Alyssa Castagnino
Summary
Insightful Project Manager dedicated to identifying and cultivating team members' skills and talents. Polished in implementing continuous enhancements and building and maintaining accurate project budgets. Focused and driven team player practiced in leading multiple simultaneous projects leveraging proven project management tools.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
CareerStaff Unlimited
Irving, TX
02.2022 - 07.2024
- Created a new asset return process for termed employees (voluntary and involuntary) that led to a 19% drop in lost laptops.
- Involved in high-level internal projects within the company to facilitate organizational-wide improvements like assisting with establishing a change management program.
- Organize and lead weekly meetings with an average of 9-10 project team members.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
- Create and manage project artifacts, including the project charter, stakeholder register, project plan, weekly meeting agendas, and meeting notes.
- Assign action items to team members and follow up on the assigned items to ensure tasks are completed on time
- Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects for review by executive leadership team.
- Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
New Store Project Manager
ChainLink Services
Fort Worth, TX
10.2020 - 02.2022
- Simultaneously managed the build of 50+ new stores at various stages in the US and Canada while ensuring all code and customs compliances are met.
- Completed projects worth $100K to 500K, while adhering to clients timeline and quality expectations.
- Organized and led meetings with clients, general contractors and vendors to plan and review the construction schedule throughout the completion of each store.
- Analyzed blueprints to confirm equipment and building specifications for each vendor.
- Supervised equipment pipeline to process, ship and track freight throughout the United States and Canada.
- Drafted project construction schedule and updated as job progressed.
- Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
- Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
Quickship Project Manager
ChainLink Services
- Processed, shipped and tracked all equipment that needed to be delivered within 24 hours.
- Created and maintained all onboarding training material, promoting streamline processing.
- Managed relationships between clients (including 7-11) and vendors delivering ChainLink's goals and vision.
- Generated and tracked change orders and other contractual modifications affecting budget and schedule.
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Logistics and Supply Chain Management -
University of North Texas
Denton, TX05.2019
Skills
- PMP Certified
- Google Workspace Applications (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- Smartsheet
- Risk Management
- ProjectManager Software
- Microsoft Office Suite expert (Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Dynamics NAV)
- Procedure Development
- Project Scope Analysis
- Coaching and Mentoring
Certification
- PMP Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
- Microsoft Excel Certification
Websites
Timeline
Project Manager
CareerStaff Unlimited
02.2022 - 07.2024
New Store Project Manager
ChainLink Services
10.2020 - 02.2022
Quickship Project Manager
ChainLink Services
Bachelor of Science, Logistics and Supply Chain Management -
University of North Texas