Senior Project Management Consultant Resume

SUMMARY

RESULTS - FOCUSED, EXPERIENCED PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LEADER accomplished at driving and transforming improvement by defining vision and delivering solutions. Known for achieving targets via senior leader collaboration and leveraging cross-functional teams. Expert in managing global clients in wide-ranging industries.
Overseeing end-to-end program / project management; directing business, finances, operations, and administration of contracts, deliverables, performance metrics, and budgets.
Complying with and enforcing internal and regulatory controls, facilitating audits, and mitigating risks.
Defining and ensuring alignment with KPI’s based on criteria and standards.
Performing as a strategic consultant to advance priority initiatives.
Conducting enterprise-wide reviews, developing gap assessments, and recommending roadmaps.
Building business cases and articulating measurable outcomes.
Applying understanding of architecture, cloud platforms, organization models, and governance.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

PM Methodologies (Agile, Lean, PMI PMBOK, Waterfall) - PMO/ Confidential
Program & Portfolio Management - Business Process Improvement - Leadership
Change Management - Budgeting & Financial Reporting - Vendor & SLA Management - SaaS
Issue & Risk Mitigation - Strategic & Tactical Planning - MS Office Suite, including Visio & MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Project Management Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Built Confidential and integrated best-practice PM methodology for client organization
Instituted weekly project reporting cadence for Executive team, providing status for open portfolio initiatives.
Enforced charters to be written and approved before moving forward.
Directed Confidential and IT Department during restructuring effort; reduced IT budget by 17%.
Streamlined assessment of project priority by implementing system to simplify intake process.
Improved communication and clarity of roles by collaborating with CEO and COO to revise organizational structure.
Automated tollgate approvals and provided more timely information on potential deals via design and launch of future-state model feeding into Salesforce. Continued…

Senior Project Management Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led launch of multiple Point of Sale (POS) and Back Office System Software as a Service (SaaS) projects nationwide. Wrote RFP’s, managed vendor demos, and guided leadership through decision-making. Reviewed cash management, inventory, invoicing, labor, and operations to document the current state, and then ran future-state workshops to define new, streamlined processes.
Reduced food cost by 26%, food waste by 34%, and improved inventory accuracy by 19% as result of upgrade.
Expanded sales 15% by redesigning POS interface to ensure accuracy of menu-item captures.
Reviewed job descriptions and revised roles to more clearly define career paths.
Led initiative for new investment fund’s Go to Market (GTM), including overall structure, financial modeling, marketing, and quarterly reporting.

IMPACT Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Decreased hardware replacement time by 500% by creating regional spare-parts depots.
Increased on-time delivery by 43% via institution of a more stringent PM methodology to counter scope creep.
Saved organization $157k by resolving vendor invoicing discrepancies and expanding the review/ approval procedure.
Implemented emergency recovery plan saving a $950k project from customer termination, and recovered another troubled project worth $475k.