1. ELISE TORRY
Profile
I have over 20 years of experience working as a Secretary/PA and worked at my previous
company for 7 years. I am professional and proactive in my approach to work and pride myself
on being highly organised and having a high level of attention to detail. I have strong interpersonal
skills and work well on my own or within a team. I have excellent IT skills and am able to utilise
many systems with ease.
Education/Training
 2009 Dec – Customer Service Awareness Training
 2009 Feb – Supplier Relationship Management Training
 2008 Oct – CIPS Level 2 (Purchasing)
 2006 May - SAP Training
 1997 – 1998 Top Flight PA/Secretarial Course
Pitmans:-
Typing (First Class) – Copy 50wpm/Audio 80wpm
English For Business Communications
Office Procedures
Bookkeeping and Accounts
Word Processing
Technical Skills
Microsoft Word / Microsoft Excel / Microsoft Powerpoint / Microsoft Outlook / SAP / SRM (Supplier
Relationship Manager) / SMS (Supplier Management System) / Microsoft Internet Explorer /
Concur (Expenses)
Professional Experience
 March 2012 – May 2013 Shire Pharmaceuticals
Reason for leaving – Contract PA to Senior Director
Completion & Maternity Leave
Responsibilities:
Prioritising and meeting deadlines
Dealing with highly confidential materials and information
Answering telephones
Managing the day to day office operations
Financial duties including: creating purchase requisitions, processing invoices for payment
Scheduling meetings
Booking meeting Rooms
Making travel arrangements
Ordering stationery supplies
Planning off site meetings and events
Travel and expense reporting
Copying, faxing, developing and maintaining filing systems
Maintaining organisational charts and department content on internal website
Preparing correspondence: spreadsheet reports, assisting in presentation building (content)
Managing the administrative priorities of the department and communicating effectively
Serving as back-up for other Administrative Assistants, Executive Assistants and Reception cover
 October 2009 – Dec 2011 Shire Pharmaceuticals
Reason for leaving - Redundancy Purchasing Specialist
Responsibilities:
High level of customer service
Processing Purchase orders
Enforcing policy compliance
Amending Purchase Orders
Training departments on the Purchase to Pay process
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2. Meeting and maintaining relationships with Suppliers
Send out RFP’s (Request for Proposals) to suppliers and set up meetings for negotiations
Supporting the business on sourcing projects
 March 2006 – September 2009 Shire Pharmaceutical
Reason for leaving – Promotion Administrator/PA
Responsibilities:
Answering telephones
Booking meeting rooms
Booking travel
Travel and expense reporting
Organising and planning the Christmas Party and team events
Ordering and maintaining stationery
Processing purchase orders within SAP whilst ensuring policy compliance.
Closing Purchase Orders
Maintaining supplier information
Re sending/changing purchase orders
Providing status reports within SAP on request
Providing SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) support and training
Provided training & support on the SMS (Supplier Management System)
Check & manage the approval routing of the new suppliers in the SMS.
Supported the implementation role out of SAP for which I received a Certificate of Excellence
Formulated and maintained purchase order back up filing for SOX compliance
Controlling and recording contracts and agreements ie. Confidentiality Agreements; Master
Services Agreements; Statements of Work
Managed the project for sourcing premiums for UK, Europe and Ireland each year
Daily management of Procurement email inbox
Processing new supplier forms and categorising suppliers
Extensive Meeting Planning / Working to deadlines
Provided support on a Car Fleet sourcing project and re negotiated the mobile phone tariffs for
Shire
A member of the PIT (Process Improvement Team)
A member of the global Communications Team
Utilising GOLD (legal database) to locate contracts
Liaising with Finance and internal customers in the P2P (Procure to Pay) processes to ensure
compliance with invoice & purchase order matching
Provided support on a Vendor Fair initiative in the UK where I was granted a Certificate of
Excellence
Send out RFP’s (Request for Proposals) to suppliers and set up meetings
 July 2005 – January 2006 Crane Care Lifting Services (Republic of Ireland)
Temp Contract PA to MD
 November 2004 – June 2005 CB Richard Ellis Gunne (Republic of Ireland)
Temp Contract Department Secretary
 May 2003 – August 2004 DHM Financial Services (UK)
PA to MD & Pensions Administrator
 January 2002 – March 2003 McKecknie Byles & Dawes (UK)
Office Manager
 May 2000 – January 2002 Graham Scott Financial Planning (UK)
Secretary
Hobbies/Interests
I have two young children and I enjoy family time at the weekends with them. I am an outgoing
sociable person and I like to meet up with friends. I love dogs and am a volunteer at the Kildare
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3. Animal Foundation, and I helped to set up their website for them. I love to travel on holiday and
immerse myself into new cultures by eating the local food and meeting the local people.
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