Christine Bruemmer

info@christinebruemmer.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Self-starting, self-motivated individual 18 years of experience in C-Suite level executive assistance & office operations management. Excellent organizational, time-management and problem-solving skills. Hard-working team player with a strong desire to excel and dedicated to the highest performance standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Simon Homes, Chesterfield, MO 

2004-Current

  • • Provide extensive white-glove administrative support to the President
  • • Manage the President’s complex calendar, ensuring the most productive use of his time in accordance with our mission & current goals
  • • Schedule the President’s personal & business travel plans
  • • Create advanced PowerPoint presentations & Excel spreadsheets for presentations & reporting purposes
  • • Organize & respond to the President’s emails & other correspondence, including handling highly confidential matters for white-glove clients with the highest degree of discretion, care & integrity
  • • Manage complex ad hoc projects on behalf of the President
  • • Responsible for finding the most successful solutions & improvements to current procedures
  • • Manage office staff, general office operations & customer relations on behalf of the President
  • • Enter and pay monthly office bills via QuickBooks; approve & enter monthly loan draws/voucher requests for vendor payments in disbursing company web portal; coordinate with accountant for other bookkeeping tasks
  • • Event planning for employee parties & customer-facing events, including negotiation of costs for meeting spaces, catering, hotels, technical setups, etc.
  • • Prepare & submit travel & expense statements for approval
  • • Track & approve employee time off for vacations, PTO, etc.
  • • Track & ensure compliance of insurance requirements for subcontractor agreements, certificates of insurance & W9s; manage annual insurance audits
  • • Manage current company paper files & destruction of old paper files based on dates of warranty coverage & insurance requirements
  • • Create, oversee & document office procedures to assimilate staff processes & ensure backups for all positions during employee absences
  • • Liaison to clients, municipalities, supervisors, vendors, office staff & salespeople to resolve escalated issues
  • • Work with outside attorneys regarding customization of client & vendor related contracts & other legal matters
  • • Oversee smooth processing of customer contracts, change orders, start orders, amendments, pricing requests, digital signature transactions, cost allocation & tracking, POs to vendors, etc
  • • Administrator & decision maker for company benefit programs including group health & dental plans, holidays, vacation & time off tracking
  • • Create & execute advertising campaigns spanning television, radio, print & digital efforts; perform voice over work for television & radio advertising campaigns
  • • Coordinate with print vendors to produce brochures, floor plans, landscape layouts, new community layouts, road signs, vehicle graphics, letterhead & other promotional pieces
  • • Coordinate with clients, vendors & supervisors to address warranty repairs
  • • Coordinate with political organizations & public figures to advance the knowledge & interests of the industry
  • • Act as a board member until homeowner-elected board members are put in place
  • • Missouri Notary Public, authorized & insured to notarize business & personal documents
  • • Provide technical support for all hardware & software
  • • Arrange for all technical hardware, software & services for remote sales sites with the goal of fast & efficient operations for sales staff
  • • Oversee the Managed Service Provider responsible for managing network connectivity & data via both physical & cloud servers; manage disaster data recovery protocols & data backups in conjunction with Managed Service Provider
  • • Code & support Excel-driven VBA macros that enable automatic form generation for daily operations
  • • Build & maintain company website, track visitor metrics, manage domain names, create & update content
  • • Decision maker & contract negotiator for all technical hardware, software, vendor & subscription service purchases; annual contract reviews to negotiate pricing & services as needed
  • • Perform photo enhancement & corrections for website, print media & digital media

Excellent professional & personal references available upon request