Benjamin R. Szikszoy

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626-***-****

Dynamic, team-spirited, and results oriented individual seeking to utilize my skills and experience to contribute to your organization.

-Hands on project manager skilled at managing multiple simultaneous projects.

-Detail oriented with knowledge of prioritizing work and ability to multitask and resolve problems effectively.

-Excellent market researcher and evaluator of competition stressing importance on abilities and projections of market reach and penetration of competitors, in addition to narrowing down potential target markets based on budget, time, and resource allocation abilities.

-Strong work ethic; diplomatic with a keen relationship building acumen.

-Excellent Oral and written communication skills.

EXPERIENCE

WestRock, Los Angeles, California, February ‘16 – Present Sales Project Manager ( Project Coordinator I)

WestRock is one of the world's largest paper and packaging companies with US$15 billion in annual revenue and 42,000 employees in 30 countries. As Sales Project Manager (Project Coordinator I) for the corrugated packaging and displays division, I acquire project details and coordinate transfer of information from the customer through the established workflow: from concept development to order fulfillment.

-Communicate with external customers to assist in meeting their needs. Attend meetings, manage administrative aspects of customer interaction, and support sales in handling customer requirements.

-Develop sell prices with Sales and provide quote letters to customer.

-Participate in new technology introductions and implementations.

-Work collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional counterparts to respond to customers, complete orders, improve processes, and enhance overall company performance.

-Gather customer requests for Design and pricing. Assist Sales in providing complete Project Request forms. Assist Designers in obtaining information required to respond to customer requests.

-Submit accurate, complete, and timely work orders to Production Project Manager and Assembly Project Coordinator.

-Provide clarification and support if necessary during order fulfillment to ensure customer needs are met.

-Assist Manufacturing Project Manager in managing inventory to include billing the customer, and scrapping.

-Assist Assembly Project Coordinator in managing Customer Product, and Miscellaneous inventory.

UPS, Los Angeles, California, February ‘15 – February ‘16

Industrial Engineering - Project Coordinator / Analyst

UPS has developed a program called ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation) which is an advanced analytics engine to optimize delivery routes. Multi-year, enterprise-wide project implementing mapping delivery routes for maximum service optimization that I work with the project team in implementing.

-Responsible for all activities assigned by project manager including scheduling, time-tracking, and detailed planning of milestones.

-Interface with project stakeholders from all segments of the organization, from package handlers to senior management.

-Responsible for scheduling weekly team meetings and preparing presentations material for C-Level management.

-Produce daily activity updates and weekly project status reports.

-Producing reports on truck idle time as well as productivity reports for drivers and regions.

-Gathering and interpreting acquired data to help track and progress project.

LCI Kids Club, Seoul, South Korea, June '13 - Jan ‘15

ESL Teacher

LCI Kids Club is a private school providing ESL education to students from Kindergarten to Middle School.

-Classroom and personality management, planning and creating in-depth lesson plans that span the course of 3 months at a time.

-Skilled in mentoring and coaching; enthusiastic and sociable.

Eckersall LLC, Chino, CA. USA, Jan '08 - May '13

Systems Analyst

Start-up GIS (Geographic Information System) consulting firm catering to more than 5 cities' Police & Fire Departments within Southern California providing mapping and GIS data solutions, as well as consulting with several private companies.

-Responsible for full project life-cycle; activities included market and competitive analysis research, in-depth SWOT analysis, data analysis, data input, software testing, web design consultation, project plan development, schedule and task tracking, general business consultation, and business plan development to attract investors.

-Assisted with the development and review of new contracts and revisions to existing contracts. Performed contractual research and reviewed proposals to identify risk and liability issues.

-Insured stakeholder and customer requirements and expectations were met.

-Helped focus the business on a particular market that was best for our bottom line and capabilities.

-Managed several projects from conception to completion.

Fox Sports Radio, Burbank, CA. USA, Jul '07 - Sep '07

Intern

Fox Sports Radio is one of the leading radio castings for news and live game coverage in the United States, catering to millions of listeners on a daily basis.

-Used proprietary software to edit live sound clips and send those sound clips to an On-Air anchor to be played for millions of radio listeners. High stress and time critical, zero margin of error job environment; taking longer than a minute to send the sound clips to the On Air anchor would result in millions of listeners being unable to receive an accurate minute-by-minute broadcast.

-Skilled working in a time-constrained environment with high-stress and necessity to focus on detail.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Bachelor of Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

Major: International Business

Functional Specialization: Asian studies with focus in Korea German Language, Course work completion, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

Korean Language, Course work completion, California State University, Los Angeles,

CA Microsoft Office Applications, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Project Development Life Cycle - PMP Review, Saisoft

ESRI Certification, Chino, CA

Brand Leaders, Certificate of Acknowledgment, Work with South Korean government on internal tourism.

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