Project Manager, New Product Development Resume Maumee, Ohio - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Vision - driven professional with keen business sense and expertise in professional project management, product engineering, team leadership, and cost containment. Strengths include retail management and technical procurement. Recognized as a pacesetter who advances best-in-class programs and projects from inception to completion to achieve excellence. Champion of change; initiate, drive, and sustain continuous process improvements. Effective communicator; interact with all levels of an organization. Thrive on tackling steep challenges.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

Project Management
Product Management & Development
Procurement / Inventory
Cost Containment
Financial Analysis
Vendor Relations
ISO Compliance
Pricing / Negotiations
Process Improvements
Lean Management
Budget Management
Talent Acquisition & Development

CAREER SYNOPSIS:

Confidential, Maumee, Ohio

Project Manager, New Product Development

Responsibilities:

Led cross-functional teams in the development of new products for the retail, wholesale, and innovation business units.
Introduced and implemented Project Management Institute methods.
Spearheaded new product projects and led process improvement initiatives and technological advancements within the Project Delivery Excellence team.
Unified and motivated team members to advance project initiatives.
Influenced team to discover the unknowns, evaluate, and prioritize.
Cultivated an environment of continuous improvement.
Worked with commercialization team to re-plan lite frame project that was in trouble.
Established solid documented scope, fully defined risk register and schedule based on work breakdown structure.
Reduced impact from 20 weeks down to 6 weeks and kept additional spend on capital within original budget.

Confidential, Archbold, Ohio

Project Manager, New Product Development

Responsibilities:

Led cross-functional teams in the development of new products to include the largest new product introduction in the company’s history that supported the worship market.
Introduced and implemented the lean new product development concept.
Spearheaded new product projects and led product data management project facilitation to support future company growth.
Motivated team members to advance project initiatives.
Optimized and maximized the value proposition of each project for the overall organization.
Used agile project management method with project team to fully define scope, document project risks, and establish schedule utilizing swimlanes
Team successfully launched curved wood pews within 1.5 years with a second round launch of upholstered pews a year later.
Product was very well received by customers and exceeded sales expectation by 50%.

Confidential, Archbold, Ohio

Procurement Engineer

Responsibilities:

Promoted to lead new product projects, software implementations, and lean initiatives.
Developed suppliers on the lift-side of the business, supporting approximately $25M in annual sales.
Managed suppliers; negotiated pricing and warranty agreements, and developed and validated new suppliers.
Participated in quality audits of new and existing suppliers.
Managed project ($1.8M capital spend, expected yearly sales at full launch of $26M) involving technical procurement of custom electronic and hydraulic components, and laser cut/bent steel components, for new line of towable and self-propelled boom lifts for the rental market. Team was able bring 5 trailer boom models and 2 self-propelled boom models to market successfully over a period of 4.5 years, much faster than the industry standard.

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