About Lauren Theron
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Experience
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2023 - 2024
Avascent Consulting Services
Executive Assistant
Provided administrative support, including managing travel, diaries, emails, and office systems.
Managed office expenses and compiled expense reports for the South African, Zambian and DRC offices.
Prepared Invoices for clients using complex vehicle tracking reports for multiple clients.
Maintained confidentiality and professionalism in all tasks.
Managed contract administration, personnel queries, and project administration. -
2022 - 2023
Van Riel Developers
Executive Assistant
Personal Assistant to COO
Manage professional and personal scheduling for CEO, including agendas, email, calls, travel arrangements, client management, and other company logistics
Perform administrative and office support, such as typing, dictation, spreadsheet creation and maintenance of filing system and contact database
Maintain professionalism and strict confidentiality with all materials, and exercise discretion when interfacing with the business
Managing external suppliers
Maintaining internal records, which may include preparing, issuing and filing company documentation (e.g. sick leave. maternity leave. etc
Minute taking and distribution
Assisted on special projects
Manage, coordinate, and arrange COO’s travel and related activities, including hotel and flight booking, transportation, meetings and venue sourcing -
2020 - 2022
Forge Academy
Executive Assistant
Plan and orchestrate work to ensure the senior executives’ priorities are met, organizational goals are achieved and best practices are upheld
Maintain and refine internal processes that support the senior executives company-wide.
Coordinating internal and external resources to expedite workflow
Manage professional scheduling for senior executives
Manage, coordinate, and arrange senior executives travel and related activities.
Perform administrative and office support duties
Maintain professionalism and strict confidentiality
Organize team building and company events, both internally and offsite
Contract and Insurance Administration
Maintaining internal records, company documentation and contracts
Updating company policies and ensuring legal compliance. Acting as the first point of contact for all personnel queries. Setting up interviews and corresponding with prospective employees in a timely manner. -
2019 - 2020
The Graduate Institute of Financial Sciences
Programme Manager
Provide Business Partners with accurate. complete and value-added academic reporting, academic analysis and insight relating to the projects administered by the organisation.
Accountable for the overall integrity of all academic information pertaining to the project objectives Assisted in updating martial presentation.
Responsible for monitoring various company databases to ensure accuracy of data.
Paid close attention to customers’ concerns and addressed their queries and achieved an exceptional level of customer service. -
2018 - 2019
Redfox Management
Executive Assistant
Made all arrangements for meetings and events for senior executives. managers. and board of directors.
Kept executive briefed on operations by recording meetings, keeping files current. and collecting data and reports from different teams.
Arranged accommodations. transportation for visiting executives. and provided personal assistance as required.
Coordinated and arranged vacation and business travel and daily meetings for executives and senior management personnel.
Collected the required materials for Board of Directors meetings. scheduled the meetings and typed the agendas.
Made all arrangements and schedules for 3 CEO’s in the Oil & Gas and Logistics industries
Made all arrangements for conferences and seminars including venue reservations and made necessary travel arrangements for attendees. -
2015 - 2019
Solenta Aviation
Personal Assistant/ Project Administrator
Supervised all daily operations of drivers. receptionists and tea ladies and ensured services provided by staff were beyond reproach.
Made necessary arrangements and successfully implemented plans for corporate meetings. lunches. and events.
Arranged all domestic and international travel plans for staff. including airline tickets. hotel reservations. and car rentals.
Responsible for controlling and managing all document processes including reviewing files. records and critical information and confirming accuracy and compliance with policies and procedures of company. -
2013 - 2015
Solenta Aviation
Office Manager
Controlled access to building and supplied and recorded key cards given to employees and visitors.
Acted as point of contact for all outside vendors who wished to access building.
Managed office support and ensured that stationary. groceries and other office essentials were suffiently stocked.
Issued uniform to pilots. engineers and cabin crew.
Tracked building maintenance issues ensuring that they were resolved timously and within budget.
Responsible for maintaining and restocking office inventory and submitting purchase orders.