Shirley Graves

Current

• Pricing Administrator at Austin Powder Company

Past

• Telecom Cell Phone Administrator/Analyst at STERIS Corporation
• Sr. Administrative Assistant at STERIS Corporation
• Proposal Coordinator at Motch Corporation

• Executive Secretary at Lake Business Products
• Maintenance Training Coordinator/Postal Clerk at US Navy Patrol Squadron Twenty-Six

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Education

• Lakeland Community College

Connections

96 connections

Industry

Construction

Websites

• My Website

Shirley Graves’s Summary

Shirley is a seasoned administrator with over 14 years of experience in administrative roles. Prior to telecommunications, Shirley filled the role of maintenance training coordinator and postal clerk for the United States Navy, executive/sales secretary for a business equipment company, coordinator for engineering and sales department, sr. administrative assistant for regulatory affairs/quality systems and information technology departments and pricing adminstrator in manufaturing.

Shirley has advanced skills in all Microsoft Office application software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and LiveMeeting. Additionally she has proven her skills in web page development as a Sharepoint administrator responsible for development and management of portal sites including administration and configuration, development of web parts and document management.

Shirley Graves’s Experience

• Pricing Administrator

  Austin Powder Company

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Chemicals industry)

  August 2008 — Present (5 months)

• Telecom Cell Phone Administrator/Analyst

  STERIS Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; STE; Medical Devices industry)

  March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

  • Provide support, solutions and training for wireless devices and end user telecommunication services.
  • Determine and provision the appropriate wireless carrier, rate plan, and features set required to meet approved user requests.
  • Review usage and optimize telecommunication rate plans as necessary and provide telecom usage and expense reporting.
  • Communicate and work to resolve open telecommunication services and billing issues with vendors.
  • Identify and implement telecommunications cost saving opportunities
  • Manage and support end users of fax, teleconferencing, calling card, long distance, and other telecommunication services.
  • Administration and support of the IT Intranet portal. Includes development and management of the content; review and approval of content provided by other departments; conduct user training on the use and functionality of SharePoint; and user setup and administration.

• Sr. Administrative Assistant

  STERIS Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; STE; Medical Devices industry)

  April 2001 — March 2008 (7 years)

  • Perform administrative duties for the Chief Information Officer and Information Techonology Directors
  • Conduct various analytical special projects involving tracking and maintenance of budgets and preparation of presentations for Board and senior management meetings
  • Prepare monthly status reports, quarterly review presentations and executive committee presentations
  • Account coordinator for long distance calling cards, teleconferencing and long distance authorization code accounts
  • Process invoices for payment and communicate with vendors and accounting department to resolve invoice and vendor issues
  • Track and process vendor legal agreements, capital requests, safety reports and electronic surveys
  • Manage content for department Microsoft SharePoint portal

• Proposal Coordinator

  Motch Corporation

  (Machinery industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  • Provided administrative services to Applications Engineering Department and National Sales Manager
  • Reviewed quotations generated by department for completeness, formalized the quotations prior to delivery, and tracked and reported the status of requests for quotations
  • Generated cost analysis spreadsheets to determine profit margins

• Executive Secretary

  Lake Business Products

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

  • Supported the President, Vice President and Sr. Sales Managers utilizing spreadsheet and word processing skills to create commission structures for the Sales Department and prepared compensation plans, proposals, sales forms and correspondences
  • Performed general office tasks such as answering phone, copying, faxing and filing

• Maintenance Training Coordinator/Postal Clerk

  US Navy Patrol Squadron Twenty-Six

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  August 1993 — July 1997 (4 years)

  • Responsible for daily operations of mail room, metering of mail, maintaining of Federal Express accounts and daily tracking of shipping accounts
  • Responsibilities included scheduling, documenting and tracking of personnel training, documented and issued support equipment licenses and distribution of squadron mai

Shirley Graves’s Education

• Lakeland Community College

  1999 — 2001

Additional Information

Shirley Graves’s Websites:

• My Website

Shirley Graves’s Interests:

crafts: handmade jewelry

Shirley Graves’s Groups:

•    Professional Pricing Society

Shirley Graves’s Contact Settings

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• business deals
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