Sandessa Atkins
Sandessa Atkins
Project Manager
Summary:
Attentive and goal focused professional interested in a long term employment opportunity where I can
contribute my unique talents and skills. I am positive, reliable, with the ability to adapt, prioritize and
multitask effectively and having 7 years of experience as a project manager.
I apply my communication, organizational and project management skills to save my employer time and
money. I have knowledge of project & program management methodologies, tools & techniques.
Excellent MS Office Suite expertise and ERP systems experience.
Experience using MS Project, Slack, PPM Express, Power BI and Jira, SAP
Education:
Western Governors University, May 2020
Bachelors of Business Management
Core Competencies:
Business development skills
Project management skills
Team management skills
Strategic thinking skills
Conflict resolution skills
Strong research capabilities
Data analysis capabilities
Plans for and mitigates risk
Innovative problem solver
Process development
Requirements gathering
Critical Thinking
Working with cross-functional teams
Meeting Preparation
Budgeting
Procurement
Strong Communication Skills
Excellent organizational and project management skills
Skills:
Effectively meets timelines and milestones
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Builds strong internal/external networks
Ability to handle complex tasks
Analytical with strong attention to detail
Experienced with SDLC
Experienced in Agile
Waterfall and Hybrid environments
Vendor Management
Material Planning
Purchasing
Project Management
MS Project
Slack
PPM Express
Power BI
Jira
SAP
PeopleSoft
ER Systems
Professional Experience:
Project Manager (Innovation - Supply Chain)
Mark Anthony Brewing Co. 2021-Current
Ability to lead and manage complex, international high value, high visibility projects.
Typical project work load of up to 60 projects (5 programs)
Comfortably leads and motivates cross-functional teams
Successfully balanced competing constraints
Ability to manage budget, financial and perform cost analysis.
Effectively identifies issues and risks in budgets, operations or human resources, to mitigate, resolve,
adjudicate or escalate as needed
Organizational change management experience and process implementation skills (SOPs) including training
and adoption.
Facilitated acquisition of needed resources to complete the project
Maintain Supply Chain Inventory and records
Train and Guide Employees
Find cost effective solutions for supply chain processes
Collaborate with other departments to create coordinated plans for business growth
Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to land more profitable deals
Effectively communicates with key stakeholders, clients and vendors