Annie Ekshian
Glendale,CA
Summary
Team Leader experienced in directing activities of workgroups. Develops strategies, provides training, sets goals and obtains team feedback. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Big picture focus with excellence in communicating goals and vision to succeed. Problem solver, networker and consensus builder.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead, Distribution Center and Property Management
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
01.2019 - Current
- Responsible for management and administration of all aspects of the departments of Shipping/Receiving, Mail Services and Property Management
- Managing all staff and students, delegating, assigning and approving all functions related to daily processes: deliveries and distribution of all parcels and packages, from an envelope to several pallets
- Responsibilities include hiring students and staff
- Maintaining of all budgets and spending
- Preparing financial reports for Asset Management and reconciling with the Controller’s Office
- Working in conjunction with Facilities Services in coordinating and processing work orders that include moving and removing surplus
- Maintaining and processing chargebacks for the campus departments and their spending as it pertains to the Distribution Center, including all mailing and shipping needs
- Overseeing the processes of tagging, tracking and booking all assets for the campus
- Maintaining a database of all assets, creating queries, and providing the campus with reports as needed
- Running all the processes for asset integration as it flows through Purchasing and Accounts Payable to Asset Management
- Administering Physical Inventories for the campus
- Providing inventory findings and reconciling results with all the divisions
- Engaging in peer networking among 23 campuses
- Sharing and conducting training through the affinity group.
- Training new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Coaching team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Evaluating employee skills and knowledge regularly, training, and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
- Minimizing resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
- Developing monthly and daily production output plans to deliver on customer service and financial metrics.
- Managing both inbound and outbound deliveries to verify orders were picked and shipped on time or swiftly and correctly placed into inventory.
- Immediately addressing logistical issues and applied remediation techniques.
- Implementing safety guidelines for warehouse and trained employees on applicable policies.
- Monitoring team performance and provided constructive feedback to increase productivity and maintain quality standards.
- Building strong relationships with customers through positive attitude and attentive response.
- Supervising team members to confirm compliance with set procedures and quality requirements.
Administrative Analyst
Property Management Office
01.1998 - 01.2019
- Responsible for tagging, tracking and maintaining all assets purchased by the university
- Running the integration between Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Receiving and Asset Management
- Responsible for managing and running the Surplus/Disposition process for the university
- Running all month-end and year-end processes and reports, providing all reports to the Controller’s Office
- All aspects of Asset Management, including implementation, testing, writing procedures and training
- Prepare training materials and train personnel to use Asset Management
- Produce custom and ad hoc reports on a daily basis
- Provide several Chancellor’s Office Budgetary Reports.
- Performed numerous administrative and technical support functions that enhanced service effectiveness.
- Demonstrated operational knowledge of Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Special Assistant
01.1990 - 01.1998
- Responsible for overseeing the department secretary’s work on a daily basis
- Correcting and editing word documents, excel spreadsheets and helping with PowerPoint presentations
- Creating spreadsheet templates and formulas
- Keeping and balancing the department expenses with the campus financial reports
- Scheduling meetings and interviews for vacancies in the department
- Overseeing the operation of all software and programs running in the department, including upgrading software and backing up data weekly.
Programmer/Database Coordinator
01.1988 - 01.1990
- Responsible for maintaining campus equipment inventory database
- Provide monthly, yearly, ad hoc, statistical, and analytical reports
- Provide ongoing support in all aspects of computer applications
- Document all functions and prepare procedure manuals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Information Systems
California State University - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA03.1987
Skills
- Warehouse Team Engagement
- Internal Loss Prevention
- Development Management
- Health and Safety Regulations
- Interoffice Communications
- Distribution and Warehousing
- Inventory Management
- Team Supervision
- Warehouse Activity Management
- Warehouse Utilization
- Process Monitoring
- Training Methods
- Staff Development
- Improvement Recommendations
- Regulations Compliance
- Interdepartmental Collaboration
- Resource Management
- Continuous Improvement Projects
- Web-Based Logistics Information Systems
Affiliations
Board of Directors - University Auxiliary Serves
CSU - Support Services Affinity Group
Specialized Education
PeopleSoft AM, Purchasing, GL, Accounts Payable
People Tools, Query and Crystal
Advanced Excel
Timeline
Lead, Distribution Center and Property Management
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
01.2019 - Current
Administrative Analyst
Property Management Office
01.1998 - 01.2019
Special Assistant
01.1990 - 01.1998
Programmer/Database Coordinator
01.1988 - 01.1990
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Information Systems
California State University - Los Angeles