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Karen Koop

Burlington

Summary

Dynamic National Account Support professional with proven expertise in clerical support and analytical thinking. Excelled at Regal Confections by enhancing client satisfaction and supporting sales teams to surpass targets. Skilled in MS Office and adept at fostering key relationships, ensuring seamless operations with major retailers like Walmart and Home Depot.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

National Account Support

Regal Confections
Mississauga
07.2023 - 06.2024
  • Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
  • Developed relationships with key clients to ensure satisfaction and repeat business.
  • Created detailed reports on customer feedback and sales trends.
  • Produced sales documents, finalized deals and filed records.
  • Supported the sales team in achieving monthly and quarterly sales targets by providing administrative and technical support.
  • Participated in weekly team meetings to discuss strategies for achieving goals.
  • Provided timely responses to customer inquiries, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.

National Account Support

Gorilla Glue
Milton
11.2016 - 10.2022

This position handled all administrative functions for Major Retailers (Walmart, Home Depot, Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws, Rona/Lowes) as they related to the sharing of information and communication with the customer as well as other internal and external clients such as; Customer Logistics, Marketing & Finance. • Maintained a promotional tracker while working closely with the Account Manager in order to complete and maintain all necessary administrative paperwork, including new item creation, rollbacks, price adjustments, etc. • Uploaded new and maintained current listings on .ca sites • Compiled all necessary information and samples for new items and promotion/flyer events in order for new items to be listed in store/Ecomm and for Tab events to be executed. • Liaised with Head Office, Category Captain and Gorilla's merchandising department to lead the facilitation of new store openings and semi-annual modular change

Education

Certificate of Technical Studies - Travel And Tourism

Toronto School of Business
Hamilton, ON
06-1992

Skills

  • Clerical support
  • MS office
  • Training & Development
  • Time management
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Task prioritization
  • Organization and time management
  • Microsoft office
  • Microsoft Word
  • Retail Link
  • JDE

Timeline

National Account Support

Regal Confections
07.2023 - 06.2024

National Account Support

Gorilla Glue
11.2016 - 10.2022

Certificate of Technical Studies - Travel And Tourism

Toronto School of Business
Karen Koop