Melissa Stout

Background

About Melissa Stout

Analyze sales and gross profit data, previous event sales and estimate quantities needed for new events. Review promotional contracts. Review and approve new items. Perform redlines for store planograms. Assist buyer with promotional planning and activities. Review and update art availability for ads; Validate and process coupon forms; Enter ad information into system; Data entry. Create customized reports based on needs; Analyze previous year budget (actual vs. planned) & suggest new budget figures. Review new software and advise of departmental needs for changes; Create standard operating procedures. Record meetings & transcribe into meeting minutes & present minutes at meetings for approval; Finalize minutes after approval. Prepare meeting agendas and present agendas at meetings; Announce meetings and events. Research material for creation of by-laws, policies and procedures, and various legal forms. Put together researched material and created the initial by-laws, policies and procedures, and various legal forms to work from. Work with the remaining Board of Directors to suggest & finalize the by-laws, policies & procedures, & various legal forms. Create and maintain a website. Maintain working files, original documents, electronic files, photographs and concessions. Create fundraising merchandise, newsletters and flyers. Edit photographs with copyright information and resizing for web purposes. Accumulate employee hours & allocate for job costing & submit time sheets & rate of pay to payroll leasing company. Enter payroll into the accounting software and update into the General Ledger. Figure general liability figures and enter into the accounting software and update into the General Ledger. Figure certified payroll and complete certified payroll reports as well as OCIP reports. Submit worker’s compensation claims. Computer maintenance to include software and hardware instillation, virus removal, and troubleshooting. Specialties: Procurement, research, computers, purchasing, analyzing, payroll, Non-Profits, Computer programs (including MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Publisher, LView Pro, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Outlook, OMI, CICS, IMS, DSD, Autoads, TSO, Dynasight, DemandTec, MTM, Business Intelligence/MicroStrategy, CMIS, TPX, XPTR, XNET, Engage Content Server)