Vesta Hughes

Detail-oriented administrative professional with over three years of experience providing comprehensive support to executive teams and office operations. Proven track record of managing administrative tasks efficiently and maintaining strict confidentiality. Strong organizational skills coupled with excellent communication abilities to coordinate office activities and facilitate smooth workflow.

Order Entry Associate at NC Custom (2023-07 – Present)

• Responsible for processing customer purchase orders across various order entry platforms
• Responsible for creating purchase orders and receiving tickets for inventory sourced from vendors for customer orders
• Review and process inter-company inventory transfers and purchase orders
• Verified and entered customer and account data regarding pricing co-ops and programs
• Creating and updating item listings on internal order entry program Impress and updating the Sage website listings
• Reached out to customers to resolve issues on orders regarding missing information, ordering guidelines, pricing, and stock availability

Crew Member at Wendy's (Delight Restaurant Group) (2021-08 – 2023-07)

• Maintained high standards of customer service during high-volume, fast-paced operations
• Communicated clearly and positively with coworkers and management
• Handled currency and credit transactions quickly and accurately
• Followed procedures for safe food preparation, assembly, and presentation
• Took initiative to find extra tasks when scheduled duties were completed
• Resolving customer complaints quickly and efficiently

Assistant to the Building Manager at Stony Brook University Wang Center (2021-04 – 2021-12)

• Ensuring clients have access to the amenities that they have paid for, including access to audio-visual equipment, the location they had reserved, and a clean space
• Resolving client complaints
• Ensuring that the cleanliness standards of the building are upheld
• Directing clients and students to areas of the building they need to find quickly
• Ensuring that all fountains in the building are operating properly, turning them on during the day, and turning them off at the end of the day
• Creating and setting up signage for events, removing signage following the associated event

Laboratory Assistant at Stony Brook University Undergraduate Biology Department (2020-07 – 2021-04)

• Preparing previously exclusively in-laboratory content and projects to be completed in an online format
• Producing scripts, footage, and audio transcriptions for video demonstrations of laboratory equipment
• photographing and collecting data on greenhouse flora
• Operating laboratory equipment and tools

Coursework in Psychology/Writing and Rhetoric – Stony Brook University (2019-08 – 2024-05)