Andrea Johnson
High Plains Food Bank
Amarillo,Texas
1
Certification
20
years of professional experience
Knowledgeable Engagement Manager with solid foundation in managing projects and coordinating teams to ensure successful outcomes. Proven track record of enhancing operational efficiency and implementing strategic improvements. Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills, with focus on effective communication and problem-solving.
Work History
Assistant Director - Operations | Human Resources | Programs
13 Years 5 Months- Direct comprehensive logistics and daily operations for a major Food Bank within the Feeding America network, ensuring seamless distribution of 8 million pounds of food annually to the top 29 counties of the Texas Panhandle, serving 14,000 families.
- Supervised warehouse inventory control, food sourcing, procurement, and food rescue operations, optimizing balance of retail donations, agricultural surpluses, and federal commodities to ensure food availability.
- Maintain 100% compliance with Feeding America contract standards, AIB food safety audits, and USDA/TDA regulations across all warehousing and transit activities.
- Championed continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing safety protocols and reporting accuracy to meet operational standards.
- Supervised facilities management of a 55,000 sq ft warehouse and fleet of 17 Class A, B and C vehicles
- Coordinated high-volume volunteer sorting and packing operations, scaling community engagement to process 4,000 boxes monthly
- Implementation of GPS fleet tracking software to maximize efficiencies
- Administered weekly payroll and conducted payroll audits.
- Completed and submitted annual commercial insurance applications
- Direct the strategic alignment of human resources and community programming, overseeing a mixed workforce of paid operational staff and thousands of rotating volunteers across a massive regional footprint.
- Led workforce planning and talent acquisition, effectively sourcing and retaining high-turnover and specialized roles, including Class A CDL drivers, warehouse coordinators, and program managers to strengthen operational capacity.
- Manage compliance, health, and workplace safety protocols, standardizing OSHA training, forklift certifications, and health department codes to maintain continuous audit readiness for USDA and FDA inspections
- Oversight and management of The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and Kids Cafe working closely with TDA on successful compliance audits resulting in little to no findings.
Marketing | Creative Services Producer | Project Manager
3 Years 2 Months- Coordinated daily communication and production planning between advertising clients and station account executives to ensure project alignment and timely delivery.
- Collaborated with all station departments to gather objectives, products, and video for producing all on-air promotions.
- Served as primary contact for incoming commercial clients, coordinating spot production and ensuring client requirements were met.
- Work closely with all station departments to obtain objectives, products and video to produce all station on-air promotions
- Fluent in Adobe products; CS5 – Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Soundbooth
Consultant | Project Manager
8 Months- Instrumental in relocating the offices of Sega of America, a 300 full-time employee and a flexible 100-300 temporary/consultant personnel company, from an existing 180,000 sq.ft. facility to a newly renovated 75,000 sq. ft. facility in San Francisco
- Researched and secured budget approvals for project expenditures, ensuring timely completion of relocation
- Executed daily operations of negotiations, payroll and accounts payable/receivable for ManGo Services
- Coordinated procurement of contractors and movers for installations and delivery, optimizing service coverage beyond SEGA vendors
- Defined detailed scope of work for task orders, clarifying expectations for contractors and movers
- Maintained all move management, moving and storage related documents, including original shipping instructions, agreement for services, time cards, rate quotation shipping document and freight bills
Associate Director of Marketing
1 Year 9 Months- Directed the marketing and sponsorship team, including target identification, proposal generation, pricing strategy and contract negotiation for a first and second annual event resulting in over 30,000 attendees over a ten-day festival each year
- Successfully managed a team of eight people in the Marketing Department throughout the calendar year and increased the team to fifty through festival preparations and throughout the festival period
- Initiated media barter proposals and developed relationships to enhance creative deliverables
- Worked closely with sponsors, filmmakers, analysts, consultants, and other divisions to develop product strategy and future direction
- Executed daily design operations in collaboration with creative team and secured CEO/AFI approvals
- Developed sponsorship wrap reports to showcase ROI and value of donated goods, services, or financial contributions
- Executed daily operations of design through the creative team and CEO/AFI approval process
- Event planning, preparation and management for AFI parties at other film festivals, including guest lists, invitations and gift bag fulfillment with sponsored items
- Maintained impression records and produced reports for sponsors and the AFI DALLAS Board of Directors
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
Executive Operations & Leadership
Feeding America & USDA/TDA Compliance
Multi-Million Dollar Budgeting
Strategic Capacity Planning
Employee Relations & Coaching
Compensation & Benefits Oversight
Compliance (FLSA
FMLA
EEOC
OSHA)
Performance Management
Executive HR Strategy & Workforce Planning
Multi-Program Oversight (Kids Cafe
CSFP
TEFAP)
29-County Regional Logistics Alignment
USDA
FDA
DOT & OSHA Compliance
Employee Relations & Retention Management
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Certification
Advertising Account Executive Certification, Orange County, CA, 2005
Timeline
Assistant Director - Operations | Human Resources | Programs
High Plains Food Bank
04.2013 - 09.2026Read More
Marketing | Creative Services Producer | Project Manager
KFDA NewsChannel 10
02.2010 - 04.2013Read More
Consultant | Project Manager
ManGo Services, Inc
06.2008 - 02.2009Read More
Associate Director of Marketing
AFI DALLAS International Film Festival
08.2006 - 05.2008Read More
Miss Wades Fashion Merchandising College
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Lakeview Centennial High School
High School Diploma
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