LAURA ACHATZ

46458 Kramer, Shelby Township, Michigan

586-557-9363
lauraachatz084@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain an Administrative or Executive Assistant Position.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS:
• Administrative/Executive Assistant • Customer Service
• Microsoft Office • Event Coordination
• Lotus Notes • Vendor Management
• Adobe • Facility Coordination
• Acrobat • Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable
• SharePoint

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Fairview Construction, Troy, MI 09/2017 - 11/2017

Administrative Assistant
Provided Administrative Support to a company that builds Residential Homes, Condominiums, and
Apartments.
• Answered all incoming phone calls.
• Tracked Contractors Contracts for signature and made sure they were returned in a timely
manner.
• Tracked contractors updated Certificates of Liability.
• Printed all drawings on the Plotter Printer.
• Reconciled all credit card expenses.
• Opened and distributed mail to staff members.
• Ordered all office supplies, copier supplies and plotter supplies.

Design Systems, Inc. Farmington Hills, MI 12/2016 – 04/2017

Administrative Assistant (Short term assignment)
• Provide administrative support to the Engineering team that is partnering with FCA to oversee and plan
the demolition of the FCA Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. When the demo is complete the next step is
to retool the FCA Assembly Plant so it can build the next-generation Ram 1500 pickup truck.
• One of my main responsibilities is handling the daily construction meeting with FCA, Engineering, and
trades. Maintain the attendees and send out meeting minutes.
• Log all bulletins, quotes, and MCN approvals into a database and file all bulletins, quotes and MCN
approvals.
• Enter Punch list items in the database.
• Responsible for maintaining the departmental contact list along with the trades.
• Copy and scan drawings of plant every day or as needed to show demo changes.

Continental Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI 06/2016 – 10/2016

Contract Administrative Assistant (Maternity Leave Replacement)
• Provided support to two leaders and a large global staff.
• Maintained calendars, emails, travel, expense reports for 2 executives. Travel was done for Germany,
Shanghai and completed paperwork to obtain a 10-Year Visa and received the completed passport in
2 weeks.
• Scheduled meetings with 6 executives that were based in Germany using Outlook Time Zone Option.
• Assisted in setting up workshops with other OEMs
• Ability to distinguish priorities and modify schedules accordingly.
• Supported the team members with anything they need help with.
BorgWarner, Auburn Hills, MI 02/2016 - 03/2016
Executive Assistant (Short term assignment)
• Provided executive support to the President and General Manager of Transmission Systems, Human
Resources and Finance.
• Managed executives’ complex and frequently changing travel arrangements.
• Monitored email, scheduled meetings, and modified schedules accordingly.

Flagstar Bank Headquarters, Troy, MI 03/2011 - 08/2015

Administrative Assistant Loan Processing Department
• Administrative Support for the Vice President, two managers, and a staff of sixty processors in the
Home Lending Retail Processing Department.
• Handled all departmental communications to the team.
• Reconciled approximately 56 employee hours each week using Kronos.
• Created expense, filing systems, email distributions, phone lists, and organized charts.
• Established relationship with Flagstar IT department which was beneficial to support our team with
any computer issues.
• Handled event planning for the team.
• Identified appraisal invoices that had not been paid. Created procedure with Accounting and informed
appraisal vendors of the new process.
• Created reports with the ad hoc reporting team in-order-to determine measurements to the specific
goals set by the Director of the department.

OnStar, Warren, MI 01/2010 – 02/2011

Administrative Assistant/Financial Analyst – Contract Assignment
Contract Assignment was for One Year to assist with launch of new billing system
• Hired without interviewing because of my prior background with OnStar and was familiar with the
management.
• Reconciled employee’s hours worked using OnStar’s time keeping system. Reconciled any missed
hours, added vacation hours, and submitted the total hours worked to management for approval
• Financial responsibilities included, handling all billing inquiries from customers using OnStar’s
billing system.

GENERAL MOTORS 01/2000 – 09/2009

General Motors Product Development 12/2008 – 09/2009
Compact Crossover Vehicle Line Department, Warren, MI
Executive Assistant

• Performed operational support activities for the Global Vehicle Line Executive and two Vehicle Line
Directors and partial support to 2 Global Engineers.
• Maintained Calendars and scheduled meetings which included meetings with GM Top Leadership.
• Scheduled travel requests to Seoul, Korea, Beijing, China and Mexico.
• Handled all Expense Reports.
• Continuous improvement initiatives, to streamline departmental policies and procedures.
• Prepared monthly reports with statistical information regarding the compact crossover vehicles and
distributed to the GM President over the vehicle line.
General Motors Product Cost Department, Warren, MI 08/2004 – 11/2008
Administrative Assistant/Finance Analyst

• Maintained executive’s calendar and emails.

• Handled all expense reports for the Director and four managers.
• Scheduled meetings, reserved conference room and prepared meeting materials.
• Prepared an invoice over $1,000,000 on-a-daily basis, to a joint venture of GM, based on the prior
day’s production. Modified payment for the next day if production numbers have changed.
• Distributed communication information to entire staff via email.

General Motors OnStar Division, Troy, MI 01/2000 – 07/2004

Executive Assistant

• Coordinated and performed operational support to the CFO by monitoring emails and scheduling
meetings.
• Handled all facility issues for OnStar.
• Supported the OnStar’s President Office when the Executive Assistant was out of the office.
• Handled all administrative duties for the Finance Staff.
• Created a “Finance Dashboard” for the Board of Director meetings. Every month end requested each
OnStar department’s financial statements and combined all statements into a PowerPoint presentation
for the OnStar Board of Directors meetings.
• Responsible for the entire Finance Department budget and HR’s budget and was always 5% to the
forecast.

EDUCATION
• Macomb Community College - Business Administration
• Warren Senior High School – High School Diploma