Candice Cudanes
Forest Hills,NY
Summary
Certified Health Coach with 6 years of experience helping clients accomplish personal lifestyle and health goals. Leverages in-depth knowledge of nutrition, movement and health conditions to guide clients in building better habits to foster new results. With 15+ years in production and project management, possesses extensive professional experience in leadership, mentoring, performance and personal development training.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Production and Project Management
P.E. Guerin, Inc.
11.2011 - Current
- Organizational Coordination & Leadership : Manage production expeditors and lead bi-monthly status meetings with factory foreman, sales manager, and expeditors. Liaise between Sales and Production, monitor client approvals/requests, and create work orders and vendor purchase orders. Troubleshoot production issues and take corrective actions
- Departmental Rebuilding : Revamped departments one-by-one to support Sales & Marketing. Recruited/hired/trained new staff for each team and built/rebuilt team cores to meet new workflows and business practices. Eliminated Sales production coordination workload enabling Sales to concentrate on new business.
- Training Programs : Developed vision and strategy and created pilot training program from the ground up. Led demonstration, gained buy-in across organization, and introduced formal employee training program. Created visual and written content to educate new hire and current employees.
- New Hire Training : Maintain/update new hire training program on regular basis; improve delivery and relevancy.
- New Capabilities Training : Update content/presentation to address performance gaps and develop new content to support upgraded system capabilities and functionalities. Conduct training for 10 individuals annually. - Production Tracking & Streamlining : Rolled out pilot system, identified gaps, tweaked processes, introduced Master Production Schedule, and launched new tracking system streamlining production protocols. Within 6 months, created knowledge base of project histories, drove on-time delivery from 50% to 75%, and saved 20% on production errors.
System Implementation Manager
P.E. Guerin, Inc.
11.2011 - 09.2013
- System Requirements : Developed SWOT analyses, researched company workflows, shadowed team members, elicited information from key personnel and stakeholders, and developed functional specifications and logic design for new system. Oversaw implementation and managed change to new automated system across company operations.
- Corporate-wide Communications Overhaul : Analyzed gaps between Accounting, Front Office, Manufacturing, and Sales, defined individual roles, developed new processes, and set protocols for production changes, client decisions, monetary issues, and individual project documentation to overhaul sale-to-delivery communications and workflows.
- New Workflow Training & Support : Rolled out new system department by department. Trained staff in each department and took charge of transitioning new production information to QuickBooks (Accounting). Monitored employee performance on new system and initiated re-training to capture efficiencies.
- Technology Infrastructure : Identified appropriate technology infrastructure, designed physical spaces, and oversaw placement of computers on every desk and throughout production areas.
Event Assistant
Bike New York
01.2010 - 08.2011
- Anticipated event requirements and handled numerous concerns in advance for smooth day-of execution.
- Built relationships with current sponsors and identified/approached potential sponsors.
- Partnered with business sponsors to ensure donations were distributed to correct rest stops and appropriate signage was provided.
- Coordinated site activities, organized lists, and managed businesses selling goods on location at events and festivals.
- Performed post-event tasks such as breaking down areas, removing trash, and cleaning facilities.
Production Project Manager
The Nanz Company
05.2004 - 01.2010
- Planned and managed production projects from the ground up, collaborating with cross-functional staff to address specific client needs.
- Official Department Trainer : Appointed to train all new project management hires. Based on experience, created new training program from ground up. ‘Graduates' of program became top sellers and managers of departments.
- New Hire Training Manual : Created PowerPoint that served as the basis for standardized onboarding training manual for sales and production project management employees. Assisted manager to create formal written document; conducted training classes.
- New Division Production Project Manager : Selected as first Production Project Manager to support critical new, high-volume Contract Division. Drove efforts to overcome production challenges and re-invented/established new procedures, processes, and workflows to support new higher volume deadlines.
- High Profile Project Turnaround : Identified multiple client operational issues stalling production approval for large project. Partnered with internal client and manufacturing field liaison, troubleshot issues, finalized specifications, and organized documents to gain client production approval for project
Director of Sales
Brusso Precision Hardware, Inc.
07.2004 - 09.2007
- Website & Client Base Expansion: Re-established connection with former clients (by phone), updated website to accept online sales, and initiated advertising in architectural magazine.
- Distributor Partnerships : Collaborated with distributors to strengthen relationships and expand into more store locations.
- New Product Introduction : Evaluated customer feedback to expand current offerings and introduce new designs. Achieved success with distributors and increased production.
- Staff Hiring : With growth of Brusso Precision, led efforts to hire full-time staff independent of parent Nanz Company. Recruited, hired, and trained individuals to take over direct management of Brusso Precision.
Personal Trainer
Equinox Luxury Fitness Club
01.2001 - 03.2003
- Trained clients during strength training, cardio vascular exercise, and stretching.
- Demonstrated proper technique for exercises to avoid injuries.
- Motivated clients to stay on track with fitness goals with positive and friendly approach.
- Assisted clients with personal fitness goals through realistic objectives.
- Explained exercise modifications and contraindicated movements to participants with history of injury.
Education
Certificate - Holistic Health Coach
Institute For Integrative Nutrition
New York, NY08.2022
Certificate - Meeting, Conference And Event Management
New York University
New York, NYBachelor of Science - Exercise Science
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJSkills
- Holistic Health & Wellness
- Lifestyle Coaching & Nutrition Education
- Exercise Science
- Organizational & Personal Development & Transformation
- Operations Vision, Strategy & Execution
- Team Development & Motivation
- Talent Gaps & Training Needs Assessment
- Cross Departmental Leadership
Certification
- INHC - Integrative Nutrition Health Coach (2022)
- CIHC - Certified International Health Coach (2022)
- DreamBuilder Life Coach Certification (in progress) - Brave Thinking Institute
Expected Date of Completion - October 2023 - Personal Training Certification (in progress) - ACE
Expected Date of Completion - October 2023
Timeline
Director of Production and Project Management
P.E. Guerin, Inc.
11.2011 - Current
System Implementation Manager
P.E. Guerin, Inc.
11.2011 - 09.2013
Event Assistant
Bike New York
01.2010 - 08.2011
Director of Sales
Brusso Precision Hardware, Inc.
07.2004 - 09.2007
Production Project Manager
The Nanz Company
05.2004 - 01.2010
Personal Trainer
Equinox Luxury Fitness Club
01.2001 - 03.2003
Certificate - Holistic Health Coach
Institute For Integrative Nutrition
Certificate - Meeting, Conference And Event Management
New York University
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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