Amanda Beach

Experience

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  House of Marketing

  Jan 1999 - Sept 1999

  Market Research Intern
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  Strottman Intl

  Aug 2001 - Sept 2007

  Senior Project Manager

  Produce project budgets and track costs. Successful in reporting budget variances to management as well as mitigating them. Methods include changing container loads on shipping, negotiating product features, etc. to save costs.Communicate extensively with an operations team in Asia. Interpret and disseminate technical communication in a concise and effective way to departments such as account services and creative in order to make cooperative design and production decisions.Comprehensive understanding of manufacturing product life-cycles: plastics, plush, die cast and print production. Administrator for Strottman Intl's Project Server platform. Collaborated with users to provide training and motivation to effectively use the tool and update tasks.Expert in using schedules as a dynamic tool to analyze and project changes in timelines and execute solutions to various scheduling problems.Took ownership of factory product inventory at Strottman Intl to reroute and redistribute product shipments during the Port of Los Angeles dock strike. Saved thousands in storage costs and did not miss a client warehouse delivery.Began career at Strottman Intl in role as a Project Coordinator, was promoted to Project Manager in 2003 Show less

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  Bergman Companies

  Sept 2007 - Jul 2009

  Assistant Project Manager

  Create customized schedule templates from scratch and maintain tracking in MS Project Server. Personally authored Bergman Companies' scheduling manual and provided training to all other project managers. Understanding of real estate development life cycle: site acquisition, entitlement, construction drawings, permitting and construction.Present at community public hearings such as Planning Commission and City Council and make split second negotiations on conditions of approval in the interests of the client. Show less

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  Strottman International

  Jan 2009 - now

  15+ years experience in project management and supply chain for a kids and family marketing agency specializing in promotional product manufacturing.-Sole individual responsible for all logistics functions including import/exports, inbound and outbound logistics.-Manage all aspects of ocean bookings, tracking and delivering inbound freight to network of warehouses.-Manage all 3PL relationships including freight forwarders, customs brokers, warehouses and trucking carriers.-Responsible for entire organization logistics budget.-Handle all inventory management and demand planning using sales forecasts upstream and DC retail sales downstream-Launched new E-commerce sales channel and implemented all fulfillment requirements and suppliers for completely different distribution model.-Provide all project management services for cross functional team. Utilize MS Project and MS Project Web Access to manage workflow. -Initiate and implement all operational processes and procedures.-Cooperate with team members to meet schedule milestones and ensure on time project delivery-Manage purchasing functions and collaborate with a Hong Kong team to ensure product is approved to production properly at partner factories-Ability to heavily multitask a broad range of job functions while maintaining management of internal team dynamic and processes. Expert problem solving skills.-Strong customer service skills; ability to work with both internal and external customers Show less

  • Director of Supply Chain Management, CLTD

    Dec 2017 - now

  • Operations and Supply Chain Manager

    Jan 2009 - Dec 2017