SUMMARY:

I am energetic project manager associate with a wide range of experience and knowledge in gathering requirements, designing the project plan and schedule, identifying the deliverables, and tracking the project through to completion. Communicate effectively with both internal and external clients, including high level executives. My core competencies include: Project Management, Project Coordination, Process & Procedures, Business Analysis, Waterfall, AGILE Development, Key Communicator, Effective Relationship Builder, Presentation Design, Liaison, and Reporting

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Project & Project Server Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook Lotus Notes SharePoint Planview FileMaker SAP Workflow Visio LAN /WAN MDNS Maestro Adobe Photoshop Edit Host Quality Center DMS Snag It JIRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Project Manager Associate

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with communication and technical consultants, analysts, Web developers, data administrators, and clients by building relationships by providing hands on management during design, development, testing, implementation as well as identifying needs, and providing solutions that support business goals.
• Assist Communication Lead in gathering client requirement for Confidential, HTLM, Wireframe & Video to define functionality of program deliverables meet SLA requirements within a hybrid Waterfall/Agile methodology for multiple projects simultaneously
• Facilitate creative review status meetings with internal/external teams to review content, issues, site content changes, create action plans, and outline next steps for resolution; manage, review/sign off approvals, update and track issues via SharePoint and Maestro
• Work with third party vendors Bright Cove for hosting Enterprise and Mobile video’s and Media Morie for creating customer video.
• UAT (QA) internal review of website to ensure accuracy of content, functionality and ensuring customer vision and requirements have been captured and approved
• Develop project schedule, testing schedule, coordinate with other practices and outside vendors, update technical site requirements. Including perform risk management, capacity planning and financial management for various projects that impact internal / external teams.
• Maintain accurate and completed files for projects; monitor all project documentation to completion, to ensure integrity and completeness of client SLA, approval and closure of projects
• Provided individual and/or group assistance for modifying reports, dashboards, and scorecards for Project Managers to Senior Management

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Project Marketing Associate /Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with off shore developers and clients by building relationships by providing hands on management during design, development, testing, and implementation .this include HTML, Email, Mobile and Video.
• Manage multiple Waterfall, Iterative and Agile programs and project schedules and budgets simultaneously in close collaboration with all team members..
• UAT testing review of marketing campaigns websites to ensure accuracy of content, functionality and ensuring customer vision and requirements are approved. Ensure customer goes thru QC/UAT and approves.
• Develop process procedures manual for Jr. Marketing Associate which includes UAT testing of process including system, functional, performance, regression and integration testing. (Web, Android and IOS)
• Communicate across multiple functional teams via weekly/daily meetings providing visibility to stakeholders on campaign release and sprint goals, progress and changes to goals and priorities, as well as issues and risks
• Maintain accurate and completed files for projects; monitor all project documentation to completion, to ensure integrity and completeness of client SLA, approval and closure of projects

Confidential, Oak Brook, IL

Project Analyst / SharePoint Administrator - PMO

Responsibilities:

• Manage day - to-day lifecycle (development, delivery, risk/issues, project schedule, reporting and tracking status, resources allocations, scope) in close collaboration with all team and management for five project managers.
• Facilitate status meetings with internal/external teams to review risk/issues, change requests, create action plans, and outline next steps for resolution; manage, review/sign off approvals, update and track issues via SharePoint and Planview.
• Communicates with project sponsors and key stakeholders on project progress on weekly basis.
• Provide project dashboards and scorecard reports weekly to Sr. Management.
• SharePoint Administrator for team members; including new user-setup, documentation review, material, templates and guidelines. Ensure all project teams utilize the correct process standard forms to pass end of project audits.
• Manage, create and update project schedule based on changing environment of the project; including track risk/issue, budget, and provided detailed contingency plan and communicate to all level of team members.
• Review IT PMO budgets and forecasts for assigned projects of focus areas to ensure resources and project not over budget.
• Apply best practices and standards in the development of processes, tools and standards for project and program management, or in support of Program Office procedures

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Project Manager Associate

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with communication and technical consultants, analysts, Web developers, data administrators, and clients by building relationships by providing hands on management during design, development, testing, implementation as well as identifying needs, and providing solutions that support business goals.
• Assisted Communication Lead in gathering business requirements Confidential HTLM, Wireframe, & Video from clients to define functionality of the Program and ensure deliverables met client requirements and budget while working within hybrid Waterfall/Agile methodologies for multiple projects simultaneously,
• Facilitate creative review status meetings with internal/external teams to review content, issues, site content changes, create action plans, and outline next steps for resolution; manage, review/sign off approvals, update and track issues via SharePoint and Maestro
• Work with third party vendors Bright Cove for hosting Enterprise and Mobile video’s and Media Morie for creating customer video.
• UAT (QA) internal review of website to ensure accuracy of content, functionality and ensuring customer vision and requirements have been captured and approved
• Develop project schedule, testing schedule, coordinate with other practices and outside data vendors, update technical site requirements. Including perform risk management, capacity planning and financial management for various projects that impact internal / external teams.
• Maintain accurate and completed files for projects; monitor all project documentation to completion, to ensure integrity and completeness of client SLA, approval and closure of projects
• Provided individual and/or group assistance for modifying reports, dashboards, and scorecards for Project Managers to Senior Management

Confidential, Lombard, IL

Sr. Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Managed timeline and communication for artwork deliverables for Confidential promotion which included french fry cartons.
• Scheduled, coordinated and facilitated re-occurring meetings to ensure prioritization of tasks, status updates and address project timelines.
• Maintained database with critical dates for global project, including when artwork is due/received, estimated in-store dates, actual in-store date.
• Worked with Product Managers and Sales on order forecasting on a monthly basis for use in planning, manufacturing and inventory management.
• Developed and maintain accurate and completed files for projects; monitor project documentation to completion, ensure client approval per SLA and close projects
• Verify receipt of purchase orders, invoices, and accuracy of billed amount for printing of artwork. Work with vendors to rectify remaining balance invoices

Confidential, Elk Grove Village, IL

Jr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed day - to-day SDLC lifecycle (development, delivery, risk/issues, QA, project schedule, project timelines, reporting and tracking status, resources allocations, scope) in close collaboration with Project Mangers and Program Manager
• Facilitated daily/ weekly status meetings with internal/external teams to review issues, created action plans, and outline next steps for resolution; managed, updated, and tracked issues via SharePoint and Planview.
• Obtained project plan, Go/NO acceptance, UAT acceptance, and Business Requirement approval from all stakeholders ensuring delivered products and services comply with agreed scope of work.
• Coordinated planning and scheduling deployment and changes with business and IT team, as well as maintain rolling schedule of releases.
• Maintain budget for five locations during entire rollout this included resources, over-time, lunches, dinner,
• SharePoint and Planview administrator for team members; handling setup of pertinent documentation including pre-implementation and posted implementation, material, schedules, reports, templates and guidelines.
• Ensure all project teams adhere to utilizing the correct process standard forms to pass phase and end of project audits
• Provided individual and/or group assistance for modifying reports, dashboards, and scorecards for Project Managers.

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Process Manager Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed BT Enterprise Architecture SDLC IT related projects by reviewing project documentation contains all necessary requirements prior to being presented to the Governance and Steering committee

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Project Manager Associate

Responsibilities:

• Managed the graphics artwork re-branding of 5500 grocery and non-food categories to successfully implement product and packaging changes, while minimizing product supply issues and write-offs
• Co-Managed small to medium infrastructure and software development projects scale cross organizational projects including web development for pre-K through 12th grade standardized testing.

Confidential, Rolling Meadows, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed medium size infrastructure projects on behalf of Confidential client Confidential rollout of 1800 plus restaurants.