ANTONIO G. GONZALES
Project Management
Seattle,WA
Summary
PROJECT/PROGRAM MANAGER
Detailed project/program management professional with proven success leading product launch development and marketing campaigns. Develop and execute marketing campaigns that build memorable brands. Expert in the technical, conceptual, and content development of sales-driving collateral. Drive projects from initiation to completion with focus on timelines, milestones and budgetary limits.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
Collabera/Amazon – Middle Mile AFP/ABTN
08.2021 - Current
- Program management for the Middle Mile AFP & DSP logistics teams
- Provided performance metrics for weekly business reviews regarding the Middle Mile fleet of tractors and box trucks
- Managed maintenance program with regard to claims, timelines, and payments with the carriers and vendors
- Developed efficiencies for scheduling weekly logistical routes for the Middle Mile teams
- Forecasting routes and duration times for upcoming site and carrier launches into the box truck program.
Partner
JeffreyM Consulting/Microsoft
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Managed all milestones, timelines and budgets for Windows 11 upgrade.
- Managed account team statuses, disclosures and training communications for field readiness
- Managed assets and asset tools for go-to-market launch.
- Successfully managed public announcement of the Windows 11 upgrade to all OEM vendors and partners through virtual meetings, and on-demand informational videos.
Program Manager
Kforce/Microsoft – Worldwide Consumer Channel Marketing E
Commerce
08.2020 - 03.2021
- Establish and monitor program/project milestones and rhythm of business within Worldwide Consumer Channel Marketing E-commerce team, working with contributing WW teams and all stakeholders
- Program support in scheduling timelines, milestones, and completion of team initiatives and objectives
- Provide regular communications to the Worldwide E-Commerce Community, including monthly communiques and management of the E-Commerce SharePoint sites
- Managed Amazon-specific initiatives including Amazon Brand Registry guidance and fraud prevention and reporting training guidelines
- Managed, budgeted, and executed all virtual world-wide team events and launches.
- Devised tools and benchmarks to improve team performance and monitor production.
Global Sourcing Project Manager
Bensussen Deutsch and Associates LLC
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Project management for all development timelines from inception to delivery for product merchandizing and marketing.
- Administered agreements by negotiating change orders, executing contract extensions and resolving administrative issues.
- Work with overseas factories to ensure all milestones and project objectives are met.
- Supervise and troubleshoot all issues regarding import sourcing, supply chain management, budgets, and logistics.
- Smartsheet administration for managing all projects and timelines.
- Created cost saving initiatives and processes that helped lower operations budget by 5% year over year.
- Liaised with internal and external stakeholders to identify and leverage contract value opportunities.
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Channel Account Manager
Microsoft – Surface & PC Accessories
04.2017 - 01.2018
- Supporting Microsoft's presence on the Amazon site, specifically regarding Microsoft Surface & PC Accessories in direct brand management, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, and sales collateral
- Monitored sales on Amazon and provided real time competitive analysis and strategy
- Created key marketing analytics and demographics for use in sales presentations
- Forecasted inventory and provided daily, and weekly reporting on sales, forecasts, and profitability
- Maintained all product detail pages
- Executed marketing campaigns that tripled weekly PC Accessories sales.
HR/Payroll Modernization
University of Washington
10.2015 - 03.2017
- Infrastructure and taxonomy management for the HR/P Program Enablement Office for the HR/P Modernization project.
- JIRA administration in creating, managing, and reviewing customized workflows with Project Managers.
- Proactively improved use of Jira and Confluence.
- Collaborated with other team members in the Program Enablement team in preparing data, scheduling, project data reports and any business-related processes for the modernization project.
- Worked with internal and external stakeholders maintaining consistency of all taxonomy, hierarchy and content classification.
- Administered and managed all team SharePoint sites and portals content.
Channel Marketing Manager/Project Manager
Microsoft, Accessories and Surface
09.2012 - 07.2015
- US Retail Channel Marketing Manager for Surface Tablet and PC Accessories
- Project management of campaigns and promotions for retail accounts
- Aligned branding and integrated marketing strategies online and in-store
- Implemented and optimized campaigns and visual merchandising both in-store and online
- Developed and executed annual marketing and demand generation plan
- Project management of all timelines, budgets, creative teams, 3rd party vendors related visual merchandising and marketing projects from inception to delivery date
- Gathered and managed all brand assets, collateral and graphic materials needed for retailers, vendors and partners
- Drove competitive analysis process, resulting in a “Competitive Response Plan” for use by retail sales teams
- TECHNOLOGY
- ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD, MS PROJECT, CRYSTAL REPORTS, OFFICE 365 INCLUDING ONENOTE, POWERPOINT, SHAREPOINT, PROJECT, AND EXCEL, GOOGLE ANALYTICS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CMS), JIRA, SMARTSHEET.
Education
BA - Visual Communications
University of Idaho
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Eastern Oregon State University
Skills
Program leadership
Data Collection & Research
Fluent in Spanish
Vendor management
Certified Scrum Master
Project Management
Budgeting
Supply chain distribution
Logistics Operations
Timeline
Program Manager
Collabera/Amazon – Middle Mile AFP/ABTN
08.2021 - Current
Partner
JeffreyM Consulting/Microsoft
04.2021 - 06.2021
Program Manager
Kforce/Microsoft – Worldwide Consumer Channel Marketing E
08.2020 - 03.2021
Global Sourcing Project Manager
Bensussen Deutsch and Associates LLC
04.2018 - 04.2020
Channel Account Manager
Microsoft – Surface & PC Accessories
04.2017 - 01.2018
HR/Payroll Modernization
University of Washington
10.2015 - 03.2017
Channel Marketing Manager/Project Manager
Microsoft, Accessories and Surface
09.2012 - 07.2015
BA - Visual Communications
University of Idaho
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Eastern Oregon State University