised caterers, photographers, florists, decorators, and entertainment to guarantee customer satisfaction