SUMMARY:

• Achievement - driven Project Management Professional with broad-based global experience in Information Systems coupled with excellent leadership and analytical skillsets to lead process improvement initiatives.
• Enjoy orchestrating tasks to completion and have a keen sense of using an eye toward the future to drive today’s success.
• An aggressive problem solver, successfully conquering the most challenging projects.
• Experienced in diverse industries using the PMBOK and/or Kepner-Tregoe methods.
• Accomplished with 8+years IT experience including Project Management roles in manufacturing and logistics, supply chain management, and food products/ label SKU creation. Outperform in all projects from $70,000 to $750,000,000 from 15 to 250 team members.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Clarity Microsoft Office Outlook/Exchange Microsoft Visio Microsoft Project
• SharePoint 2013 Oracle Internet Explorer Windows 10 Skype SAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior (IT) Project Manager / Certified Project Management Instructor

Responsibilities:

• Relocated companies North East (largest) Distribution Center from Delaware to New Jersey on time, under $7 mill. budget.
• Acquired, managed and negotiated with contractors, equipment and materials acquisitions.
• Managed a Total Inventory Process Project re-creating how LZB counts at 9 plants/7 distribution centers on time, under budget.
• Led IT China Purchasing Project - software upgrades to expedite purchasing from China, profits to increase up to 70%, on time, under budget.
• Taught 3-Day Project Management class and mentored students through project completion.
• Collaborated with IT management to outfit new building with server room, Kronos, internet access and surveillance.

Capital Management Project Manager (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and produced any and all Capital Asset Management documentation and accountable to weekly, monthly forecasting for this $46 million project.
• Brought order from chaos in Schedule Managing of the entire project of a new efficient transmission.
• Parts and service contracts negotiations.

IT Project Manager (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Created a Home Help Health Care Medicaid Registry & created a State of Michigan/Illinois Medicaid Call Center .
• Performed software search & implementation of a new payroll system handling 500 employees.
• Used experience. in state / federal government, health, information technology, health information exchange, HIPAA, EDI transactions, code sets, & public health policies.
• Defined project management methods to manage IT projects (Custom Developed, Procured Vendor Solution or Technical).

Senior (IT) Project Manager (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Smart Grid Program Planning ($750 Million project).
• Handled Clarity upgrade for program.
• Managed RFP planning, contract negotiations for implementation for system integration other contractors and services.
• Program Management Planning, Scrum mtgs..
• This position required me to lead Risk/Issue teams, problem solve on high levels, township & county restrictions regarding construction needs, change manage, facilitate all team weekly status mtgs., identified & filled gaps in requirements.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Purchasing, Sales, Engineering, Shipping, & Finance of pumps going to oil refineries world-wide.
• Managed & expedited $13.7 million in sales for 44 orders & 21 customers at one time.
• Took the lead to identify & resolve supply chain issues.
• Parts Supplier, service contracts and materials negotiations.
• Facilitated Pre-Kick Off Mtgs. with Stakeholders and occasional daily status calls one-on-one with customers.
• Created a custom fitted Fast Track Program which was so successful, I was asked to continue it.

SAP (IT) Project Planner & IT Testing Coordinator (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Managed total infrastructure commonize/install/upgrade for all 19 newly acquired & merged locations.
• Used GUI Solution Manager 7.10 life cycle to update status of each phase.
• This position required me to support & manage SAP applications: BASIS, SD, FI-CO, IS, HR, BW, AM, MM, PM, PP, Clarity, Open Work Bench, SQL queries.
• Handled contracts acquisition for SAP BASIS company to assist with integration.
• Worked with Helpdesks analyzing first-time capability, heavy versus light call volumes, change request transports - ticket issuing and closing researching if a software upgrade were needed.
• Handled vendor hiring & managing - remote & on-site suppliers & assisted in leading an international team of programmers.
• Managed all phases of testing.
• Service contracts negotiations.

Quality Assurance Specialist (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for triaging complaints, investigating, planning, implementing quality procedures & manufacturing processes within validation, identifying process improvement opportunities, monitoring and controlling risks, scheduling repairs, report status’ on issues & risks, and identifying/resolving supply chain issues.
• Tracked & analyzed program performance variances, responded to customer complaints, wrote job procedures.
• This position also required me to be involved in an on-site month long FDA audit.

Confidential

IT Project Manager (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Managed infrastructure related refreshes, new software implementation and identified business process improvements, conflicts & risks during projects & during change overs. Collected & analyzed lessons learned & defects tracking.
• Worked in close coordination with key stakeholders in gathering & maintaining business requirements & processes.

PROJECT MANAGER SUPERVISOR & EMISSIONS SUPPORT COORDINATOR

Responsibilities:

• Served as Shop Foreman / Supervisor Substitute managing all aspects of the 27 mechanic shop. This included: Scrum methods, triaging & assigning all work orders according to UAW mechanic’s skills.
• This position required me to handle any & all customer concerns, working in the shop and assuring safety, cost, productivity, process validation, morale, & lead-time issues were managed.
• This position also required me to trained employees in Kaizen, JIT, 5S & Kanban.
• Coordinated and tested for root causes involving Shainin Problem Solving Studies also known as Six Sigma disciplines.
• Took the lead to organize the entire shop starting with blueprints to work stations.
• Maintained laboratory while supporting all certification and development programs, maintaining all equipment in calibration and repair using the repair system.
• Parts Suppliers, Tool Suppliers, service contracts and UAW negotiations.

SAP (IT) PROJECT MANAGER SAP Program, scheduling worker’s time, the MASTER PLANNER

Responsibilities:

• Managed SAP implementation for pre-mass production fleet of the PM (car) & the MK (small Jeep) model lines.
• This position required me to be responsible for all pilot vehs, all phases of each product, all tests during initiation concept, planning, monitoring & closure, also defect tracking, tests scripts & requirements gathering.
• Led Master projects scheduling, planning, forecasting, project management meetings/ground level SAP development mtgs
• Creation of build plans, specs spreadsheets for entire vehicle using customer driven specific sales codes & JIT.
• Supervised 4 programmers.
• Recognized as the Go-To Person to pilot, debug live system through entire life cycle of the project.