SUMMARY:

Experienced Program Management professional with 10+ years’ experience supporting projects and analytics. Particularly skilled in working in fast - paced environments, creating executive content and reports, and program coordination. Extensive Program Management knowledge and analytical skills. I am detail orientated and able to manage my time effectively in a fast-paced environment. I pride myself is being able to prioritize my workload to meet all deadlines while ensuring that the quality of my work is above standards.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• People oriented
• Effective communication to include oral and written
• Organized and effective time management
• Strong Analytical skills
• Program Management and Coordination
• SAP-PRD module
• JIRA
• Agile
• Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Project, Access, Visio, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
• Power BI
• SharePoint
• Office 365
• Adobe

WORK EXPERIENCE:

ASSISTANT MANAGER / Program ANALYST

Confidential, Altadena, CA

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating and conducting weekly project reviews, approval-to-operations meetings, and quarterly meetings
• Maintaining the project portfolio for the Office of the Chief Information Office (OCIO) and reporting on portfolio status, metrics, risks, and projects calculations
• Implementing and guiding project managers with processes and policies mandated by the OCIO
• Facilitating logistics and the administration of various weekly, quarterly and annual events
• Prepared presentations for various audiences including executives
• Developing strategic plans related to program and project management best practices and standards
• Providing role-based for multiple project management and implementation teams
• Conducting monthly quality checks and audits of project data and reporting files to ensure data quality and integrity
• Supporting the Office of Digital Transformation in tracking project status and tasks

IT BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential, Glendale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and established key reporting standards
• Project planning and formulating reports based on project scheduling and timetables for deliverables
• Analyzed new project requests and Change Request to determine business case, project plans, and costs for review and approval
• Reviewed process designs for process Key Performance Indicators
• Facilitated project approval meetings and prepared high-level documentation to executive leadership for review
• Provided Resource Capacity Planning and Quarterly reporting that included project projections and actuals
• Prepared agenda and conduct Project Review and Approval Operations meetings
• Coordinated and facilitated Investment Analysis Meetings with Finance
• Conducted for pertinent web tools associated with project requests and portfolio management
• Responsible for PMO month end reporting
• Data gathering for Confidential (Lean Sigma) measures
• Conduct monthly quality check audits of reporting files Facilitate Compliance initiatives
• Implemented Governance, Risk Management and Compliance for the Application Portfolio, as well as integrated into the Local Approval Governance
• Analyzed internal standards and processes for mitigating risks.
• Tracked and reported on all mitigating actions and remediation dates for all applications
• Facilitated compliance application sign off meetings and approvals

BUSINESS ANALYST- FINANCE

Confidential, Newbury Park, CA

Responsibilities:

• Work with Finance and cross functional teams to understand business requirements and drive projects towards successful completion
• Build reports and dashboards based on business requirements and track budget projections vs. actuals
• Leverage business knowledge and expertise to identify opportunities for process improvements
• Enter and maintain project budgets in SAP for multiple accounts
• Approve design and consulting hours assigned to projects
• Provide regular and accurate updates on budget variances
• Coordinate and run weekly project meetings
• Ensure that pertinent project documentation is updated and maintained accordingly
• Arrange and conduct client meetings to translate requirements and deliver solutions

ASSOCIATE PROGRAMS AND PROJECT ANALYST

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Manage special projects associated with Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, and Supply Chain activities
• Serve as the interface and conduit across company-wide functional organizations to assist in meetings and coordinating required project timelines
• Assist team members in achieving goals and other related project tasks by monitoring project progress and reporting.
• Assist in the maintenance and curation of project documents
• Publish project action-items and meeting minutes, which will include tracking deliverables and open items
• Create and maintain team spirit when interfacing with cross-functional groups to achieve a common end goal
• Support engineers, mfg. managers and supervisors in the engineering document changes, Engineering Change Orders, document approvals and coordinate the release requirements with Document Control.
• Provide direct support for SAP management, mfg. materials preparation and transactions, act as a liaison between various operation areas and other functional groups as needed and assist in planning process.
• Event planning for corporate outings, coordinated JDRF golf event fundraiser, offsite meetings, etc.