
RUTH RIA ANTONIO GONZALES
Office Manager with UAE Experience
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWork Experience
Office ManagerFull Time
Oct 2014 - Nov 2015 -1 yr, 1 month
Egypt , Giza
- Job Details:• Building an efficient team of colleagues by taking active interest in their welfare, safety and development. • Overseeing Maintenance Customer Service; responding/taking action to critical customer’s inquiries and complaints/issues; making sure that customers are satisfied with the overall service we are giving. • Managing/tracking company vehicle activities to ensure work efficiency of staffs working in the field, to ensure that correct overtime are being declared in the log sheets of site staffs and to ensure that company vehicles are not being used after duty hours without the knowledge of HOD/Office Manager; • Ensuring adequate staff levels to cover for absences and peaks in workload. • Carrying out office staff appraisals, managing performance and disciplining office staff. • Reviewing/approving office staff concerns such as company loan, bank loan, and assessment/increment requests. • Looking after office staff attendance and make sure that there will be no conflicts on staff vacations. • Delegating work to staff and managing their workload and output. • Promoting staff development and training. • Preparing reports for senior management and delivering presentations. • Organizing and chairing meetings with office staff. • Overseeing the recruitment of new staff, including training and induction. • Discussing problems with staff. • Developing and implementing new administrative systems, such as record management. • Managing filing systems. • Managing supplies of stationery and equipment. • Organizing the office layout. • Maintaining the condition of the office and arranging for necessary repairs. • Maintains a high standard of personal hygiene within the Department.
Personal AssistantFull Time
May 2011 - Sep 2014 -3 yrs, 4 months
Egypt , Giza
- Job Details:Key achievements: • Successfully planned, organized, facilitated, and spearheaded the first ever Team Building Event in NAFFCO (and thereafter various Team Building activities) for Employees’ at all levels of each Directorate such as the Corporate Finance, Export, Sales, Marketing, and Engineering Department. • Instrumental for the interior design and decorations of the CFO, CCO, Group Audit Director, Sales & Marketing, and Project Director’s offices at the new NAFFCO Head Quarter. Main duties: • Effective diary management and planning of the CFO’s diary/workload. • Provided secretarial and administrative support to the Group CFO and Group Audit Director. • Carried out all event planning and coordination for meetings, conferences and seminars not only for the Group CFO and Group Audit Director, but also for the whole Corporate Finance Department and Audit Department. • Extensive coordination and liaison with internal and external key stakeholders such as the Management Team of NAFFCO, Clients, Banks, Suppliers etc. • Prepared Corporate Finance Department’s Annual Leave forecast, ensuring that everything is organized and well planned to avoid conflict of schedules in order to have a smooth work flow within the department. • Arranged travel, visa, accommodation or the Group CFO and Group Audit Director • Commissioned work on Group CFO’s behalf. • Produced and wrote minutes of meetings, reports, and executive reports and summaries. • Maintained efficient and effective paper/electronic filing systems. • Sourced and ordered stationery and other office equipment. • Maintained and took care of important and confidential documents related to Banks and Group Financial Statements. Made sure they are well kept and organized. • Carried out research and ad-hoc projects within the Finance Directorate and for other Departments. Deputize and provided cover for various Staff within the Finance Directorate such as: • Relieved the Main Cashier while on an annual leave or when necessary. • Supported the Cash Management Supervisor if needed. • Assisted Finance colleagues by preparing bank related documents such as typing/filling up bank forms. • Ensures that any issues related to finance staff are properly attended and given proper action in the absence of the Manager.
CoordinatorFull Time
Jumeirah International (Zabeel Saray Hotel)
Mar 2010 - Mar 2011 -1 yr
United Arab Emirates , Dubai
- Job Details:• Worked as one of the pre-opening team of Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. Directly reporting to the Director of Food & Beverage and Executive Assistant Manager in charge of Food & Beverage. • Handled business trips for the EAM-F&B, made sure that flight details and hotel bookings are well coordinated. • Arranged meetings and put them into their calendar. • Prepared correspondence, reports, etc. which includes composition of letters and memorandums, • Took minutes of meetings. • Prepared necessary documents to obtain permit and contracts for Entertainers, Suppliers and prepared Executive Summary for each contract if needed and made sure to get the necessary approvals from the management. • Interact with suppliers to discuss business related issues if needed. • Organized files and working area as needed. • Kept confidentiality of delicate issues discussed with any person within the Department. • Took care of all paper works and carried out all necessary tasks related to Food & Beverage and Colleagues, such as, raising purchase requests, following them up till the supplier receives the purchase order up to delivery of purchased items. • Took care of the new hire status and attended to Colleague requests related to their vacation, sick leave, unpaid vacation, lieu days, extra hours, attendances, followed proper payroll procedures and making sure they are well tracked, managed and coordinated with our Human Resources Department. • Had constant contact and follow up with other Departments to ensure all our requests are well attended to avoid unnecessary delays for execution of requests. • Answered phone calls, faxes, and emails in an appropriate manner. • Performed general clerical duties such as, photocopying, filing, organizing and maintained F&B office supplies.
Coordinator/SecretaryFull Time
- Job Details:• Secretary to the Manager. • Followed up two Sales Developers. • Took care of all paper works and carry out all necessary tasks for completion of all the projects of my Sales Developers. • Answered client’s inquiries through phone, fax, and email. • Had constant contact and follow up with other Departments such as Engineering, Projects, Dispatch, Pumps, Accounts, etc. in the head office, to ensure all our requests are well attended to avoid unnecessary delays for execution of requests. • Prepared quotations and Proforma Invoices. • Ensured important projects and clients are given high priority to keep and maintain good relationship with the same. • Performed general clerical duties such as preparing correspondences, reports, photocopying, faxing, mailing, answering phone calls and filing.
Executive SecretaryFull Time
Portland Trade & Realty Corporation
Sep 2004 - Jan 2008 -3 yrs, 4 months
Philippines , Manila
- Job Details:• Duties – same as my duties with National Fire Fighting Manufacturing FZCO. (NAFFCO FZCO.) as PA to the CFO.
Education
BS in Computer Science
Adamson UniversityJan 1995 - Jan 1999 - 4 yr
High School - Other
Bulacan Standard AcademyJan 1995
Languages
English
Fluent