SUMMARY:

• Microsoft Office Suite - MS Excel, MSWord, MS Outlook, MS Project, ACCESS, MS PowerPoint,
• Jira | Confluence | Azure DevOps | Asana | Visio
• ERP | SAP
• Agile - SCRUM - RUP - Waterfall - SDLC
• Supplier Performance Management
• Cross-functional leadership
• Technical Writing
• Procure to pay / Source to Pay
• AGILE Project Management
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Process mapping and Story writing
• Status Reporting
• Business process documentation
• Requirement gathering and elicitation
• LEAN SIX Sigma Green Belt
• Sprint Planning and Sprint reviews
• Product Backlog development
• Scope Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Creating, updating, and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories using Jira, Asana and other Agile Project management tools
• Creating and managing Project Management artifacts throughout the project including but not limited to: Project Charter, Project
• Plan, RACI Matrix, Risk identification & mitigation plans, SOW Statements of Work Deliverables and status reports, Budgets and forecasts
• Conducting Stakeholder analysis using RACI Matrixes and other tools
• Creating and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories
• Interviewing Sponsors, and key stakeholders to ensure accurate aligned OKR’s - Objectives and Key Results
• Setting and evaluating project scope to set project boundaries and avoid scope creep
• Creating project charters, SOW -Statement of Work, Risk management plans, schedules and budgets
• Facilitating initiation/planning of project scope (i.e., Objectives, resources, milestones, risks, communication plans, etc.)
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements
• Managed a customer facing restaurant tablet project on time and under budget to several locations with a 95% customer satisfaction rate while increasing sales by 28%.

Confidential, Seal Beach, CA

Vendor Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performing comparative analytics on a monthly basis on KPI metrics to ensure SLAs are being met for major OEM’s that supply parts in excess of $12 billion to Boeing Airliners
• Communicate supplier in service performance expectations and metrics (KPI’s) to evaluate and monitor supplier performance.
• Managing suppliers to the negotiated contractual documents.
• Conducting risk, issues and opportunities management.
• Managing supplier readiness for entry into service (EIS).
• Managing repair turnaround time and spares, working with supplier on corrective action plans where needed.
• Initiating and executes supplier recovery and improvement activities
• Integrating with production procurement team to ensure in service issues are taken into account for contracting strategies and leverage.
• Developing and executing project and process plans, implementing policies and procedures and setting operational goals.
• Contributing to the improvement of existing processes, including the deployment of strategic supplier management and procurement strategies

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Liaising with software developers and stakeholders to develop an e-commerce website and an online presence
• Liaison between several levels of organization with business process evaluations and improvements in an Agile environment
• Working in a Scrum team environment and participating in backlog review and Sprint planning sessions, following Agile methodology
• Creating, updating, and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories using Jira, Asana and other Agile Project management tools
• Identifying Business and Functional requirements through Stakeholder Joint Application Design (JAD) interviews and facilitating meetings with project teams
• Documenting business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, business rules, process flow diagrams using industry accepted methodologies and templates
• Conducting risk, issues and opportunities management.
• Creating and managing Project Management artifacts throughout the project including but not limited to: Project Charter, Project
• Plan, RACI Matrix, Risk identification & mitigation plans, SOW Statements of Work Deliverables and status reports, Budgets and forecasts
• Requirement gathering from SME’s, stakeholders and process owners to map out the "as-is" &" to-be" processes
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements
• Successfully liaised between stakeholders and developers to develop and launch a website leading to 35% higher sales in first 3 months.

Confidential

Project Manager - Supply Chain Procurement (International)

Responsibilities:

• Solid track record in establishing supplier relations that focus on performance and negotiating savings exceeding $1.2 Million
• Implemented Procurement to accounting process improvement leading to increased productivity by 28%
• Customer support focal point for a fleet of approximately 40 aircrafts of various types, including fixed wing and rotatable wing aircraft.
• Using SAP (ERP) to issue Purchase Orders (PO’s), identify part specifications, verify quantities and verify BOM to technical diagrams
• Issuing, handling RFx’s (RFQ, RFI, RFP) and following up until and evaluation stages using SAP ERP
• Project Management: Managing aviation projects and agreements (aircraft upgrades, engine agreements, Service Bulletins, etc.) using MS Excel to measure progress via burn down charts and Gantt Charts, while working in a cross functional role liaising between various departments (Procurement, Engineering, Logistics, finance, quality among others)
• Supplier Development: Sourcing, evaluating and monitoring suppliers based on established SLA’s
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with suppliers while closely communicating with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement of necessary aviation parts at acceptable quantities, and competitive pricing with adequate technical specifications and optimal delivery time.
• Resolving customer disputes and discrepancies related to purchase orders, terms and conditions, and Supply chain related issues
• Ensuring proper data governance and compliance with all regulations
• Facilitating initiation/planning of project scope (i.e., Objectives, resources, milestones, risks, communication plans, etc.)
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements
• Liaising between senior engineers, buyers, and maintenance organizations to resolve technical issues related to Saudi Aramco equipment and spare parts.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring proper flow of operations and required tasks to complete projects in a timely manner while adhering to company policies and satisfying customer expectations.
• Using engineering blueprints, Quality Assurance Data Reports, and SAP to verify, and update engine part qualification requirements.
• Reviewing manuals and technical documentation to ensure the necessary quality specifications are met as required while documenting and resolving quality-engineering issues by means of RCCA and troubleshooting.
• Liaising to ensure on time delivery and overcome any outstanding quality, engineering, or manufacturing issues.

Confidential

Project Management Co-op

Responsibilities:

• Prepare long-term agreements (LTA’s), Coordinate supplier assessments, and (BPR’s) Business Process Reviews.
• Improve inventory turnover, optimize material request planning (MRP), Request for Quotes (RFQ’s), verify supplier invoicing, and improve quality engineering standards using Enterprise Resource planning software such as SAP and JDE.
• Employing LEAN, 5S, and ACE (Achieving Competitive Excellence) operating system in daily work and evaluation of suppliers.