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United States

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Responsible for the success and stewardship of the agency with the ability and know-how to make impactful decisions and shape the direction for our team. Lead the Producer team through an amazing evolution—executing the hard decisions, up-leveling the team's output, and creating team unity. Take a holistic look at the way the agency operates, roll out a new business OP system, and implement efficiencies in our workflow.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Lead, grow and evolve Project Management at Archrival. Conduct team meetings, development workshops, and performance reviews to drive individual and team growth. Be a leader–lead meetings, negotiate conflict, build team dynamics, and enable problem-solving processes.Develop effective working relationships across the organization as well as externally to achieve client and business goals.Reimagine internal processes and unify project strategies and goals for members across Archrival's management teams in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA, and Lincoln, NE.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Work across the internal team to own the day-to-day management of projects. Take care of the details in a manner that allows the team to relax and do good creative.Effectively and efficiently handle multiple projects at once. Monitor, report, and ensure project schedules and budgets stay on track.Manage and develop the critical project and workflow details – objective pricing, capacity management & prediction, coordination of 3rd parties, quality control, monitor use of budget, deadline compliance, project scoping.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Liaison between management and the production team to execute and oversee product changes. Identify inefficiencies in the organization and provided solutions, training, and support. Work to improve data collection and generate comprehensive cost reports for management review. Successfully consolidated two subsidiaries by merging product lines while ensuring cohesiveness of product portfolio.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Negotiate price, coordinate delivery, and qualify components for production while maintaining accurate cost data. Analyze component data to find cost advantages for other divisions and track sales information to aid in product development at our Contract Manufacturing site. Work closely with production to develop an apparatus and process for training non-English speaking workers to meet high-quality product standards.

Taunton, United Kingdom

Develop control mechanisms for ensuring a universal product across both locations.Led a team charged with integrating an existing ERP system into the company’s operations, and facilitated in the adoption of modern manufacturing techniques (i.e. LEAN, JIT, ISO 9001).

As an Operations Trainee, I was assigned to each department for 1-2 months to learn the business and gain proficiency for promotion. This role included training for two months on the production floor alongside line employees to develop a deep understanding of LEAN Manufacturing.

Shanghai, China

I developed creative curriculum by incorporating motivational activities and positive reinforcement.

Overland Park, Kansas

Helped with organizing accounting and purchasing information.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Chinese Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Chinese Language And Literature