Kala Anderson

Experience

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  Independent Can Company

  Feb 2008 - Oct 2011

  Administrative Assistant

  • Assisted the Plant Manager on production, inventory, and administrative duties.• Maintained spreadsheets on monthly efficiencies of each production line. • Scheduled daily production on the production line.• Handled work orders for each production line. • Maintain paperwork for shipping and receiving. • Handled all daily production paperwork.

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  Team Staffing Solutions, Inc.

  Oct 2011 - Mar 2016

  Branch Manager

  • Acts as an extension for clients in the field of Human Resources• Handles workers comp and unemployment claims as well as other HR issues• Proven experience in business development by being sales orientated.• Strong client relationship management skills• Verifies all I9's with E-Verify • Ability to lead my staff in maximizing growth and profitability of the branch.• Engages with Marketing and Sales group for brand awareness and growth as a branch.• Trains staff on internal system as well as supports and implements new and changing plans.• Recruit top candidates to ensure the right fit for employees and clients. • Strong business to business relationship management skills.• Handled all customized onboarding for each client. • Worked with software such as :o Vendor Management Systems (VMS): Field Glass, Acceleration, IQ Navigatoro Human Resource Management System: Staff Suite(bond), Citrix, SharePoint, Bamboo HRo Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Access and PowerPoint Show less

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  ARAG® Legal

  Mar 2016 - Jan 2021

  Attorney Relations - Network Development

  • High level of emotional intelligence when working with conflicting points of view from all levels of people.• Knowledge of the platforms and software that is used cross departmentally such as SalesForce, Talen, Adeptia, Rally, Configurator, and Mural.• Prioritizes backlog of events in gap areas to drive the greatest business value and highest impact to the overall health of the network.• Maintains a deep understanding of legal insurance, consumer, and attorney audience.• Strong influence with key stakeholders within the legal industry to further the agenda in the legal market.• Manages, tracks, and reforecast the budget while utilizing transparency to inform up and out about the status and updates regularly. • Supports agile scrum philosophies, including the process for managing initiatives from creation through execution, release into production and ongoing trends to support enhancements.• Direct involvement with testing and validating features, enhancements and stories.• Work directly with end users to capture challenges in workflow and present solutions• Proven ability to be fluid, and flexible in changing environments and pivot thinking to realign with the overall mission.• Collaborate with other product owner, developers, testers, to define features and technical user stories. Show less

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  Nelson Construction and Development

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Project Manager

  • Collaborates as a team player as well as leading project efforts valuing $10-30MM• Develop and manage project time schedules (Asana) • Monitor scheduling and project management to assure that all major milestones are met.• Ensure that jobs are completed according to plans and on schedule• Be aware of public incentive requirements, and their impact on project delivery• Integrate the design and construction forces into a proforma document• Develop, review and approve Assumptions and Clarifications.• Work closely with asset management and development team with pursuit and due diligence tasks• Prepare monthly project reports• Develop and enhance client, broker, developer, architect, engineer and subcontractor relationships.• Promote appropriate improvements to owners when needed• Coordinate with procurement functions as they relate to the preconstruction phase of project.• Collaborate with the owner, architect, and engineer for all aspects of the preconstruction phase.• Maintain tracking logs for key issues during all phases of the development process Show less

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  Black Box

  Aug 2021 - now

  Project Manager - Global Multisite Deployment

  • Executes PMO standards for all project planning for global multisite projects. • Prepare project plans and work breakdown structures • Negotiates agreement with customers • Develop and reviews SOW’s • Manage cost and material estimates, milestones, communication plans, and risk• Manages installation of multisite projects 5MM plus• Collaborates with procurement to ensure delivery of materials• Manages project with Service Now and SAP software • Manages revenue forecasting and tracking of assigned projects.• Collaborates with finance for all subcontractor invoicing.• Maintaining transparency to keep all levels of people informed while acting as a liaison to help drive the highest business value and the greatest impact. Show less