Star Fleming
Starkville,MS
Summary
Enthusiastic business leader with dynamic experience in planning, leading and improving activities to support successful business operations. Strategic in developing policies, managing staff and maintaining an efficient, happy work environment. Focused on motivating staff and working with diverse personality types to drive improvements. Exemplary at multitasking, communication, interpersonal skills, and customer service.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Coordinator
Garan's Manufacturing
Starkville, MS
03.2025 - Current
- Coordinated project schedules and timelines for manufacturing operations.
- Managed communication between teams to ensure project alignment.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Maintained project databases and records for reporting purposes.
- Assessed, monitored and reported on work progression.
- Prioritized needs and delegated assignments to simultaneously handle multiple projects.
- Analyzed data related to projects in order to identify areas for improvement or optimization opportunities.
Senior Cost Analyst
Garan's Manufacturing
Starkville, MS
02.2015 - 03.2025
- Reduced processing time of information needed to complete the package needed to create and ship textiles.
- Construction, reverse engineering, carton dimension approvals, revisions to existing information, maintaining strict adherence to cost-driven labor, and communication with other departments to ensure all data is consistent and correct.
- Calculate costs for project-specific goods and services by gathering information from team members foreign and domestic.
- Conducted special studies to develop and establish standard hours, and related cost data, or to effect cost reduction.
- Proved successful at working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced atmosphere.
- Auditing submitted information to ensure that the information submitted for final approval is correct and up to date.
- Implemented cost-saving strategies through process evaluation and recommendations.
- Trained junior analysts on cost analysis methodologies and best practices.
Owner/CFO
Watch Dawg Security, LLC
Starkville, MS
06.2020 - Current
- Established rules, enforced State and Federal Regulations, and maintained financial standings for company of 50-75 employees.
- Managed day-to-day business operations
- Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization
- Optimized team hiring, training and performance
- Maintained up-to-date administrative records to monitor operational conditions
- Established, optimized and enforced business policies to maintain consistency across industry operations
- Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks
- Accounts Payable/ Receivable
- Invoice entry
- Establish relationships with local businesses and city leaders to understand and fill needs of each client.
Operations Manager
Sitel
Starkville, MS
09.2008 - 01.2015
- Monitored call quality and provided individual, constructive feedback to enhance performance and address areas in need of improvement.
- Worked in a matrix management environment with oversight of division-level managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety, and compliance.
- Oversaw employee performance to foster accurate prioritization and achievement of sales and productivity goals.
- Reduced personnel turnover by developing and implementing performance evaluations to support corrective action planning.
- Achieved a high satisfaction rating through proactive, one-call resolutions of customer issues.
- Executed monthly performance plans with representatives to identify production gaps.
- Monitored performance metrics to identify areas for operational efficiency.
- Measured and reviewed performance via KPIs and metrics.
- Formed and sustained strategic relationships with clients.
Office Manager
All American Check Cashing
Starkville, MS
05.2006 - 09.2008
- Performed daily banking duties such as depositing money/checks, balancing ledger, reconciliation.
- Customer service to customers and possible customers to ensure that their needs and wants were being heard.
- Collection calls- empathetic yet firm.
- Onboarding and termination of office assistants.
- Daily communication with General manager and/or owner.
- Leaned and followed banking regulations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Mississippi University For Women
Columbus, MS12-2017
Associate of Science - Business Administration
East Mississippi Community College
Mayhew, MS05.2016
Skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Project management
- Cost analysis
- Process improvement
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Financial management
- Business administration
- Coaching and mentoring
- Business development
- Budgeting
- Human resource management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Kronos and Simparel
- Project coordination
- Deadline adherence
- Personnel management
- P&L management
Personal Information
Title: Senior Cost Analyst
Timeline
Project Coordinator
Garan's Manufacturing
03.2025 - Current
Owner/CFO
Watch Dawg Security, LLC
06.2020 - Current
Senior Cost Analyst
Garan's Manufacturing
02.2015 - 03.2025
Operations Manager
Sitel
09.2008 - 01.2015
Office Manager
All American Check Cashing
05.2006 - 09.2008
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Mississippi University For Women
Associate of Science - Business Administration
East Mississippi Community College